Possible cures for shin splints

Struggled with it as well last year. Basically what you wanna do after having it for a long time is to start from scratch. First: get your shin painfree, and then the work starts. Then just jog, jog, jog, no faster things, not even strides. I started my first week back to training with something like 12 miles of jogging a week. and adding 3 miles every week. After getting to around 60 miles of easy running, I started to add some threshold, increasing duration with 5 mins a time, only one time a week. Now I'm at two threshold workouts a week, one hard long run and total 60 miles.

It's all about taking it gradually.

For exercises, I really recommend eccentric calf drops, gradually adding weight, 3x15 each foot first straight leg, then bent leg.

Also, look at how your foot strikes the ground. I landed far too much on my side, which made the rest of the foot really hit the ground hard, which caused stress on the inner, intrinsic muscles of the calf. So I tried not to do that, plus trying to have a cadence of about 180 bpm.

I've dealt with this a few times. Probably not the best way to deal with this, but I just basically pushed through and continues training. For me, the pain would only really hit after I stopped running. I had ice packs that I would ACE wrap onto the painful area after each run. Within a month or so, it seems to work itself out.

Shin splints are muscles pulling from the shin bone. Try tapping your foot or feet repeatedly until you feel a burning in your shins. What you do beyond that feeling will be strengthening the shin muscles. Continue doing this when possible. It will begin to hurt and feel too hard to accomplish at times, but this is what it takes to get back out there.

I heard entirely removing your lower leg is a 100% surefire way to cure shin splits. You may want to try that.

Compression socks + low heel-to-toe drop shoes.

The question is : are you willing to put in the work day In / day out?

I had the worst shin splints when I began running. Hen I decided to consult with my coach and trainer to fix it.

Ever since I did this, I've had 7 years pain free and it doesn't matter how long I take off - they never come back.

But you have to put in the work-it takes time. And you'll look like an idiot and it'll probably hurt. But every day, find a nice field and slowly do 100 yards of EACH of the following exercises Barefoot:

-Walk as high on your toes/forefoot as you can

-Walk on your heels (bring your toes up as much as you can. This'll really work your shin muscles)

-Walk on the far outer edge of your feet

-Walk on the inner edge of your feet

-Walk on your toes, but this time point them outward as far as you can. Again this'll look weird

-Walk on your toes, this time point them onward as much as you can

-Simply walk, but with each step try and pull up grass with your toes

-To finish, drag your toes/foot with each step to give the muscles you just worked a good stretch.

If you do this every day, you'll see a difference in a month. But you gotta be consistent. You're strengthening everything around your lower leg, which is the only real way to fix it. And it's kinda fun, too.

Most of the solutions people mention (fixing pronation with a different shoe, cutting off the leg, etc) treats the SYMPTOM - not the problem.

You'll be able to wear whatever shoes you want, but you have to strengthen those muscles.

You'll thank me in 5 years. Hail, in 4 months.

Use this not at all hyperbolic gizmondo article.

http://gizmodo.com/5902699/banish-shin-splints-forever-with-one-magical-exercise

I occasionally get out of running for a few months and when I come back to it seriously I'm very bad at starting slowly. This invariably leads to shin splints which are fortunately super curable in ~1 week with this.

BUMP