Anyone help me get rid of shin splints?

[erickthegreat11]

SPATTS: They're interior, about midway up. I know its bc my running form is way off, but I dont know how to go about correcting it

EVERYONE ELSE: I heard that shin splints are actually microfractures. I had them before when I used to run, and they only got worse and worse and I quit running

 

[edgecrusher]

Rest, Ice, stretch the calf muscle, and strengthen your tibialis anterior. (That is where most shin splints occur.) Do exercises that require dorsi flexion of the foot.

 

[erickthegreat11]

ok. Anyone know any links to descriptions of these exercises and types like them? Besides calf raises? I get them bad on the INTERIOR not at all on the anterior.

 

[erickthegreat11]

My bad yall.... the pain is on the interior about where a normal length sock would slide up to.
Id PM any of yall, but I want anyone else with this problem to find the answer too.

 

[SofaGeorge]

run in grass only, bro. If you are prone to shin spints you have to not run on concrete.

 

[erickthegreat11]

Damn! Good advise SofaGeorge, but I dont have that option. Srgt tells me where to run. She told me im stomping quite a bit when running, but Im finding it hard to change my form. I dont even run that much! 1.5 or 3 miles 3 times per week.... So you're right I am definitely prone to it.

 

[spatts]

Ugh...I typed out a long post, then the damn thing locked on me.

As I was saying: I had shin splints from 1990-1995 track seasons. I couldn't run without tons of Advil and Anaprox.

Two things corrected this for me.

First, I realized I had a BAD pronation, which I later learned is common for sprinters. Special shoes fixed that.

Second, my doc told me that (and I never quite understood this explanation) my gastrocs were so much stronger and heavier than the anterior muscles that it was rotating them off the bone, and leaving stress fractures on the bone. So for that next summer, I had light weight kettle bells that I'd wrap around the toes of my feet, and with my foot elevated I would write out the ABCs with my toes...just while sitting on the couch watching TV. A-Z left, then right, once or twice a day. The next track season, I had no problems.

 

[b fold the truth]

I hope that brian747478 is reading this thread!!!!

B True

 

[kingc_79]

Damn! Good advise SofaGeorge, but I dont have that option. Srgt tells me where to run. She told me im stomping quite a bit when running, but Im finding it hard to change my form. I dont even run that much! 1.5 or 3 miles 3 times per week.... So you're right I am definitely prone to it.

i know how that can be, been there. it's hard but just try to hit your heels first and take longer strides. it's akward at first but it helps. good luck

 

[meco24]

I'm not sure how to avoid, but this thingy brought me relief when I used to get shin splints - along with other sore muscles.

http://www.thestick.net/