AAAAAAAAAAaaarrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggg

[letsrole]

I have shin splints ...under one bloody month off my POC too!!!

I'm going to rest until Friday then I’m going to do a bleep test (at college) then if the pain is still there then rest another week (well just walking a few miles a day).

I know there are tons of threads on shin splints but every case is different, would you say taking two weeks off for rest is a good move so close to a POC (and see if it still hurts or not)? Or postpone my POC? I would still be working on the cycling machine and rowing machine down at the gym a few times a week plus press-ups sit and chin ups at home.

It's odd because it hurts above my ankle to the side exactly where a cricket ball hit me full blast three weeks ago when I was in bat, I’m thinking it may have triggered it off. If its still sore after this weekend I'm go to the hospital on Tuesday too see what they make of it. It only hurts after exercise really not during.

I just want get on a POC and give it everything because it's probably going to be March before I'm available for another one (because of skiing and exams).

Has anyone trained through shin splints before?

[Worthers Original]

Who diagnosed shin splints?

[letsrole]

Me and my 'family doctor' health book diagnosed it

[Worthers Original]

Shin splints seem very prevelant on here. I wonder if it is shin splints rather than poorly tied/ill fitting/worn out running shoes. If you're running in boots then it might be they're over tightened. Correct footwear is very important.

For example:

When buying some new running shoes the chap at the shop (a specialist running store) noticed the wear in my current trainers and diagnosed that I had narrow heels which moved about a lot within the shoes. To combat this he showed me a way of tying the laces which would provide greater support for my ankles. It worked but it also caused extreme pain to my instep. I have always run with my heels moving and the change of support put stress where there hadn't been any before. I reverted back to my original way of tying the laces and the pain stopped.

[Doc]

There are also different types of "shin splints"

The course of treatment for either is intially similiar, but the prognosis is different (or can be)

Correct footwear, rest and terrain run on is important in recovery.

Be worth you seeing a physio or GP to check out you havent actually splintered the shin bones, or if its inflammation of the shin muscles and connecting tissues ( this can be bad and lead to surgery).

Nip them in the bud early, amend your training/footwear and most cases mend. It is important to discover what type of shin splints you have though.

[douguk]

I picked up shin splints after doing a lot of weights before the rugby season. I put on 1 1/2 stone and the added pressure caused them to flare up when I started playing.

I saw a doctor and he told me to get some orthotics, which I duly did. In the meantime however he told me that I would do no permanent damage to myself if I gritted my teeth and kept playing. The doctor was a fan of the team I was playing for so I was a bit suspiscious but battled on for a couple of weeks until the orthotics were sorted. Once I got them, the pain alleviated in a few days.

Letsrole, I'd say to you dont let it hold you back- PMA mate!

[Mr Mojo Risin]

its my understanding after being diagnosed with 'shin splints' that shin splints in its own right is not a medical term - shin splints are more than one thing, i had (and i cant remember here correctly to be honest - something like 'instert term' compartment syndrome, where the shin muscle has grown larger than the muscle sheath allows, muscle rubs against sheath and start to leak a liquid full of fibre which starts to kinda gum up on the sheath, soon the gum builds up and rubs against the muscle which starts the warning signles to the brain (pain).

as so was loosely described to me by the nhs physio.

no point diagnosing yerself kidder, if i did that then id have lung cancer, oral cancer, syphillis, IBS and a bad case of tourettes. you aint a quack, go see one - u may just have a 1 week owie.

[Dave_n]

Letsrole, I had shin splints on my PRMC and to be honest they didnt give me any trouble at all, apart from on the high obs course when crossing the rope and the rope was digging in.

I think the 3 days rest before PRMC eased them off enough. But everyone is different so dont take that as gospel.

dave

[letsrole]

Well I haven't really done anything all weekend and don't feel any pain right now although I did feel some on Saturday whilst walking and this morning. I went for a 25-min cycle though to keep CV up. I won't run for the rest of this week until Friday then I can take it from there, seeing what state I'm in. I'll just try and get down the gym and cycle a bit. If it’s still sore after my run on Friday I’m off to hospital to have them take a look.

[jmherrng]

Shin splints is a widely used term for lower leg pain. Medial tibial stress syndrome is the medical term associated with it although there are several other conditions your symptoms could point to. It depends on where the pain radiates from and when? Having said you were hit by a cricket ball your condition could well be Acute anterior or deep compartment syndrome. Most of these conditions all have one thing in common and that is the type of surface used to train on! I would say for any one training for POC or PRMC to do the vast majority of their long runs on soft terrain, especially to start with. Plus its harder anyway!! Expensive orthotics are often unneccesarily prescribed when all that needs doing is buying correct footwear and buliding up training at an appropriate rate! However, in all cases it is important to rest the injury to avoid them becoming long term. Anti inflammatorys can help as well as hot-cold treatments to flush the area and improve healing times. In my experience 9/10 of these cases are footwear and/or a case of too much too soon. Personally i wouldnt waste your time waiting at a hospital but go straight to a well recommended sports therapist/osteopath or physio. Sorry i couldn't be of any specific help but I reckon you should be good to go in month.....its only 3 days after all

[dalo]

Sorry to hear it, keep up the walking and rest mate, and dont worry about it!

[GGHT]

Lets Role does it hurt if you press down on the front of the shins, if your just sitting or something?

[letsrole]

Lets Role does it hurt if you press down on the front of the shins, if your just sitting or something?

Can't say it does

[GGHT]

I had "classic" shin spints if there's such a thing, a gradually intensifing pain that kicked in on both shins when I run/jumped and skipped, this was because I was new to running and was fairly heavy.
At one point it hurt when I walked and I was very lucky not to get a stress fracture as I've heard splints can be a preliminary warning to one. Unless i'd been taking loads of anit-inflammatories it would have been a real effort to train through them as such to be honest.

[letsrole]

Well I had quite a tiresome weekend after a week of no running and only had about 5 seconds of pain each day in my shins for a burst of about a second each. It actually hurts to the right of my right shin now, I think its called the soleus? Or tibealus anterior or something. Can you stretch this muscle? How do you get rid of compartment syndrome? And finally does it occur in the muscles I have just mentioned?