Shin Splints

[egonct]

So I've been stepping up my road work a lot over the past month or so and in the past couple days one of my shins has been feeling sore when I run on it. I'm assuming its shin splints, but know nothing about them at all. Do they go away with rest or whats the deal? Am I just screwed?

[West24]

if theyre serious shin splints you could be somewhat ****ed, dont run on the sidewalk, use a track etc. the actual road is much better for you then the sidewalk. run on grass but that can be dangerous with pits etc. go to a doctor and see how severe they really are. guy on my basketball team had severe shin splints and he was out like every other game.

[sllewe]

i was plagued with them in my rugby days. I found it was the right pair of shoes and i had to modify my running style a bit. But I feel your pain.

[kamicazze]

had it aswell! took a day off! sometimes 2 to recover!

[ophqui]

it feels like (and sounds like from the name) shin splints has something to do with the bones in your shin (the fib/tib bones) but actually its almost always muscular. the impact of your foot on the road causes the muscles to tense up to stop the bones from being damaged, this causes pain as it can impinge nerves etc. basically all you got to do is take a few days off (do something non weight bearing like swimming) and get back to running on a softer surface eg a track or grass

[oovavu]

if you've got it bad it can put you off road works for weeks or even months, go see your doctor and in the mean time take up swimming and see if that helps.

[mrrupo]

So I've been stepping up my road work a lot over the past month or so and in the past couple days one of my shins has been feeling sore when I run on it. I'm assuming its shin splints, but know nothing about them at all. Do they go away with rest or whats the deal? Am I just screwed?

if you've got it bad it can put you off road works for weeks or even months, go see your doctor and in the mean time take up swimming and see if that helps.

egonct,
First off, stop working with the rope for a week or two, if you havent already. That is really tough on the shins

Second, my shins were killing me about a month or two ago, so i stopped running for a month and started swimming. It was really hard at first (I could only do 2 laps in succession my first time in the pool!), but after a week i was swimming at least 30 laps a day in succession, and then when i went back to running i noticed by stamina was so much better. Swimming will teach your body to be much more efficient with Oxygen, since you cant breath whenever you want. Another good thing to do in the water is swimming for as long as you can underwater, to increase your lung capacity. Taking some time off from running isnt bad, as long as you find something to replace it with.

[egonct]

it feels like (and sounds like from the name) shin splints has something to do with the bones in your shin (the fib/tib bones) but actually its almost always muscular. the impact of your foot on the road causes the muscles to tense up to stop the bones from being damaged, this causes pain as it can impinge nerves etc. basically all you got to do is take a few days off (do something non weight bearing like swimming) and get back to running on a softer surface eg a track or grass

thanks for the tips. I didn't realize that it was mainly the muscle. That gives me some relief, fixing a muscle seems much more hopeful than fixing a bone. I think I'm going to have to switch to swimming for a while.