this has probably been done countless times, but those who’ve had them for…over 2 months…what did u do to ease the pain…or make the pain go away permanetly. Its been 2 years and i’ve tried everything 
I never really suffered too badly from shin splints, but I have heard regular calf massage and icing of the shin helps. Also possible massage of the tibiallis anterior. It is probably possible to use self massage here provided you are comfortable with the techniques. Be very cautious with your shins, leave nothing to chance. After each session make sure you ice them etc. Hope this helps.
shoild i massage with icy hot? or just my hands?
as i understand it, you want your muscles to be warm when getting massage. try and get some oil. any oil will really do. i have had massage performed on me using sunflower oil!!! not ideal, but you can get some sorts of massage oil cheap. i am no expert on this though.
toe raises should get rid of them, most shin splints are caused by weak shins so toe raises should give them proper stregnth to “support” your body
i used to do exercises with a resistance band…but that didn’t have to much of an effect. Any other exercises u recommend?
“Charlie, have you ever substituted pool work for tempo on the grass for those with shin splints?”
“A typical tempo session in the pool is 2 sets of 10 x 45 sec running in place (touching bottom, or with floatation) with 15 sec break.”
“Angela Issanjenko had problem with shin splints, how did you handle this? I found that the sand from the beach can really help with developing the foot. … …”.
“I treat shin splints with the usual therapy -ice and aspirin- though I am more aggressive than most in changing the exercise programme away from running. The sooner you get off the shins, the sooner you can come back.”
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Try doing heavy seated calve raises for a couple of months. If they work great, if not, then stop doing them and your calves will go back to their normal state. When I mean heavy, I am talking heavy like you would do your bench!
I had a pretty bad shin splint problem a few years back, and it was due to under development of the lower leg. So I started to do more lower leg exercise’s.
Example Day:
10x 1min jumpping rope (increse reps or time as you get better)
Walk on Toes - 3 x 30m
walk on heels - 3 x 30m
Calf raise super set.
10xboth 10xleft 10xright 10 times both.
I did this for about 2 months and I havent had them since. I try to incooperate more lower leg exercise on squat days as well…
fill up some small dixie cups with water and freeze them. then put a little icy hot on you shins and use one of those cups of ice to massage it in… it works great
Outside of complete rest, I’ve found that the ice immersion of the lower legs works best-putting the entire lower leg in ice water for 10-15 minutes 1-2x/day-more in extreme cases. Do this before you ever get them to keep the inflammation low and never reaching the point of shin splints. After you get them, this still works well. I believe the ice massage(ice in a cup) works well for gently massaging the inflammed area-particularly where the bone meets the soft tissue on the inside front of the lower leg. Be sure that you are not running in old shoes. Though the parents can’t like it too much, I usually reccomend that the athletes get new shoes every 4-6 weeks and that they have good arch support(supplemental support if needed) to prevent the feet from moving around excessively upon contact with the ground.
Some trainers, pt’s, etc. will also reccomend that for even a short time, the athlete avoid even doing sprint work in spikes and wearing flats instead.
Get a DARD and use it. I did q quick google of DARD and shin splints and got a number of hits.