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Pain-Free Guide: The Fit Girl's Guide to Common Exercise Pains
Common Problem for Runners: Sore Shins
What hurts?
Your shin area is sore.
Here's why: You have shin splints, caused by doing too much too soon. When you run, your legs absorb a force three or four times your weight. Piling on miles too quickly can cause the tissue surrounding your shins to become inflamed.
Feel better: Wrap an ice cube in a thin rag and firmly rub it up and down your leg, on either side of your shinbone, for 15 minutes at a time.
Your new game plan: Hard surfaces exacerbate the pain, so in addition to curtailing mileage, swap in a few runs on the treadmill or a dirt path. Buy shoes with extra cushioning, and replace them every 300 to 500 miles.
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shin info is so behind the times. Recent research has shown most cases of shin pain to be a bone stress reaction, not a soft tissue injury. MRI is the gold standard test to diagnosis this. Injured athletes should call their doc to be evaluated and properly diagnosed
4/26/2012 12:29:27 PM Report AbuseI hope this works! I used to run outside and had shin splints, now I walk on a treadmill and still have pain. I will be trying this tonight.
6/14/2011 11:51:07 AM Report Abuse