Shin splits problem

[snorkles]

Hi I have problem. I am experiencing shin splits but the problem is here:

I have read and searched what might be causing these shin splits and the main reasons were that I might have bad jogging shoes or that the road is in bad condition. I have been doing the same type of cardio and interval training with the same shoes these last 4 months and at the same place. I have never felt any pain. I have 3 jogging shoes and all 3 are hurting me now so bad jogging shoes isnt the case. The road is the same I have been going for these last 4-5 months so I dont think the road is the problem too..

any help?

 

[Synpax]

The shoes may be worn out. Not sure how much milate you have on them.

Hopefully you are not running on the cement/side walk but on the asphalt instead.

Where on your leg is the shin splint?

 

[snorkles]

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the fibula is hurting me. and literally I cant stand it while Im running. Usually i try to keep going on but today i couldnt. and when I arrive home i cannot walk proerly for 5 minutes and I have to sit somewhere. I dont know why. my 3 jogging shoes are fine im sure of that. 3 days into bulking i began feeling these. I hadnt even gained weight in the first 3 days and still i had shin splits. the weird thing is that when I play football with the same boots I dont feel any pain, it is only when I jog constantly.
the road in which I jog in isnt in very good conditions (because its in the countryside) but it has been like that all the time so I dont think its the place that its affecting me..

 

[Synpax]

How are you training? How often have you been running? How far do you go?

How do you know the shoes are fine?

 

[snorkles]

How are you training? How often have you been running? How far do you go?

How do you know the shoes are fine?

when I used to cardio 4-5 times a week I never felt this pain so i dont think overtraining is the problem. I know that the shoes are fine because when I use them for football they are good. and because these 3 shoes couldnt go bad in one week all together. I have been running since May and I only experienced this pain for the last two weeks.I will try running on a tredmil to see if its because of the street condition.

 

[Synpax]

when I used to cardio 4-5 times a week I never felt this pain so i dont think overtraining is the problem.

That is irrelevant.

Why would you run in football or soccer shoes?

This is probably not the place to get an answer.

 

[RearNaked]

Are you doing any heavy lifting/putting on muscle lately? I just tried my first steroid cycle a few months back. Put on 24lbs in 3.5 weeks. Started having trouble breathing deep, and got shin splints real bad everywhere I went. I literally couldn't walk across the street without getting splints. All came down to putting on too much weight in a short amount of time. Got off the gear early, dropped 9lbs, now I'm good to go.

 

[JoeBlackSpade]

Hey man, dude with the shin splints problem:


I'm a former Marine, and I had the same problem. I would train, ruck run, all over the place, including running in the sand at the beach, etc.

I would be fine for weeks, and even months, and then all of a sudden I would get shin splints for no apparent reason.


The solution for me was:

1.) stretching properly. When I was in my 20's I could just wake up, run 10 miles, run obstacle courses, throw on my pack, and hump for 4 or 5 hours in the mountains, etc. Now I am in my 30's, and I realize that I can go even harder, farther and faster, but I MUST WARM UP LONGER and I MUST STRETCH PROPERLY. Kind of like sex.

2.) begin workouts more gradually. When I start my training now, I don't just break into full sprints. I start off easy, and increase intensity gradually.

3.) end workouts more gradually.

4.) don't wear shoes/boots too tight. The blood has to be able to circulate properly

5.) STRETCH after workouts



I train REALLY hard, probably harder than I ever have in my life. Because of all this intensity, I am realizing that my body needs just a little more attention and care, and that includes REALLY paying attention to things that I used to completely ignore when I was younger. If you are really training cardio 6 times a week with genuine intensity, then perhaps it is possible that you are making the same mistake I have made: You still think you are 18 years old and that you don't need to warm up, stretch and cool down because you have a six-pack of abs. Not so. Those ligaments, tendons, and all that other shit in your legs gets jacked up if you don't do it right.

Hope that helps mate.

 

[Gymgurl]

Hey man, dude with the shin splints problem:


I'm a former Marine, and I had the same problem. I would train, ruck run, all over the place, including running in the sand at the beach, etc.

I would be fine for weeks, and even months, and then all of a sudden I would get shin splints for no apparent reason.


The solution for me was:

1.) stretching properly. When I was in my 20's I could just wake up, run 10 miles, run obstacle courses, throw on my pack, and hump for 4 or 5 hours in the mountains, etc. Now I am in my 30's, and I realize that I can go even harder, farther and faster, but I MUST WARM UP LONGER and I MUST STRETCH PROPERLY. Kind of like sex.

2.) begin workouts more gradually. When I start my training now, I don't just break into full sprints. I start off easy, and increase intensity gradually.

3.) end workouts more gradually.

4.) don't wear shoes/boots too tight. The blood has to be able to circulate properly

5.) STRETCH after workouts



I train REALLY hard, probably harder than I ever have in my life. Because of all this intensity, I am realizing that my body needs just a little more attention and care, and that includes REALLY paying attention to things that I used to completely ignore when I was younger. If you are really training cardio 6 times a week with genuine intensity, then perhaps it is possible that you are making the same mistake I have made: You still think you are 18 years old and that you don't need to warm up, stretch and cool down because you have a six-pack of abs. Not so. Those ligaments, tendons, and all that other shit in your legs gets jacked up if you don't do it right.

Hope that helps mate.

YES YES...this what I have to do too for my calf pain.....and take electros

 

[JoeBlackSpade]

.and take electros

I'm not familiar with that. Is that another name for electrolytes- like the ingredients in GATORADE?