They really hurt… what else can i say. I have been running for a month now after I settled down when my season finished and I am starting to get severe shin splint pains. Is it bad for me to run on my shins??? Are there alternatives or aids towards neglecting this pain in any way but still keeping my trainign on track??? What do I do?!! Please help! Thanks!
Check out Clemson’s article Pain in the Grass on his site, it’s excellent.
You have a few options.
If at all possible do one or both of your tempo sessions in the pool. Also taking off a day in the middle of the week and a day or two on the weekend may help. Also ice massage and or contrast will help. And make sure you are stretching you calfs.
can shin splints prevent me from later on running in my events in december???
are they dangerous???
thanks for the replies guys
You will be fine if you take care of them and take proper measures to get rid of them. Also IBProfen (advil) can help.
If not taken care of they can turn into a stress fracture.
Originally posted by romeo10900
can shin splints prevent me from later on running in my events in december???
are they dangerous???
thanks for the replies guys
I always get them when I do volume work, but in this GPP as soon as I got them I started doing therapy twice a week - magnetotherapy and ultrasound (and ice of course), and it has reacted favorably, it’s been under control. In the previous GPP I couldn’t do any short work (under 150) properly because it hurt so much when I accelerated I couldn’t step properly. So far so good this time around with the treatment I’m under.
Another thing, I dropped most jumps from my training this time around, I think that also has helped a lot. Bounding and in particular one legged bounding I think were what killed my shins (the track work would bring them to the brink of pain then the jumps completely inflamed my shins). I guess that’s wha I can say from my experience and I’ve had very bad shin splints (couldn’t even walk without pain). As quik said, if you don’t get th problem treated/solved it can lead to a stress reaction and stress fracture.