Pain In Calf/Shin After Skipping

[templewarrior]

I second the thanks for all the replies! I was jogging in Feiyue shoes which have virtually no soles but I had put in some gel soles. Timmy Ho! I would tie my laces loose while jogging. Jaded...you nailed it exactly! With the massaging...will the ligaments reattach themselves or what? Will now buy running shoes and lace them correct!

[Trigger unhappy]

Also take a rolling pin and roll it up and down your calf.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

Sounds like shinsplints to me. Try Taurine and Potassium.

I've had shin spints for near enough 3 years now and tried most things but they just keep coming back.

It's the first i'm hearing about this. Could you go into a bit more detail please dan?

[jaded]

Jaded...you nailed it exactly! With the massaging...will the ligaments reattach themselves or what? Will now buy running shoes and lace them correct!

There is nothing detached...if there was you wouldn't be able to walk. When you tear or sprain something you spasm up and either the fascia (the skin around the tendon) bunches up and causes tightness...or you have some scar tissue that is restricting blood flow which causes pain (oxygen debt) or both. You have to take an aggressive approach to breaking down the scar tissue and/or pulling apart the fascia and the pain will instantly be gone. It is painful to do this so you have to suck it up and just go to it...but in the end you will be happy you did.

[jaded]

Also take a rolling pin and roll it up and down your calf.

This works...it easier to put the rolling pin on a carpet and roll on the rolling pin using you bodyweight for pressure.

[Ray Corso]

Your hands and your feet can not work out properly with inferior equipment! You need proper shoes to run with and skip with.
For your current injuries use ice (a bag of frozen peas works well) to protect your skin run a light coat of vasoline petrolium jelly so the skin won't burn. Elivate your feet above your heart level at night for a week! You may also benefit from compression stockings (lightweight 15 to 20 no more) be cautious using them but they can be a benefit in most cases! Massage is always a huge plus for the body weither your injured or not!! You may also need to stretch and warm up slower and use more time to prior to skipping & running! If your NOT an active fighter back completely off the stress exercises for 2 months, give your body parts a chance to heal.
I agree with potasium intact and ofcourse WATER we are water bags in motion and the slightest loss of water can effect use when we are under stress.

If all fails get a bottle of Tanqueray, a tall glass of ice, fresh g****fruit juice, a young lady that you've lied to about yourself, and forget about training for a week end of sex and booze and lieing!!! its what men do when we're "inactive"!!! ............or in to much pain to train................Ray.

[templewarrior]

Ahhhh....thanks for the reply! Unfortunate that I do not have rolling pin but will manage without.

[cameronpaul]

you dont need to do anything but strengthen the muscle on the front of your shin, the pain is caused by an imbalance between that muscle and your calf, thats why people get shin splints while jogging/skippin/ anything that works out the calfs. i used to put ankle weights round my feet and while sitting in a chair do foot curls toward the knee. only about 10-15 before your shins are burning, but in a good way. after 1-2 weeks of this you shouldnt have any problems.

[cameronpaul]

10-15 minutes that is not reps

[sd116]

This caught my eye because I've had similar problems and it turned out to be compartment syndrome, which is often mistaken for shin splints. It's pretty rare so I wouldn't jump straight to that conclusion, but if it doesn't get better with conservative treatment, it might be something to look into. (If you google compartment syndrome, ignore the acute stuff - that's a medical emergency and something different. This would be chronic exertional.)

One of the hallmarks is pain only occurs with specific activity and subsides fairly quickly once stopped, but over time it can take longer and longer to get back to normal. Also any numbness or tingling in the feet is a sign. Hopefully it's something more mild, but though I'd chime in since in my case it took me forever to find a doctor who even knew about CS. Good thing about it is until I get it corrected (fairly minor, straightforward & typically very successful surgery), I can still pretty much do anything that doesn't cause a totally intolerable amount of pain without risking further damage, since it's just my muscles swelling up on activity and then subsiding at rest. Good luck!