Was training on saturday and my shins were absolutely killing me along the bone, my trainer said they it could be shin splints but after reading up they sound alot more serious than my condition. I think its due to my increased training after a lay off during the xmas holidays. Any one had any experience of this? I dont want to take time off and let my fitness slip as its just getting back onto track. What are good excercises which help fitness and conditioning without putting too much stress on my shins except for Bodyweight squats. Would squatting with heavy weight help build up the strength of my shins so this doesnt happen again? Im just getting back to the gym and have read through starting strength and am going to base my programme around that to supplement my boxing, sprints etc.
Sorry pal, shin splints can be varying levels of discomfort.... U prop need some treatment. Try a good physio.
a good physio is a life saver, find one and keep him/her my guy is great, if i can't afford to go see him he tries to give me advise on the phone.
What's the average price for a decent physio over in the UK. Do you really need a bad injury to go and see one or is it good to visit every now and again to make sure things are still in check? Just wondering, as I've never required any physio.
No problem Ive never done P.E or biology since year 9 so i always find myself fairly clueless with some of the technical jargon so im always asking people to explain rather than just sit there like a clueless lemon. Can I get that through NHS/local GP?
:good Rekon it's worth booking an appointment every so often? I train quite hard and I've just signed up for the Great North Run, so that's going to add a few more hours per week to my training that already includes boxing, weight training, sprints and football. EDIT: Had problems with my hands in the past and reoccurs every so often, although not sure if a physio deals with hand problems for a boxer?
depends the harley street physios in london charge 130+ for initial consultation and 80 or 90 quid with each visit, those guys can afford to charge that much because a lot of them are good and have many people coming back. not to say the cheaper ones aren't also good... my regularl physio charges £30 a visit, he has helped me out with quiet a few different injuries and each time he was spot on about everything.
NHS are ****s you can see the physio only if you have a serious/semi serious injury and you have to practically beg your GP for refferal and then the physios aren't even all that you're from London there's a great one in canary wharf if youre interested.
Im at uni up in Leeds so i spend more time up there but if it turns out to be a serious injury then a link to their info would be good. Ill see what I can do. At the moment its more discomfort so ive taken a few days off and im going to go back and take it easy on the skipping/burpees/tuck jumps for a little bit and see how it goes and try and build up slowly. Ive been training for a while and ive never had this problem before even when i was training alot harder.
