shin splints

[The_Ghost]

About 3/4 of the way through my second cycle of Test, Deca I suffered from major shin splints and now doing my third cycle of Test,eq, Fina it is even worse. I can't even rollerblade or play hockey for more then 5 minutes without being in major pain to the point where I can barely stand.

Anyone else suffer from this? If so what can be done.

I drink crazy amounts of water and take all the right vitamins so it is not a cramping issue.

Any ideas, this is driving me crazy!

 

[Miracle Man]

Shin splints suck. The best thing to do believe in that is very simple. Walk on the heels of your feet for a few minutes each day. This will strengthen the thin muscle on your Shin and you can kiss Shin splints goodbye. When you walk on the heels of your feet make sure you feel that slight burning sensation in your Shin. Do it every day for 10 minutes on and off.

 

[Tunaboy]

I did the same cycle that you did and had them bad, even worse on dbol. Im on fina now and have no problems at all, I thought it was geqar related personally. I feel your pain. Good luck.

 

[GoinDeep]

I feel for ya. I am dealing with this right now. I play slo-pitch softball for four league teams through the week and a traveling tournament team on the weekends. I have flat feet so I've been dealing with leg problems for years. I have what's considered pronation of the foot, which is my foot rolls in causing the inside muscle to pull away from the shin = pain to the inside of the shin. I've gone to a foot Doc and he's made these insole pads for my instep that seem to be doing the trick. It seems that when I gain extra weight I get this pronation which causes the inside shin pain. If you have pain on the outer part of the shin it's usually the foot rolling out, which causes pain on the outer side of your shin/s. The exercises are good but, I've found that nothing beats the proper alignment of the foot. Hope this helps.

P.S. Local drug stores now carry insoles that claim money back if they don't cure all leg pain (shin included). I saw them just today @ the local CVS. Also, Ice is good for the pain.

One more OT: I will be playing in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada from August 29th to September 1st 2003. A tournament we've won two years in a row running. MayWee!!

 

[SuperHWT44]

I always got them real bad even before I was on any gear in high school. What I did was take two paint cans and load them up with rocks and put the handles over my feet and do raises with them every other day. It does wonders after a while. Stretching before and after activity also helps. lean up against a fence at about a 45 degree angle and point your toes inward and push towards the ground. Icing after strenous activity helps alot too. i know theyre a bitch trust me. Let me know how it works if you try any of this

 

[SofaGeorge]

run on grass... that is the only way to avoid shin splints

 

[The_Ghost]

Thanks for all the replies guys.

I will try some of these. My pain is on the outside and is driving me nuts.

SG- Running ain't the problem, its skating and rollerblading.

 

[jb160]

I had then bad when I ran here is the trick 45 mins before you go running or whatever tske 3 asprin not anything else ASPRIN it will thin the blood and aleviate the pain do this for about 3 weeks then try with out it and you should be good that is how I got mine worked out I would get them so bad I would have to stop wherever I was and sit I couldn't even walk they were so bad.

 

[ThickNick]

Depending on how bad they get, there is a small surgical proceedure to correct chronic shin splints. I read about once when I looked into this subject before because I suffer from them sometimes also when I play basketball for cardio. They basically just slit the tendon that runs along your bone in a few places, allowing it to swell a bit more than normal without it touching things it is not supposed to touch. When the tendon swells without the slits and it touches stuff...ie nerves and bone...is when it hurts. I didn't want to have downtime so I just rested to make mine go away. Sometimes they come out of the blue and sometimes they don't hurt for long periods of time. I never looked any deeper into it so I am sure some of the more medical types on the board could help you better than my explanation.

 

[baza]

Do toe raises while you are standing. Keep the heel on the ground, and lift the front part of your foot up. You'll feel your shins tightening, and you'll they will get sore. After a while they'll strengthen up, and won't be sore anymore.