See how painful that looks? Only your heart should look this red and throbbing!
Do you want to prevent shin splints? Apparently many of you do as “shin splints” is our site’s most popular search term. (Yeah, we peeked). Our previous post about preventing shin splints is one of our “top sellers” (except it’s free to read).
The 3 tips in the video below will help you prevent shin splints. You’ll see more in future posts on what to do before and after shin pain. For now, take a look at this short video:
Key for you to know is that the shin (anterior tibialis) and calf (gastrocnemius, plus five other calf muscles work as a team. Most people shower too much attention on the calf, and neglect the shin. The calf gets big and bossy and tries to exert constant force on the little tib. This makes the shin very envious and it shows its displeasure by becoming stressed and painful. If you give the shin a bit more love (that is secret code for “more training”) it will be happy and joyous and take you all kinds of places pain-free.
Have you ever had shin splints? What did you do to recover?
Photo Courtesy of Mayo Clinic
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I have been dealing with major shin pain for MONTHS. MONTHS! My Dr. said it was shin tendonitis, and told me to lay off impact. I did for nearly a month and STILL went back to impact and found it to be VERY painful!
He never said to lay of calf work. I wonder if that has been hindering my recovery!
Thanks ladies – as always very helpful!
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Shin splints suck. I get them occasionally from running (when/if I ever run, which I don’t do much of) but I’m fairly luck that I’ve got good strong muscles from volleyball but this video gives some great tips!
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I haven’t had shin splints in a while but if they reappear, I’m playing this video pronto. Thanks for the helpful, entertaining posts – just cast my vote for you in the shorty awards.
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This was super helpful for me as I tend to get the dreaded shin splints…although I never look as happy as the video lady when it happens to me. I any case…appreciate the tips!
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I battle shin splints constantly, and am currently on a 6 week hiatus from running due to a stress fracture in the left shin. Thank you for the great tips, I didn’t realize working my calfs would make them worse I thought it would help…although I don’t really work my calfs anyway. I look forward to more on this subject!!!
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great post and tips. I so need to do this stretches.
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RecoFit compression is just introducing calf compression sleeves that combine compression with a simple and convenient icing protocol. So you get comrpession and ice in one easy package; two of the elements of R.I.C.E. You should check it out. Will be up on the web site next week.
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shared on my fan page and twitter… I get this request all the time! xo
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Ugh, YES, I have had them! Thanks for this much-needed advice!
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Thank you for sharing some tips..
YES, I have had them! Thanks for this advice