shin splints *help*

[PolishHammer1977]

Reverse Calve Raises - 6X10

Ice - 10 minutes
Heat - 10 minutes
Ice - 10 minutes

3 x's per week.

 

[SofaGeorge]

I used to get shin splints badly. Then someone recommended that I run on grass... not concrete. Since I've been sprinting on soft grass I haven't had any shin splint problems.

You get shin splints from slapping concrete.

 

[Parabellum]

I get shin splints because I'm to damn heavy. I am trying to run to lose some weight but the shins kill me 1/2 mile into my run and then I have to stop and am in pain all the way home.

I bought inserts for my gofasters and that doesn't help. When I was in it wasn't an issue. It's just he wiehgt and not consistantly running.

JAY402 What branch are you enlisting in? Do your pull up, push ups and sit up regularly. It will only make it easier for you when you go in. Last but not least if your not a runner, run every where everyday.

 

[jay402]

I am going into the Marine Corp. Yes I do all the exercises needed to for the PFT test. I do lots of sit-ups, and trying to do pull-ups, everyweek they get easier and easier, but with those, i do lots of dips, and push-ups. I run M W F and bike on the stationary bike for 60 minutes on T TH.

 

[dude]

The reason for shin splints has already been stated which is to strengthen the tibialis anterior muscle. If this muscle is strong then you will not have shin splints plain and simple. Also, shin splints is also anterior compartment syndrome to a small degree which is swelling of the anterior compartment of the leg. This compresses your fibular nerve and blood vessels in that compartment, to a small degree.

 

[beefybull]

tibialis anterior muscle. If this muscle is strong then you will not have shin splints plain and simple.

Just had to say that one more time for tha cheap seats

Time to do net searches for tibialis exercises, shin splint folks. There is the occaisional machine designed to work that area of the leg, but they are few and far between.

 

[dude]

It's definitley a good idea to say again Bull. It's so easy to forget about those little muscles that are so important. Many times you see these huge guys with little tiny pains all over their bodies. They forget about those important stabalizer muscles and really honing in on keeping muscle balance of the joints.

 

[danielson]

http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section5/chapter62/62c.htm