Shin splints!! Argghh!! (Read 1170 times)

Sorry to hear it, Purdey. I wonder if lack of sleep has anything to do with you not recovering well in addition to "too much, too soon"?

I have kids aged 20mths and 4weeks..... What is this fabled "sleep" that you all talk about?

From the little bit I have read, shin splints could be beacuse you may be leaning forward a little more than necessary when running. Also if your road is not even (the slight decline from the road to the shoulder - if you are on a highway). Softer surfaces (grass) for a while may help. This is all I can remember from an article I read but I may not be remembering it correctly.

From the little bit I have read, shin splints could be beacuse you may be leaning forward a little more than necessary when running. Also if your road is not even (the slight decline from the road to the shoulder - if you are on a highway). Softer surfaces (grass) for a while may help. This is all I can remember from an article I read but I may not be remembering it correctly.

Wow, that might be an explanation. One of my teammates (who is wicked good, by the way- 4:47 miler and 10:27 two mile as a freshman) gets wicked bad shin spints, and he leans wicked far forward when he runs... I might have to tell him about that... Thanks

Boy Purdey! Your troubles sure have mounted haven't they? Poor thing! I was the queen of the shin splints when I first started running, and still have soreness periodically. How did you know your tore a calf muscle? OUCH! Heal up!

Here's what we have our high school cross-country runners do to avoid shin splints: Attach a bicycle inner tube to something sturdy. Sit facing it, and stretch the tube over the top of your foot. Flex your ankle, pulling your toes toward you. Make sure to get full range of motion, and work up to about 100 repetitions every day on each foot. The only shin splints problems we have seen have been in the kids who don't do this faithfully.

Question on the shin split exercises --- is this something that we should all do???

You can also just do toe taps while sitting down--I alternate ten each side at my desk at work until I can't do anymore. I started when I suspected I might be heading to shin splint territory, and haven't had any issues since.

From the little bit I have read, shin splints could be beacuse you may be leaning forward a little more than necessary when running. Also if your road is not even (the slight decline from the road to the shoulder - if you are on a highway). Softer surfaces (grass) for a while may help. This is all I can remember from an article I read but I may not be remembering it correctly.

Hmmm- I wonder if this is my problem( bad form- leaning forward to much)- kinda makes sense- I havent had any real problems but the last 2 weeks my shins have been achy. It's been real humid and hot and my I've been struggling through my runs on my country back roads. I might just be leaning forward to much. I have been making sure this past week I stay off edge of the road whenever possible and running on the flatter parts. But the ups and downs of all the hills aren't helping either. I was thinking I jacked up my mileage too much so i backed off but still am dealing with soreness below my knees. Gotta a 5K race Saturday so I'll be taking it easier this week anyway. The pain is starting to concern me. Plus I'm another person that only get at most 5 hrs of sleep on a good day.