Shin splints

[Stonecold54]

http://www.superiormuscle.com/vbulle...ht=shin+splint

do a search titty mod :D

[Lmg2701]

Don't know if this has been said because I didn't read this entire post, but they do make a brace for this.

I had shin splints in high school and I can say it really was a pain in the ass. I bought this brace out of a track magazine and it helped a lot. It is just a sleeve that fits from about your ankle to a little bit below your knee and has a strap on the bottom with velcro (sp?) that wraps around and has another strap on top that does the same thing. These braces helped me out tremendously, I will see if I can find a link for them, I think they were about $20 a piece.

[Lmg2701]

http://www.ithacasports.com/shinsplints.html

Mine wasn't exactly like the one in the link above but it was close. Do a search for shin splint braces online and you'll find a bunch, hope this helps.

[Primal Instinct]

Something that helped me (besides decent running shoes) was NOT to run on asphalt. I switched to a cinder track or grass (wherever possible) and that pretty much took care of it for me. Less impact shock meant less pain.

[SuperMouse]

Okay, there is a lot of good advice here . I ran cross country in high school and my coach had been a very good runner at UCLA. His preventative measure for shin splints was to take a towel open flat in fron of you and while standing or seated roll the towel up with your toes... kind of a scrunching of the toes movement. I never had shin splints after that.

Shoes are important. What you run on is important from good to bad(grass, rubber track, brick dust track, dirt, asphalt, concrete). (I don't know wehre to put sand - that is a whole different thing).

There is a piece of equipment called a DARD where you can lift weights by raising your toes while lying with your feet hanging off the end of a bench and it is like toe curls - works well too.

I hope that helps,

SuperChicken1

[speedracer59]

I had the same problem. Along with shoes get some good insoles. 90% of the shoes out there come with chea, thin insoles. Ive only notice high end Nike and New Balance go with better ones. A good pair is 20 buck or less. It help my shin splints a well as loewr back pain.

[BadGenCD]

Be very careful. I had shin splints, didnt take care of them, and they developed into stress fractures. THe only true healing remedy for shin splints is STOP RUNNING/IMPACT activities. Ice and stuff only helps the pain. Hope this helps.

[BBAddict]

I have hundreds of miles of experience with this, unfortunately. :( I ran a marathon to lose weight before I got serious about bodybuilding, so I've dealt with all kinds of leg injuries. I will say that for me, the biggest factors were shoes, running surface and shoes--and did I say shoes?! I went to a running specialty store and had them analyze my stride and my strike points, etc. and they recommended a shoe based on that. I definitely recommend having a running only pair of shoes because even walking compresses the material that is used for shock absorption. I kept track of all miles ran on the shoes and found that if I exceeded 400miles on a pair of shoes, I would start developing shin/knee problems again. If you can run on cinder track or even do trail running, that is better. Also running up hills is good but running down is bad so sometimes I just did intervals sprinting up the hill and walking/slow jogging down the hill. Running is awesome for losing weight and it's a great stress reliever just to get outside and jog with no other distractions. I miss it-I've given it up entirely to try to gain weight.