Jun 12, 2012

Shin Splints


Source: footbalance.com

After two weeks of awesome runs, I’ve had two runs in a row in complete agony from shin splints. So painful that I had to stop running and even walking was extremely painful.
Now this happened about 2 months ago and lasted about a month and then disappeared but now is back. I wish I could figure out what the underlying cause is. The first time around, I changed shoes, I walked more before the run, I made sure I was hydrated and this time around I am still doing those things.  I’m going to give it another week and if I can’t figure it out I’ll have to seek professional help. During the time that I did not have shin splints I was running 6/7 days, some long easy runs, some short more challenging and even a bit of sprinting here and there. This past week – before the shin splints started again, I only ran twice and the rest of the week had walked about 4-5 k every other day, so I’m wondering if they became tight because I wasn't running as often?
Anyway, last night I iced and massaged and I stretched this morning and am still feeling a dull ache so that’s a bit worrying. I don’t run again until tomorrow evening. I’ll keep you posted!

8 comments:

  1. Check this out; helped me a lot when I experienced shin pains when I began running -

    http://running.about.com/od/injuryprevention/ht/toeraises.htm

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  2. I am also suffering from shin splints, but I am fairly certain it is from a combination of over doing it and bad shoes. I hope you find a solution soon.

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  3. Ouch, thats terrible Enz. Hope you find what the problem is soon!! <3

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  4. Ouch, ouch, ouch! Not pleasant at all. Hope you feel better quickly and figure out the cause. Hope your week is going well Enz!!! Hugs!

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  5. Oooh - so sorry, Enz. I've had shin splints and they can really slow you down. I got them when I went from running on a track to running on ashpault. Hope they heal fast.

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  6. Hey Enz, a friend of mine had shin splints and it was caused by her running shoes. Hopefully you get to the bottom of it and ache goes away.

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  7. So sorry, Enz! They can really hurt. I had them once, and they were caused by my shoes. Hope this resolves for you.

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  8. Don't push yourself too hard. You'll only injure yourself worse.

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