achy shins

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MandaPanda

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Hey all,
I've been running steadily for about 5 months now...never used to run. I love how I'm able to impress myself with distance/speed and i love how great it makes me feel!

But a bad, bad thing happened.
I bought new running shoes (probably long overdue) and tried them out immediately without breaking them in. Stupid, I know.
My shins were not happy. Especially my left shin. Now, it screams in pain after 7 minutes of running/jogging. I tried going off the treadmill, hoping that would help, but it didn't. Thankfully, it doesnt' hurt once I stop and only takes 30 seconds or so to go away.

What should I do?! I don't want to stop running! I know there are other exercises I can do, but running is my passion. I can't imagine spending the next month on an elliptical.

Help!
 
depending on the level of the pain you can manage the shin splints by turning down your mileage a bit, icing 15 min on 15 min off, and doing an aspirin regimen.

Is the pain in your muscles or in the bone? Bone is more serious and you would want to cut out running to avoid a stress fracture. Muscle is manageable.

Also you said you stopped using the treadmill? Did you start running on pavement instead? Pavement would make it worse as the treadmill has some amount of give to it.
 
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I started running around a basketball court. But I will avoid running outside.

I think the pain is in my muscles. Yesterday, they got to a point where they started tightening up. Not fun.

With the icing...do I ice in between runs? after I'm done? before I start?

Thank for your help!
 
MandaPanda said:
I started running around a basketball court. But I will avoid running outside.

I think the pain is in my muscles. Yesterday, they got to a point where they started tightening up. Not fun.

With the icing...do I ice in between runs? after I'm done? before I start?

Thank for your help!
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Well if it feels like its tightening up then its probably the muscle.

You want to ice immediately after your runs for a few on-off cycles, and other times that you can during the course of the day. You can also do stretches to help loosen those muscles up by doing a lunge movement, but instead of keeping your rears foots toes properly on the ground you place the top of your toes on the ground and lower yourself with your front leg...you'll feel a stretch in the front of your lower leg.

This could also be compartment syndrome which is also manageable as long as you stay on top of icing.

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If it started straight away with the new shoes and you do not believe it is shin splints, then the muscle pain must have something to do with your new shoes, especially if you had been running quite steadily for 5 montly previously.
 
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