Shin Pumps on Turanabol?

[big_aug]

Just wanted to toss an update in here for anyone who cared. Last week was my final week of OT. I'm pretty positive the OT had absolutely nothing to do with my shin pumps. I did extensive testing on myself to see what actually hurt. It seems only jogging, slowing when sprinting, and change of direction things. Doing sprints at maximum speed causes no pain.

I'm going to be taking a couple weeks off from running/cardio and see if they get better. If not, then its to the doc I go.

 

[KD1]

Sounds like shin splints.

 

[d_o_c_]

Not shin splints. I get the same thing. When on Tbol ( So far only with BD ) I can't run because the blood pump in my shin and calves is ridiculous.

I tried bananas and what not. Figure I'm just prone to it.

 

[Jayhawk21]

I too got mild shin pumps if I ran on OT as well. I got some mild back pumps by the end of week 4 when I would do heavy squats deads etc. I was on 50 mg ED

 

[BrothaBill]

Shin pumps can occur with anabolic steroids b/c of the pumps that are noticed when working other body parts happen to the muscle in the front of the leg. This is different than shin splints.
Its where the muscle becomes "pumped" up with pulling the toe upwards as you stride. That causes blood to fill the muscle which is already growing or larger because of the anabolic effects of the steroids.
What that does is the muscle becomes larger than the fascia surrounding it can hold. There is pressure that builds up in the fascia (tissue surround muscle) and this prevents proper blood flow, both getting blood to the engorged muscle but also just as important not allowing waste products to properly be carried away.
This causes ischemic pain and most will not be able to run once it happens.

This is different than shin splints although people confuse it b/c everyone has heard of shin splints.
Its properly termed "anterior compartment syndrome"
THe anterior compartment of the lower leg. Think of the muscles in the front of your legs and as sausage in its casing. If the casing is the fascia, if the muscle within expands the pressure goes up and reduces blood flow. It is very painful.

Hopefully it will go away once you dont take anabolics but it can remain. The first course is not to run for a few months and then see if it is better after being clean.
There is not effective treatments such as stretching to resolve this although stretching is never a bad idea but sports massage is recommended to help loosen up the fascia sheath.
The treatment is a fasciotomy or basically splitting the sausage casing to reduce the pressure that builds up.
You can see a sports medicine physician and have the pressure tested inside of the fascia while on a treadmill to determine if that is the case.