Does anyone have a remedy for shin splints?  I get them something horrible when I walk for a period of time.?
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There can be several causes os what is commonly known as shin splints.  The best thing you can do is to see a doctor or an orthopedic physical therapist who can figure out why you are having your problem.  A lot of the times the problem is caused by muscular imbalances between the muscle on the front of the lower leg and the muscles on the back.\n\nCheck out the exercises on the link below and do stretches for each of the calf muscles and then try some strengthening exercises for the tibalias anterior muscle.  Good luck!
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What you need to do is stretch before you do jogging or running.  This will help prevent you from having the front of your shins hurting as much.  \n\nYou don't need to see your doctor, as you get more experienced with jogging or running, and if you stretch beforehand, you'll notice it doesn't happen as much after that.
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I had a doctor recommend an easy stretch.\n\nPlace a book or board about 2 inches high on the floor. Put the ball of your foot on the book and rest your heel on the ground. Don't lock your knees.\n\nYou may have to brace your self in a door way or against a chair. \n\nHold for 1-2 minutes.\n\nIt is not a hard stretch, but really effictive for shin splints.
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Mauy thai is a brutal art, it takes its toll on all your body parts, i read the answers other poeple put and no body told you this answer and i think its the dead truth, your body never fully adjusts, there are going to be alot of days where you hurt and your sore, guess what thats when you need to get you butt back into the gym and train harder, push your self every day to get better, start taking glucosamine condroitant, it helps with joints and making them work better.  Start to condition your shins on your own, get some slivers of bamboo or just a rolling pin and roll  your shins not alot maybe once a day
367139
Sounds like it might be plantar fascitis. I had that. It's an inflammation of the fascia on the bottom of the foot. I ended up getting inserts for my shoes and had to do stretching and strengthening exercises. And don't climb round rung ladders!
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Try this site:\n\nhttp://www.medicinenet.com/shin_splints/article.htm
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Go to the store and get blister pads.  They really work and shorten the healing time.
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FIrst, shin splints are not fractures as quoted above.  Don't let that scare you.  They are generally from overdoing it too sson though.  Good shoes are important, but also some compression will help.  You can use soccer socks that are too small for you.  As long as they cover the painful area and squeeze you calf and shin a bit.  Also, ice them down as soon as you finish running.  Use the little 4 oz bathroom cups, fill them with water and freeze them.  Ice your whins with them tearing away the paper on the cup as it melts.  Use the whole cup.  Lastly, exercise those muscles that hurt.  Stand on a bottom stair on your heals with your arch and forefoot hanging over the edge.  Hold on for balance if you need to.  Allow your toes to lower toward the floor and then pull them all the way back up within a few reps you should feel those muscles in the front of your shin working.  Time yourself, if you can do it continuously for 30 seconds, then you rest an equal time (30 seconds in this case) and do it again.  Do 3 sets. Do these on a day you don't run, or after running, never before and ice afterward, just like after having run.
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a lot of times it is not actually the knees that are causing the problem but may arise from the foot.  Check your shoes and buy the absolute best that you can afford.  Always stretch well and apply ice after to the shin.  If your shin and knee are involved you may have two problems going on and it is more than likely mechanical.  Check with your M.D. and get an x-ray of the shin to see if it is an actual shin splint which is where the muscle pulls off from the bone.  If it isn't it may be an active trigger point and the knee may be due to tracking problems.  A good orthopedist should be able to rule either out.
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Treatment for shin splits includes rest, massage, ice, stretching, and strengthening. Rest and ice is sometimes the best treatment. You should also be stretching your calves and Achilles tendon real well. If you have the problem during running or walking, try warming up more and don't increase the speed too quickly. You can also try varying the speed and elevation of the treadmill if you use one instead of keeping it the same. \n\nTo stretch your calves: \n\n1. Lean against a wall with one leg forward and the knee bent. \n2. Keep the rear leg straight, heel on the floor. \n3. Keep your back straight and lean your hips forward until you feel a stretch in your calf. If you don't feel it too much, put your toe of the rear leg up on a tree limb, or a dumbbell, or any other small object, so that you bend the ankle more. Your heel always remains on the floor. That will increase the stretch. \n4. To stretch the soleus muscle and Achilles (very important for shin splints), do the same calf stretch but bend the back knee slightly and you will feel the pull on your Achilles tendon. \n\nWhen you stretch, make sure to hold the stretch until you feel looser and not just for 10-15 seconds. The point to stretching is to stretch the muscle, so hold it until you feel stretched. \n\nAlso make sure your shoes are sturdy and give you lots of support, particularly in the arch. If your shins hurt you should gently massage them and then ice them after you work out.
