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posted: 6/22/2008 at 7:57 AM |
Okay, I see the term shin splints a lot and I look it up and find it is shin pain but there aren't a lot more details usually (seems to be a bit of a blanket term).
Here is what is going on with me. The last two runs I have had really bad cramping up in my shins at (at the front of the leg just to the "outside" of the bone at the front of the shin. It feels like someone pumped up my shin muscle with a pneumatic pump and like the fascia are going to explode. Once I stop running there is a bit of pain with fast walking but little pain after the workout is done. Now at home later, only the memory of the pain and a little left over tenderness.
Is this shin splints?
I am a new new runner. I just did my last C25K run today (well had to walk part of it due to the shin pain). The shins bothered me earlier in the program but I bought new shoes and it resolved. Now it is starting again. The only thing I can conceive of that would do it is that I've upped my walking mileage quite a lot, from no more than 5K a week to, this week, between 3.5 and 7.5K a day. The other thing I realized is that today at least hydration might have been an issue and now as I sit here my toes are cramping if I flex them and I've been told by a PT in the past that cramping toes (while lifting) means I need more water.
I really want to keep going with the walking AND the running but do I need to back off. What other things can I do? |
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posted: 6/22/2008 at 1:42 PM |
| It is definitely not shin splints, that I am sure. When your shin bone hurts, that is shin splints. Now what you have may just be from being a new runner. Let some of the other runners here give you a more "correct" response to what hurts. |
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posted: 6/22/2008 at 1:43 PM
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posted: 6/22/2008 at 2:02 PM
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| Quote from wee_little_me on 6/22/2008 at 7:57 AM: Okay, I see the term shin splints a lot and I look it up and find it is shin pain but there aren't a lot more details usually (seems to be a bit of a blanket term).
Here is what is going on with me. The last two runs I have had really bad cramping up in my shins at (at the front of the leg just to the "outside" of the bone at the front of the shin. It feels like someone pumped up my shin muscle with a pneumatic pump and like the fascia are going to explode. Once I stop running there is a bit of pain with fast walking but little pain after the workout is done. Now at home later, only the memory of the pain and a little left over tenderness.
I sometimes get this if I start off to fast and don't warm up. I've been trying to make at least my first 2 miles warm up miles.(even on short runs) I've found this helps a lot and I've been having less problems with the cramps as well. I've also found that, for me, if I lace up to tight I get the same problems. Now my shoes aren't so tight and things are starting to work better for me as I up my miles.
Hope this helps!
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Things to do this year:
Beaufort Road Race 5K 07.19.08 -- 25:40
Twin Bridges 8K 10.04.08 -- 39:53 PR
First Carolina State Bank Half-Marathon 11.22.08
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posted: 6/23/2008 at 3:52 PM |
I've had problems with shin splints too. Recently I read that strengthening the muscle over the shins will help. The article talked about exercises that have you flex your foot upward against a weight of some kind. One suggestion was sitting on a countertop with paint cans hanging from your toes and raising the can by pointing your toes up. Gradually you can add sand to the cans to increase the resistance. That seems a bit much to me but it did help me get the idea. Another more practical suggestion was walking on your heels as a way of strengthening the muscles.
Good luck and take care with the shin splints. You don't want to wind up with a stress fracture. |
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posted: 6/23/2008 at 8:37 PM |
| Quote from wee_little_me on 6/22/2008 at 7:57 AM: It feels like someone pumped up my shin muscle with a pneumatic pump and like the fascia are going to explode.
That sounds a bit like compartment syndrome too. Loosen the laces. Your feet will swell like 20% when you run and tight shoes will cause that problem. I had that too and it went away when I loosened my laces. Also, toe taps before running can help your shins too. Good luck.
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Goal: drop from 186lb to 165lbs
Goal: drop from 168lb to 160lbs
Current weight: 168lbs
2008 Running goals:
runing pain free
59:59 in trhe Charles Rivah Run (7.5 miles) Actual: 58:21
1:59:59 1:50:00 in the Oct. 12th BAA Half Marathon - actual: 1:49:39
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posted: 6/24/2008 at 1:18 AM |
| Quote from EGH3 on 6/23/2008 at 8:37 PM: That sounds a bit like compartment syndrome too. Loosen the laces. Your feet will swell like 20% when you run and tight shoes will cause that problem. I had that too and it went away when I loosened my laces. Also, toe taps before running can help your shins too. Good luck.
I was thinking compartment syndrome but I don't think he has been running long enough, or over training. Two kids on my school track team have had issues from compartment syndrome but it was either from running too much distance, or a foot problem which caused them to run incorrectly. But that is just my experience from it.
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posted: 6/24/2008 at 1:47 AM |
I had what sounds like a similar issue when I started running. I would get about a mile into the run, and my shin muscles would just get tighter and tighter until it was like running with them completely cramped up. Sometimes if I kept running, it loosened (sometimes not so much). Stretching when they got tight sometimes helped, but was really really painful, and most of the time they'd just tighten up again over the next mile. Not sure why, but as I started running more, this started happening less. Now it is a very rare occurrence.
So in conclusion, I have nothing helpful to tell you except that it might get better over time. |
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posted: 6/24/2008 at 7:09 AM |
This sounds 100% like compartment syndrome. It is not exclusively for high mileage runners - everyone can have a bit - sort of a communist type injury.
I would recommend going to a doctor who knows a bit about running. Stretching the muscle and doing toe taps should help in the meantime.
(Try to get is sorted out sooner rather than later as this problem can result in minor surgery) |
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