Sure this has been done before, but what do you folks do to get rid of/ease off shin splints? It's like someone has whacked me under the shinbone with a crowbar.
From another thread: I never used it specifically for jogging-induced shin splints (I just noticed the muscle needed work), but I remember I used to get running pains in the lower legs and I don't anymore, or not anywhere near as bad. I've been using this exercise as part of a supplementary isometrics workout every week to get those hard-to-target muscles. Obviously a period of rest would help first.
Rest them for a good while. Get your cardio from something non-impact like swimming. Then when you go back, have a good look at your running technique. Possibility is you might be leaning back as you run, and your feet might be in front of you. This is a bit of a braking effect which really exacerbates the shin splints. That what I did and I've not suffered with them since. I had them real bad and couldn't put one foot infront of the other after about 200 yards! Good luck.
I to suffered from shin splints ,,,my remedy was buying trainers with either holes in the heel or the Nike ones with the air bubble in the heel making sure my front foot landed heel first when running I thing you can buy long socks to protect the shin's as-well ,no sure how they work Ive never used them
Well for a start ice them shins and pack in running for a couple of weeks. Then get to a proper running shop and get decent running shoes and if needed orthopaedic insoles. I was getting horrific shin splints and my local running shop did a video analysis of my gait when running and made me some custom insoles to fix the problem, cost me about £40 but worth every penny! The place I went to us called sweatshop, don't know if it's national though.
For me, using the principles that are used in barefoot running worked fine without buying specially made running shoes. Before I'd make about one and a half steps per second, slamming my heel into the floor repeatedly then sort of leaping off my toes - now I try and make at least three steps in a second, far smaller and lighter and landing more flat-footed - making sure that my feet are facing straight forwards each time. I found the easiest way to make this change was by trying to make as little noise as possible whilst running.
Rest, strengthening your tibialis anterior with plenty of stretching of your calf muscles and that's about all you can do.
I used to suffer really badly from shin splints. Having read a lot on it it seems the problem is due to a weakness in the muscle running down the front of the shin which helps control the plantar flexion of the foot. I started off with heel walking, with feet pointing inside, outside and straight ahead then moved onto heel jumping and similar exercises as mentioned by Manassa. My shin splints are almost non existent and when they do flare up i get back on the exercises again and they soon go.
From my brief agonising experience with them rest is the only cure. But walking around on my toes seemed beneficial and very easy to do and fit into the day.
Shin, big bucket, ice. Once you have them there really isn't any cure. Resting them so they can heal is the only cure. You can just treat them and lessen the pain. You have to be proactive to avoid shin splints by strengthening the tibalious anterior muscle the weakness of which is the cause of shin splints. If you wait till you've got them you are too late.