fuck man i never knew the pain.

What do? I've been running more for soccer training but shin splints kill man and I don't want to run with that pain.
Inserts/orthotics?
I've tried resting it but it always comes back.

Should I get a gait assessment?

Whenever I had them, which I did throughout highschool, I was told just to stretch my legs more and suck it up

I assume there are medical techniques, but sucking it up did it for me

gl!

I battled with shin splints for like a whole year and the worst you can do is to train/play through it
Rest and ice the areas that hurt and then do stabilization exercises and do like squats/lunges to strengthen your leg muscles.

Heard you can tape them a certain way to help

My fat ex gf used to get them so try losing weight. She got fatter. I'll ask how the shin splints are

This for the most part. If you rest/ice em for like 3-7 days it will allow them to recover enough to make running/soccer comfortable again. Otherwise you will keep irritating the area and probably make it worse.

Get better shoes and try to avoid running on concrete/hardpack as much as possible. Also, look at your running style and try to run lightly on your feet not stomp with every stride, hard impacts/weak legs are usually what cause the splints.

Be happy yu dont have compartment syndrome like me
impossible to run more than 3 mins

I used to get them every football season.

I'd get them after about 2 weeks at the beginning of the season and they'd last about 2 weeks or a little less. I just played and practiced through it and they always went away on their own.

I just used an absurd amount of tylenol to get through practices until they went away.

For me, if I had rested until they were gone, I think they'd have just returned. My body adjusted and they went away. I think most don't have the pain threshold to do that though.

Lol

For me it was related to a muscle imbalance in my legs and weak glutes, that required lots of strength exercises and stretches to get better.

It's at the point now where it's tolerable and just a minor annoyance. It could be shoe related, it could be a lot of different things. But I could never run my 60+ miles a week that I do without healing it somewhat.

This post was edited by Jordo on May 16 2015 05:54pm

This comes up a lot here. The problem is your stomping the ground in your running and it causes many many micro fractures or breaks on your bone which causes the pain. Here in Murcia body knowledge is not taught so you never know things until you bump into someone that spreads the knowledge.


Treat as a bone fracture which is what it is. Ice and elevate. Take bone supplements if you like. Big help is to not stomp the ground while you run for prevention and it usually goes away because bones heal back stronger and eventually they heal strong enough to withstand poor running form. However if you never let it heal, they don't become stronger and may worsen into an actual complete bone fracture and put you out of your activity for mandatory rest during recovery.

Good luck on your form correction, just remember to land like water. Smooooooth and absorb the impact with your body rather then beating up your bones and joints. Think of a cats landing, they also absorb the shock.