Soft bone?

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As many of you might know, I’ve been suffering from shin splints since January 2006. Well, as of late, my shins have felt amazing…in fact, they havent bothered me in over a MONTH! However, I haven’t sprinted during this time…I have done a few tempo sessions on the track just fine though.

Anywaysss, I was just feelin out my tibia and it feels soft…like I can push into it and it feels like a hard jelly almost. If I push hard enough into it, I can make a big “dent” in the bone that takes some time to go away(15-60 min? dunno) . It doesn’t hurt though…and my shins don’t really bother me much anymore. It spans the length of the ENTIRE tibia…however its most noticeable in the middle third.

Is this a phase to recovery…?

Not sure if it’s related at all…but I’ve been wearing knee sleeves lately for a different injury…

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That sounds like (pitting) edema to me. If your actual tibia was that soft it would have fractured a long time ago.

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Causes of peripheral edema are:

* high hydrostatic pressure of the veins, leading to poor reabsorption of fluid
      o venous obstruction, e.g. deep vein thrombosis (typically one-sided)
      o congestive heart failure
      o varicose veins
      o asymmetric compression of thigh and leg (e.g., knee pads, tight jeans)

“knee pads”

I guess thats it!!!