Please Help...Cannot get over injury

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Where do I start?

First, when I was about 23, I started getting shin splints (7 years ago)....kept me out of jogging for 6 weeks one time.

Since then, I have been evaluated, found out I over pronate, got the right shoes.

Still, got shin splints...tried different shoes, ran slow slow, didnt increase distance or speed

Finally, after years, i was able to jog an hour....6 mo ago I was jogging at 5.1 for 30 mins (again, low speed b/c Im getting shin splints) but then I do HIIT for the last 30 mins....but my max speed is only 5.6

Now, all of a sudden, the bottom of my legs are hurting, not really the shins...lower, like right above the ankle...achy like, more like a muscle thing...

Hurts to stretch it, and I stretch it like crazy, use the foam balls my trainer recommended...

I was so upset yesterday when I went to go jogging 4 miles at the beach (which I did the week before with no problem) and I couldnt even go 5 mins w/o having to stop in pain....makes me SO MAD!!!

I dont know what else to do??

Any suggestions?

Thanks
 
I've never experienced shin splits before but I know Flyinfree used to get them, I'll see if I can direct him to this thread in case he can give you any tips
 
Thanks...Ive done so much reading on shin splints...I had them for real and bad about 5 yrs ago...

Im just so mad b/c I need to do cardio...I was jogging 4 miles a few months ago, then all of a sudden I try to do HIIT, then I get them again..!!!

IM not even sure they are shin splints..they feel different b/c feels like an 'ache' on my lower legs right above the ankle....hurts like hell...I ran through my shin splints..that is why I was our for 6 weeks....dont want it to happen again, but this feels wierd.

And Im lifting and training with weights now...but how can that affect the front of the lower leg??....my quads, gluts they are SORE....but I can rest 2 days and warm up, stretch, get over it...

.....this sux...I mean pain...I tried to run through it..I had to walk 1/2 mile back. at the beach...and even then I was trying to jog in between!
A week before I was jogging 4 miles...what the heck is going on?


Im so frustrated and any advice would be awesome!!
 
bummer! after reading that history, it sorta sucks. they do make sleeves you can wear around your lower legs.

that HIIT running, if you do not pay attention to slapping your feet down, can get you real bad, and real fast. It's so much how far or how fast you run, but how you treat your stride and strike, as you get tired, or pumped up.

I got severly splinted shins froma hard landing in skydiving had to change my run form alot. I learned about "strike." take the time to do that.

good luck.

Sparrow is the queen of shin splinting, but she has continued. Also, tat Chicago champion lady is, as she called it in the Marathon Movie, "plagued" with shin splints.

SO, the two greatest runners I know are making it thru, you can too. those damn things call for patience.


FF
 
Hi

ive suffered from mild-ish shin splints for a while, and underpronate. i play a lot of football on top of my gym-obsessed lifestyle and have had countless times when my legs hurt too bad to do either properly.

ive not managed to clear them but ive have minimised the pain in two ways. Firstly do squats with feet flat on the floor (shoes offf or wear flat shoes in the gym, not running shoes which have a raised heel.)

Secondly, someone told me to do something thats a bit like a reverse heel raise. Start off standing up and pull your toes up towards your shins, and you should feel a bit of a pull on them (you may need to hold something to balance). Try 3 lots of 10-15 reps. When you feel comfortable try using a leg press machine and do the same sitting down with the extra weight - i can normally do a fair bit.

I dont know exactly how it works or the precise physiological explanation but its helped me no end, and only adds on a couple of minutes to a session 2 or 3 times a week. After just a few weeks the pains will be lessened during a run or sprint session.

Hope it helps

Ben
 
while your working on that, obviously low impact cardio is a good alternative ie: swiming / biking. also make sure your getting extra nutrients / minerals for the bones.
edit: the rest is covered as far as advice goes
 
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