Shin Splints

[lifeline]

any one have these. I just started to get them. When i start running they start to hurt. Its so bad than when I stop running I can even walk. What should I do? I cant stop running because I am in a special training program and I cant fail the class

 

[roidog420]

My case may be different from yours bro, but I have had them all my life, and they always act up when I run. I have taken YEARS in between times that I want to do some running for cardio, and yet they STILL act up after like 2 or 3 sessions. I always thought that there was some sort of bone deficiency there that will ALWAYS be there, and NO amount of time will make the condition better, or cause it to go away. I dont know what to suggest to you since NOTHING has worked for me other than to just not run, but in your case you cant do that. Try to find the most comfortable pair of running shoes, with as much support as possible that you can. Take some NSAID's before you have to run to cut down on the pain. Sorry I couldn't be of more help than that, but they have me baffled as well. Good Luck!

 

[joeyz123]

When I was training a guy in pre-season college football, I had a University track coach tell me that the reason you get them is because your calf muscle is basically to strong for the rest of your muscles in your lower leg (in front of your calf) He told me to sit on the floor with your legs straightened in front of you, like you are trying to stretch your hamstrings, then take a belt and hold each end in your hands with it strung around the part just below your toes. what you want to do is pull on the belt for a couple minutes at a time and stretch your calf muscles. he said that some people actually put weights one the tops of their toes and try to build up the front part of their legs by lifting the weight up and down with the tops of your feet---Kinda a reverse calf raise.

hope this helps

 

[roidog420]

When I was training a guy in pre-season college football, I had a University track coach tell me that the reason you get them is because your calf muscle is basically to strong for the rest of your muscles in your lower leg (in front of your calf) He told me to sit on the floor with your legs straightened in front of you, like you are trying to stretch your hamstrings, then take a belt and hold each end in your hands with it strung around the part just below your toes. what you want to do is pull on the belt for a couple minutes at a time and stretch your calf muscles. he said that some people actually put weights one the tops of their toes and try to build up the front part of their legs by lifting the weight up and down with the tops of your feet---Kinda a reverse calf raise.

hope this helps

Im not second-guessing your advice bro, but I have been doing TIBS as a part of my calf routine for years now(I superset reverse toe raises with seated calf raises), and I STILL get them, so I doubt that the fact that the shin muscles being weak is the problem.....at least for me that is. Mine are pretty strong relative to that muscle group. On a side note....I am the only person that I have ever seen who actually DOES train this muscle group. I dont know why more people do NOT do them. I mean its almost like doing Tri's & not bi's, or Quads & not Hams---Ok sidenote over