Stress fracture or just shin splints?

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10 years ago 04/24/2014 7:05am EDT

Yes it's another one of those threads! But I seriously need help. Ok so I'm a jumper. Long jump, triple jump, and pole vault. And lately I've been experiencing some shooting pain on the inside of my shin on my takeoff leg. If I push on it and try to massage it seems to only have one really tender spot. Who's is about 4 finger tips away from my inside ankle bone. I also have been feeling a dull throb at night but when I wake the next morning the pain is gone. It's been like 3 weeks with this pain. But the pain only reaches about a 4 on a scale of 1-10 unless I'm am doing a sprint workout. The pain increases to about a 6 or so. But the pain is still pretty manageable.

I've never had shin splints before so I don't really know what to compare it to. I've never had any major leg problems either for that matter. So it could just be shin splints and I'm overreacting. Anyways thanks for your help!

10 years ago 04/24/2014 7:28am EDT

re: 1234gurl

I am not a jumper but have been dealing with shin pain for sometime. It was a result of overtraining in my case and I thought it was a stress fracture as it felt very compartmentalized on the inside of my shin where the tendons connect. I had a couple tests (xray and mri)and it revealed lots of bone growth at that point on both tibias but it wasnt a stress fracture just glorified shin splints. My doc did say it was pretty crazy looking compared to his past patients and it eventually led to 8 weeks off and a very slow build up to mileage again. I wont hit the mileage I use to and began biking to make up for what would be junk mileage as it is still tender sometimes after a hard run. What I have used is compression sleeves and they have helped greatly, I also try to strenghten my shins and keep my calves stretched as much as possible since tight calves tend to pull on the shin muscles. My advice is if the pain continues to increase even in small doses you could end up as I did so be careful and very mindful of the pain. Hope this helps

10 years ago 04/24/2014 8:00am EDT

re: 1234gurl

Consider this:

http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/sport-injuries/ankle-achilles-shin-pain/peroneal-tendonitis

I suffered from what I believe was peroneal tendonitis. The fix was aggressive pressure on the bottom of my foot and just behind my knee in order to stretch the ligament. And I mean AGGRESSIVE pressure.

http://www.athletestreatingathletes.com/ata-blog/2013/05/peroneal-tendonitis/

10 years ago 04/24/2014 8:53am EDT

re: 1234gurl

That is a very common problem with jumpers and I would bring it to your coaches attention. SInce you do basically ALL of the jumps you are really hitting that one leg hard. You could add the hurdles in to really make it hurt! Seriously....go see the trainer or at least talk to your coach. You may need to adjust your training so that you are not working the one leg so hard so often. You need to give it a rest or it will get worse. If the pain increases have it looked at.

10 years ago 04/24/2014 4:07pm EDT

re: SL

Wow that's a crazy story! Thanks for sharing it! And yes I will definitely try some compression and rehab exercises. And maybe I should cut back on my jumping a bit and get on the bike. I haven't been on it enough lately.

10 years ago 04/24/2014 4:57pm EDT

re: 1234gurl

you probably have an oblique and compacted fracture of the femur

10 years ago 04/25/2014 12:26am EDT

re: 1234gurl

1234gurl wrote:
Yes it's another one of those threads! But I seriously need help. Ok so I'm a jumper. Long jump, triple jump, and pole vault. And lately I've been experiencing some shooting pain on the inside of my shin on my takeoff leg. If I push on it and try to massage it seems to only have one really tender spot. Who's is about 4 finger tips away from my inside ankle bone. I also have been feeling a dull throb at night but when I wake the next morning the pain is gone. It's been like 3 weeks with this pain. But the pain only reaches about a 4 on a scale of 1-10 unless I'm am doing a sprint workout. The pain increases to about a 6 or so. But the pain is still pretty manageable.
I've never had shin splints before so I don't really know what to compare it to. I've never had any major leg problems either for that matter. So it could just be shin splints and I'm overreacting. Anyways thanks for your help!

I did a little but of research too. Probably not a good idea though because I kinda psyched myself out.. Anyways I tried a hop test and I got about 5 or 6. I experienced The most pain when I land bend my knee to reload for the next jump.. The pain wasn't unbearable though. Just a bit of shooting pain, but mostly discomfort.

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