Shin splints

vraiblonde · 11-21-2007, 12:13 PM

Do you guys do anything about them? I get moderate pain when I jog/walk but it's not bad enough to stop the activity - I typically just go through it and eventually it lessens. Like, right now I can't feel it at all (just came back) unless I flex my ankles.

Should I be concerned about this or is it no big deal? The online whatevers say you should stop activity and ice it down, but it doesn't seem to be that bad and I don't want to use some sissy thing as an excuse to quit.

smoothmarine187 · 11-21-2007, 12:15 PM

I got it bad when I was in boot camp, but obviously I couldn't stop. Just make sure you ice your shins at night and stretch them out good before you do any walking or running and you will be good.

MLGTS08 · 11-21-2007, 12:20 PM

I was getting them when I first started going to the gym(about 2 months ago. I just stretched my ankles/lower legs really good and about two weeks later they went away. I had read up on webMD and it said stop activity,ice

I didnt listen, and mine went away. I would try good strecthes before quitting running/jogging.

vraiblonde · 11-21-2007, 12:23 PM

Okay, that's what it is then - I don't stretch.

Thanks ya'll!

kom526 · 11-21-2007, 12:27 PM

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

11-21-2007, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Do you guys do anything about them? I get moderate pain when I jog/walk but it's not bad enough to stop the activity - I typically just go through it and eventually it lessens. Like, right now I can't feel it at all (just came back) unless I flex my ankles.

Should I be concerned about this or is it no big deal? The online whatevers say you should stop activity and ice it down, but it doesn't seem to be that bad and I don't want to use some sissy thing as an excuse to quit.

Are you doing some type of power-walking in which you take fast, unnatural strides?

smoothmarine187 · 11-21-2007, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kom526

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

Damn right!

sccrmommy · 11-21-2007, 12:42 PM

In all my years of playing sports I never got them until 2 seasons ago. I ignored them and played through the pain, but it kept coming back. I started stretching before and after games, and iced down twice a day, and they went away. good Luck!

ShyGirl · 11-21-2007, 12:45 PM

In addition to stretching and massaging with ice, are you wearing sneakers with good support?

vegmom · 11-21-2007, 01:22 PM

If you jog regularly than make a pit stop at either Fleet Feet or Metro Run & Walk next time you head up thru MoCo.

Getting fitted at a specialty running shop was the best thing I ever did. The shoes I ended up with were actually less expensive than the ones I had been running/experiencing pain with.

11-21-2007, 12:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
smoothmarine187 Arbitrary Commentator Member Since: Nov 2005 Location: At the Coffee Shop Posts: 14,451	I got it bad when I was in boot camp, but obviously I couldn't stop. Just make sure you ice your shins at night and stretch them out good before you do any walking or running and you will be good.
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11-21-2007, 12:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
MLGTS08 live.LAUGH.love Member Since: Jul 2007 Location: SMC. Posts: 1,084	I was getting them when I first started going to the gym(about 2 months ago. I just stretched my ankles/lower legs really good and about two weeks later they went away. I had read up on webMD and it said stop activity,ice I didnt listen, and mine went away. I would try good strecthes before quitting running/jogging.
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kom526 Crumudgeon in training Member Since: Oct 2004 Location: Beyond the OB stakes Posts: 6,118	Pain is weakness leaving the body. __________________ Wrinkles only go where the smiles have been. http://www.conservativepunk.com http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndID=158073647
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11-21-2007, 12:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
sccrmommy Registered User Member Since: Feb 2007 Posts: 266	In all my years of playing sports I never got them until 2 seasons ago. I ignored them and played through the pain, but it kept coming back. I started stretching before and after games, and iced down twice a day, and they went away. good Luck! __________________ "Sometimes it's hard you don't want to look over your shoulder, because you don't want to remember where you've been....I know that's where I am"
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11-21-2007, 12:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
ShyGirl Registered User Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 862	In addition to stretching and massaging with ice, are you wearing sneakers with good support?
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11-21-2007, 01:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
vegmom Barack N' Roll Member Since: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,789	If you jog regularly than make a pit stop at either Fleet Feet or Metro Run & Walk next time you head up thru MoCo. Getting fitted at a specialty running shop was the best thing I ever did. The shoes I ended up with were actually less expensive than the ones I had been running/experiencing pain with. __________________ "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye." Miss Piggy www.factcheck.org www.politifact.com
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