so long story but i got shin splints yesterday and i can barely walk (atleast i think its shin splints) and im afraid ill miss my game tomorrow which is district cup final, anyone have ideas on how i can speed up healing process as fast as possible?
First of all, you don’t usually just get shin splints one day. They are a chronic injury that may flare up occasionally, but it is not a sudden thing.
The best thing you can do right now is ice and stretching. Stretch the back of calves and hamstrings especially, but you should try to keep your entire lower body loose.
Before and during your game just load up on icy hot, you may try some ibuprofen before hand, too. Icy hot always helped me quite a bit, but I wasn’t usually running longer than 50 seconds or so. An entire game may be a bit different. Ice as soon as you are done. Compression can also help, but there is obviously a trade off with flexibility. Get a trainer to tape you up beforehand.
Your long term solution is to keep your muscles loose, and do plenty of dorsiflexion exercises.
Well if it is shin splints then it probably means your foot is doing something it should such as pronation or Supination, which is basically your foot slightly rolling inward/outward. I had shin splints before and my physio told me to get some insoles, so I got some off ebay. I continued to run through it with the insole in and ever since it hasnt come back. So in essence if it hurts something is going wrong… These links may help…
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[quote]Sh!fty wrote:
Well if it is shin splints then it probably means your foot is doing something it should such as pronation or Supination, which is basically your foot slightly rolling inward/outward. I had shin splints before and my physio told me to get some insoles, so I got some off ebay. I continued to run through it with the insole in and ever since it hasnt come back. So in essence if it hurts something is going wrong… These links may help…
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I liked that first link. That is the first time I have seen someone address shin splints due to under-pronation, which has always been my problem. The only problem with going to a shoe with more cushion is that it will inevitably slow you down, which is kind of counterproductive for a sprinter.
It was my understanding that shin splints were caused by the transfer of stress from the muscles to the tendons, then to the bones. So, short term there sn’t much you can do, and long term you need to strengthen the weak link in your running chain, whatever that muscle is.
I could be wrong.
ok sounds like its definately not a shin splint then, i have iced it all morning so far and it is feeling slightly better, although i couldnt leave the house and had to do my workout at home (used tool boxes for rows and the door for pullups ahah) i will continue to ice it and hopefully ill be ready for tomorrow, thanks all.
I know this is going to sound weird, but I heard this from a sports medicine doc, who is also a musician. Shin splints are caused by many things, one of which is stress fractures. In order to determine if the pain is caused by these fractures, take a tuning fork (something everybody has, right??) strike it, and place it in the middle of your bone, or on your ankle. If the vibrations from the fork make the pain worse, it’s most likely stress fracture.
Not that that’s going to help, just sharing some unique diagnostic procedures.
There are many causes of shin splints. “Shin splints” is an all-encompassing term that can refer to any one of a plethora of pathologies affecting the lower leg, so it’s not one thing with one cause and one cure. I strongly disagree with the advice to use insoles or orthotics. Supportive footwear is just a crutch, like weight belts.
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
I know this is going to sound weird, but I heard this from a sports medicine doc, who is also a musician. Shin splints are caused by many things, one of which is stress fractures. In order to determine if the pain is caused by these fractures, take a tuning fork (something everybody has, right??) strike it, and place it in the middle of your bone, or on your ankle. If the vibrations from the fork make the pain worse, it’s most likely stress fracture.
Not that that’s going to help, just sharing some unique diagnostic procedures.[/quote]
Will an electric tuner work?
[quote]tedro wrote:
Yo Momma wrote:
I know this is going to sound weird, but I heard this from a sports medicine doc, who is also a musician. Shin splints are caused by many things, one of which is stress fractures. In order to determine if the pain is caused by these fractures, take a tuning fork (something everybody has, right??) strike it, and place it in the middle of your bone, or on your ankle. If the vibrations from the fork make the pain worse, it’s most likely stress fracture.
Not that that’s going to help, just sharing some unique diagnostic procedures.
Will an electric tuner work?
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Nope. Gotta go with the old school technology here, it has to vibrate, preferably in F#.
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
Nope. Gotta go with the old school technology here, it has to vibrate, preferably in F#.
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Major or minor?
[quote]belligerent wrote:
Supportive footwear is just a crutch, like weight belts.
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Would that “supportive footwear” include proper running shoes?
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
I know this is going to sound weird, but I heard this from a sports medicine doc, who is also a musician. Shin splints are caused by many things, one of which is stress fractures. In order to determine if the pain is caused by these fractures, take a tuning fork (something everybody has, right??) strike it, and place it in the middle of your bone, or on your ankle. If the vibrations from the fork make the pain worse, it’s most likely stress fracture.
Not that that’s going to help, just sharing some unique diagnostic procedures.[/quote]
Yes, but happily a tuning fork (which I happen to have) isn’t necessary.
OP, you can probably thump with your knuckle. Just move up or down the leg a few inches and knock on it. If it hurts the injured area, it’s probably a stress fracture.
Shin splints are essentially strain. Unless you build up the weak area you’ll eventually develop stress fractures if you continue on as you are. Maybe orthotics can help, but shin splints are typically just an overuse injury/strain. They can definitely come on in one day.