Have You Ever Had Shin Splints?

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Have You Ever Had Shin Splints?

February 16, 2009

Shin splints are an awful, jabbing, throbbing pain in your lower legs that's often caused by running, but people who hike, play basketball, or do other vigorous activities that involve your legs can also suffer from this piercing ailment. After making New Year's Resolutions to start exercising, many newbies experience shin splints, but changing up your routine, like switching to running on a treadmill after running outside, can bring them on too. Since it's a common issue, tell me . . .

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glowingoasis 3 years 9 weeks

Ballet class. If you don't plie during jumps or are jumping on a bad surface (aka concrete), shinsplints will occur!!

leoladie23 4 years 13 weeks

miss meow- do you have a link to those stretches? thanks

leoladie23 4 years 13 weeks

i am just recovering from one...i worked out today and i was fine so i think its gone. i love jogging outside on the asphalt road, and i jog pretty slowly so idk how i even got it. anyone have any tips on how i can prevent them?

almostloli 4 years 13 weeks

yeah, how exactly you can avoid them?i've never had one, seems like my legs are quite tough :Dand i jog, quite intensely

almostloli 4 years 13 weeks

yeah, how exactly you can avoid them? i've never had one, seems like my legs are quite tough :D and i jog, quite intensely

MissMeow 4 years 13 weeks

I have them right now. I just started an intense workout program with my mom, and we're training for a half-marathon. My shins have been killing me, so I'm walking instead of running, and I actually just looked up a bunch of stretches to help my shins heal.

ilanac13 4 years 13 weeks

omg - i've had them and they SUCK! when i used to play field hockey, i think that all of us at one point or another had them and we would be in such pain. now i really try to stretch and do everything to avoid getting them since it's really prohibitive of working out when you're suffering .

Renees3 4 years 13 weeks

oh man. I got them back when I was running. So after my 5K I took a month off to let my legs heal. Then when I went back I had other problems, like achillies tendinitis, and plenty of other pains. So now I can't run. or do anything. walking even hurts sometimes. But I love how my dr takes his sweet time refering me to anyone.

GlowingMoon 4 years 13 weeks

In the past, yes. When I was in high school, I was on the cross country team. Usually by the end of the season, I suffered from some degree of shin splints.

fifthdaughter 4 years 13 weeks

So, how exactly can you keep from getting them?

dayzfan4life01 4 years 14 weeks

urgh, shin splints = SO painful

Flack 4 years 14 weeks

Oh, definitely, and they hurt like hell. I'm an Irish Dancers, and I danced once, unwisely, on concrete. I had shin splints haunt me for over a year after that, necessitating that I tape them before every workout. I'm so over careful, now!

Advah 4 years 14 weeks

Yep, and it's so incredibly painful. I sometimes even get them from walking.

Spectra 4 years 14 weeks

Oddly, I've never had them, even when I was running 10+ miles a day. I tend to get tendonitis and ITB syndrome, but no shin splints.

karina2244 4 years 14 weeks

I used to get bad shin splints running track in high school - so bad that I could barely walk. My track coach made me walk laps around the track on my heels with my toes pointed straight up... it seemed to help, because they finally went away!

DeviousMuse 4 years 14 weeks

Ugh - I had them early on in my training for my half marathon. Really frustrating! In an odd turn of fate, though, I dislocated my kneecap and had to spend 2 weeks on crutches which actually gave my shin splints some time to heal.I also ended up with stress fractures in my forearms (basically the same thing as shin splints) from teaching my pole dancing fitness class and going from teaching 1 class a week to 4 classes!

DeviousMuse 4 years 14 weeks

Ugh - I had them early on in my training for my half marathon. Really frustrating! In an odd turn of fate, though, I dislocated my kneecap and had to spend 2 weeks on crutches which actually gave my shin splints some time to heal. I also ended up with stress fractures in my forearms (basically the same thing as shin splints) from teaching my pole dancing fitness class and going from teaching 1 class a week to 4 classes!

littlered 4 years 14 weeks

i would suggest getting insoles. they cured mine completely

cfp 4 years 14 weeks

I get them all the time. I'm flat footed and I love running, which is not the best combination. I finally invested in a good pair of sneakers, which helps, but doesn't cure them.

tlsgirl 4 years 14 weeks

They're so awful! I used to get them all the time, and luckily that's stopped, but I got them a couple of weeks ago chasing after a friend's dog in ballet flats. Painful!

miss malone 4 years 14 weeks

I've heard they can be VERY painful, but luckily I've never had them.

teegaall 4 years 14 weeks

I never get shin splints but I do get side stitches when I run on the treadmill sometimes.

aimeeb 4 years 14 weeks

No thank God.

aimeeb 4 years 14 weeks

No thank God.

Melo D 4 years 14 weeks

Shin splints are the WORST! Treadmills these days are much better then the older generations. I don't get them now from treadmills but when I started running on them... YIKES! I hated walking to class.

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