When I press it KILLS. The spot that hurts is only the size of a golf ball. It worsens as I'm running and throbs bad when I'm done running. Then I ice And it becomes bearable ... until I run again. Is it splints? Ive been running for 10 months.
When I press it KILLS. The spot that hurts is only the size of a golf ball. It worsens as I'm running and throbs bad when I'm done running. Then I ice And it becomes bearable ... until I run again.
Is it splints? Ive been running for 10 months.
Traci, I have this small ball of "muscle" on my left inner shin.. I will normally use some muscle rub and sort of knit it.. It felt good after that but real painful during the process.. I think it is part of the splints..
2013 races
U Run 10K - 24 Feb (47:21)
2XU HM - 31 Mar (1:48:44)
JP Morgan 5.6K - 18 Apr (30:14)
Sundown HM - 31 May
Bali HM - 16 Jun
King of the Road 16.8K - 11 Aug
Newton 32K - 20 Oct
sorry about the shin. Boo
5K (6 total) PR: 28:16 (5/5/13) 10K (2 total) PR: 1:05:02 (5/19/13) 4M (2 total) PR:44:46 (4/7/13) [yet to "race" one of these all-out] HM TBD 10/12/13
Upcoming Races:
Capitol Hill Classic 10K 5/19/13
Baltimore 10 Miler 6/15/13
NY Giants Run of Champions 5K 6/23/13
Goal Race of 2013:
Baltimore Half Marathon 10/12/13
Catleesi; mother of cats
Eek. That does not sound fun. If I have learned anything from this shin pain business it's that I am not a doctor and let them do the diagnosing, but I'd make sure the doctor orders an MRI or bone scan to rule out a stress fracture. They'll likely do an X-ray first but it won't show anything unless you have a healed sfx. My pain was oddly localized for shin splints but it didn't hurt while running, just afterward - yours may be splints, may be a stress reaction, may be a stress fracture.
I pick things up and put them down, and when I'm not broken I run.
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