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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: PSX_J on July 21, 2004, 06:17:32 PM
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I\'ve become quite a runner in the past couple months. I actually only started running to lose weight and get in shape for bootcamp but I\'ve grown to love it. However I get a shin splint in the lower inside of my right leg. It\'s starting to piss me off, I just run through it because I\'ve gotten used to it. Still I wish it would go away because it annoys me more than it hurts me. How does anyone else cope with this?
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Try stretching out your shins. I used to get them fairly frequently. Stretching out your shins can really help.
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How do I do this? I usually stretch my calves, but shins...not sure what to do for them.
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Originally posted by PSX_J
How do I do this? I usually stretch my calves, but shins...not sure what to do for them.
I don\'t remember exactly. Ask theomen. He might know.
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corrective footwear
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Ask The Stapler, the guy is a running freak.
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See avatar :)
Do some heal walks + what theomen said.
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Footwear plays a very large role, and I\'ve found that increasing your running speed helps to prevent them; Personally, a pace that is too slow always seems to hurt after a while.
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During my brief bouts with it when I started running in junior high I never figured out what caused it. Run through it and before you know it they\'ll be gone. Until then it sucks.
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I used to get them in both legs when I was younger, i did do a lot of running/cycling/soccer though. I just kept training until the pain eased off.
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Heh....never had shin splints. All along, I thought they were protective gear that soccer players use. :p
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Eat more Potassium that will help.
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
Heh....never had shin splints. All along, I thought they were protective gear that soccer players use. :p
You mean shin guards?
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Originally posted by mjps21983
Eat more Potassium that will help.
What kind of foods have potassium? I\'ve started eating alot of fruits. I believe the shin splints are slowly but surely wearing away. Running through them is a piece of cake now, afterwards they hurt but when Im in the middle of an excersise they cant budge me.
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Bananna\'s are your best bet along with raisins.
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what\'s a shin splint?
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i always just figured it was cos ur using muscles that u dont usually use that much, i get it when skating a lot, i just skate through it, you get used to it, and so does your body
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Well I posted something but I guess it didn\'t show up. Yea, Bananas will definently be your best friend. The potassium helps with the lactic acid in your muscles.
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You could also take potassium supplements but bananas taste better :)
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Originally posted by theomen
Bananna\'s are your best bet along with raisins.
Yer damn right! Dancing bananas are the best! And have a banana before sex! :D
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Originally posted by politiepet
what\'s a shin splint?
Good question...really.
DeAnna
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
Yer damn right! Dancing bananas are the best! And have a banana before sex! :D
Which you use for other reasons besides eating.
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Originally posted by DeDanna
Good question...really.
DeAnna
I dont know how to explain it in technical terms honestly. Just imagine what it feels like to be sore after a workout, then mutiply that soreness by 10 and direct it in one spot of your leg. You pretty much have what a shin splint is except the pain always comes up in the middle of an intense activity. Most of the time it\'s running because yoru using your legs alot.
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Something like that happens to me when I play basketball. Only I am completely unable to stand, it hurts like nothing I\'ve ever felt before, and my foot forces itself to move forward.
I really hate them. :(
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What worries me is the possibility the plate in my ankle could be causing the pain instead of actuall shin splints. Cant wait to get this thing removed so I can see what\'s really going on.
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uuuuuuuuuuu babies
omg I have shin splints!!! Go 6 minutes using every ounce of strength u got.
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They told us at Boot Camp to wrap your foot when you get those. I have no idea if it works, but you can try it.