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I have the same problem, hurts on the side of my heel.  Hard to walk when I get up, but noticed the more I walk the less it hurts.  Dr. said it was tendonitis.  It was beginning to affect my calves as well, but I think that was more from changing my walking patterns to avoid the pain.  Just keep stretching your foot and rubbing it before you put weight on it.  Heat also helps.  If it gets severe, they can do surgery with a tendon lengthening, but try other alternatives first.  Might be bone spurs.  Some chiropractors can help with that by using ultrasound treatments.  Also cortisone injections help and make you feel like you're walking on cotton balls, but the injection itself hurts pretty bad, then total relieve for about a week then right back where you started.  See a doc if it doesn't resolve.  Mine went away on its on after about 3 weeks and after I bought a new pair of tennis shoes and wore them even in the house.  Don't go barefooted!  Hope this helped!!
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Shin splints occur as the muscles, along the shins, are growing due to sudden use. This growth causes a separation of the muscle from the shin with inflammation in between. It is common among young people who are growing and doing athletics or those who have just started a work out routine.\n\nThe best way to deal with them is to work through them. Take an anti-inflammatory pain medication such as ibuprofen or aspirin and continue to work out, but don't over do it.  It it is hurting so bad you cannot continue even with medication, you may need to get an x-ray to make sure you don't have a stress-related hair-line fracture.
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Get good shoes for walking, take whatever pain med you can tolerate (ask your doctor first), use ice pack when needed. Main thing is see your doctor. Good luck.
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I suffered from this years ago when I started my first year of marching band.  Make fun if you want, but marching band is hard work.  You do so much walking, and not normal walking either.  They taught us what they called the roll-step, which reduces the bounce in your walk, and involves pointing your toe way up in the air as you start your stride, thus stretching the calf muscle.  This was my first year of doing this, and doing it repeatedly for a few days caused me so much pain on the front of my right calf muscle that they put me on crutches the rest of the week.  After the worst of it healed, I would from the on wrap my leg from the bottom of my knee to the ankle with an ace bandage to try and support my calf and keep everthing "tight" while marching.  It still bugs me to this day if I do anything to strenuous, especially on hard surfaces, with that leg.  I was also suggested a little exercise which helps also with sore ankles.  Pretend your toe is the tip of a pen, and write the alphabet in cursive in the air with your toe.  Sound silly, but try it.
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Shin splints generally accompany running and the stress caused from the landing/impact of the activity.  The stress is made worse because of an proportionately stronger calf muscle.\n\nI'd recommend a few things:\n1. Consider running on different a different surface.  Typically you will decrease the impact stress by running on grass.  Grass absorbs much of the impact, concrete on the other hand(asphalt a near 2nd) is one of the worst surfaces to run on.\n\n2. Use a anti-inflamatory.  I'd recommend Naproxin (Aleve over the counter). (Not Tylenol or Asparin, these are not anti-inflamatory medications).\n\n3. And The BIGGEST thing that I can recommend is anterior tibialis exercises.  This is the muscle opposite your calf.  You will be able to flex your AT by lifting your feet.  There are exercise machines that can concentrate on the AT, (use resistance), also you can accomplish the same thing by tying a rope around a 5lb weight and fastening it over the tips of your shoes.  Then do toe raises with your weight on the backs of your feet (the opposite of a toe raise for your calf).\n\nI've found stretching to be relatively ineffective as a treatment.  More than likely, you are pretty stretched out and active if you are having shin splints.
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A new pair of shoes will NOT solve the problem.  Shin splints are actually where the muscle connects tothe bone on the front side of the leg.  There are exercises to help or you can continue to run and they will eventually go away.  Here are the exercises I have found work.\n\nWalking on your tip toes.  You can do this in spurts or just do heel raises.\n\nAlso, this is one that was given to me by a doctor. - Take a weight and line tie the weight to the line and tie the other end to the tip of your shoe, allow the weight to dangle and do toe raises with the weight attached. \n\nThere is no quick fix for shin splints.  It will take time but they will eventually go away.\n\nHope this helps.
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Sounds like shin splints.  You probably don't need to go to the doctor.  You should stay off your feet awhile, and use a cortisone cream on them.  Take an anti-inflammatory med, unless you have any medical condition which would make that unwise.  If they don't feel better with 3-4 days of relative ease, go to the doctor.  \nIf you're going to play softball and tennis regularly, make sure you're wearing good shoes that are designed for those specific uses, and stretch beforehand.