Hello,

My shins hurt and exactly in the muscular part of the shin. When I raise my toes up, these muscles contract in front of the shin.

What is a good cooling down method for me to do the day after or a strengthening exercise?

I don't get it, if I kick with my shin, I kick more with the muscle than the bone... I will ask my trainer.

inb4walkingmoredogs

Confused with what's going on and what you're exactly asking.

There aren't muscles that will ever contract in front of the shin. The shin is just a nickname for the anterior border of the tibia and it is basically right underneath the skin.

Anatomically, there is no such thing as kicking with your shin. The process would involve knee extension/flexion , plantarflexion, and thigh extension/flexion.

If you're taking repeated blows on the shin, you probably have a contusion on the tibia. Also you kick with both muscle and bone, as the muscle is connected to the bone.

So not really sure what you're exactly asking, but try rest, soft tissue work, stretching anterior compartment of leg.

you have shin splints. the tibialis anterior muscle is bruised and tight and under pressure because of fluid buildup inside the tight fascia. stretch it (plantarflexion) and rest for a few days, youll be fine

it could also be, if op is very new to kickboxing, the muscles are sore from moving around so much on the balls of his feet with knees bent. you'd get this from any standup fighting at first. this is the same soreness you'd get from doing seated calf raises.

if you're a beginner you should be wearing shinguards and conditioning the shins outside of sparring!

they'll go away as your conditioning improves

Gonna get hard asap!

I skated + played soccer all my life, never had this feeling before.



Yeah, I think it's because of the blows. Doing a few flexes and I think it will go over in a few. Woke up this morning and had a bit of tightness.



Exactly what I was thinking, gonna keep at it.



Thanks for the advice. I will walk it off and do a little flexes. Makes sense, this muscle is very visible when I raise my toes upwards during plantarflexion.

Thanks for the advice guys, much appreciated.

That would be dorsiflexion. Plantarflexion is pointing toes down.

Thanks for helping this noobie