Pain at the front of the lower leg (shin). can be caused by:
- running on hard surfaces
- overpronation
Average recovery time: 52 days
| who | duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| geoffstacey | 1 days | Ice them after runs, try to have a day off running after most runs and keep to softer ground. | details |
| Hobitas | 2 days | Kaip ir tikejausi laiku sustojus gydimas trumpesnis. Po dvieju dienu poilsio ir masazo uzdegimo kaip nebuta. Neprireike nei vaistu nei tepalu. | details |
| Wyatt | 2 days | Some massage and ice and advil and this went away pretty quick. Not sure if the treatment was needed. | details |
| siaipsau | 2 days | details | |
| GregBalter | 3 days | rest, ice, rest more | details |
| kokos | 3 days | Ingen löpning, en hel del tigerbalsam och skidstrumpor på 24/7. | details |
| ba-ba | 4 days | don't run due to knee injury... | details |
| mags29 | 4 days | Don't through in a ski walking workout before a race if I haven't ski walked in a while. And stretch more. | details |
| kokos | 4 days | Vila från löpning, Voltaren! | details |
| TimGood | 5 days | Rest | details |
| Fatjeff | 6 days | Caused by poor left foot position on placement. Concentrate on corect body position while running | details |
| lost | 6 days | details | |
| olympicdreamer | 7 days | I think that this was just a basic case of shin splints and i think i got them last week from doing 4 days of sprints in a row...not that all of them were hard, but i still did 4 days in a row. | details |
| disorienteer | 8 days | This is going to be a continual problem for me if I don't stretch and strengthen the muscles in the lower leg. | details |
| michaeladams | 9 days | details | |
| jfredrickson | 9 days | Don't try to push through it. Retire any shoes on their upper mile limits and take a day or two off from running. Make sure to ice well after running until they're good and gone. | details |
| Magic | 10 days | details | |
| Ljus | 10 days | details | |
| candis_derksen | 11 days | Rest, rest, rest. I took about a week off of running and did weight training and swimming instead. Im going to continue with the weight training to improve my muscles in my legs. | details |
| Englishrob | 12 days | Wasn't shin splints?!?!? just pulled a lower leg muscle hitting a rock side on?!?!? | details |
| Piervij | 13 days | Labai bijodamas fiksuoju, kad issigydziau.. | details |
| Acampbell | 14 days | well they stopped hurting. and i got an interesting cure from someone this weekend at west point. he said that running on them at my age was the best thing that i could do. so i ran both days which was good cus i managed to win cus of it. | details |
| shea_craig | 14 days | I haven't been running. I notice little round popping out bits on shins while doing squats, and they still tweak when bending funny, but mostly gone. I talked to the trainer about ways to avoid this in the future-stretching and strengthening the shins. | details |
| miomy | 14 days | Almost two weeks without running just to make sure they healed. Will continue with heat/ice and ibubrofin after every run. They are tight but not painful after 12 days. | details |
| CrashStopped | 14 days | causes: probably bio-mechanical, aggravated by increased running volume, a couple of intense rep workouts, and that fukn hockey game! recovery: stop running immediately, ice, massage, stretching calves, ongoing management: yet to see how this goes, but do the prescribed exercises, and ice/massage as required. | details |
| birchy | 15 days | running on them and doin a few streches tht i have been told seems to have helped. 4 days off sik wuld of helped | details |
| bwhitch | 15 days | Stretching and strengthing. Focus on hips and knees. Ceased pavement running. I was shocked at the quick recovery. Pushed it hard on may 18 and things seem fine. Still a little sore but improving greatly. | details |
| Tom | 22 days | details | |
| roschi | 22 days | rest, ice, I | details |
| hkleaf | 23 days | Rest and ice. Also did some strengthening exercise for the shin. The cause of pain is likely attributed to worn out running shoes, as well as sudden increase in training volume. | details |
| silverolive | 25 days | details | |
| mood | 25 days | details | |
| thewottler | 26 days | details | |
| ziggyr | 35 days | R&R | details |
| hkleaf | 42 days | Lots of rest, ice, and non-running exercises (primarily biking). Also did some strengthening and stretching exercises. | details |
| fluceluce | 42 days | details | |
| big ev | 44 days | well i think im recovered only felt a little tight today, this injury is ongoing though and will flare up if i dont train wisely. I think this bout was caused by me over training in the weeks before easter. Having the wisdom teeth out help me get over it as i was forced to rest for a few days. | details |
| lost | 44 days | details | |
| Mick | 47 days | details | |
| Piervij | 56 days | details | |
| Tom | 65 days | physio fixed them up good. some rest from running helped too and plenty of streching | details |
| cporter | 86 days | details | |
| SuvalineLohh | 99 days | details | |
| mortenneve | 121 days | details | |
| vosvos | 130 days | details | |
| danf | 130 days | details | |
| Vaala | 190 days | Do not run in shoes that give you niggles EVER. Rest. Do alternative exercises that don't put a strain on the shins (i.e. no running). | details |
| Rosco | 210 days | details | |
| distracted | 227 days | details | |
| eadams | 227 days | details | |
| EmmaSlemma | 522 days | details | |
| Dangerman | 20+ days | details | |
| bwhitch | 81+ days | details | |
| dawob | 111+ days | details | |
| shawntrail | 151+ days | details | |
| eadams | 186+ days | details | |
| justin.pettit | 216+ days | details | |
| Tom | 225+ days | details | |
| McDowell | 318+ days | details | |
| Fly'n | 322+ days | details | |
| dc | 334+ days | details | |
| Ironguille | 363+ days | details | |
| Sexyrunnerguy | 537+ days | details | |
| kriksers | 738+ days | details | |
| catherineols | 782+ days | details | |
| c | 794+ days | details | |
| julia | 800+ days | details |