Hi all been going to the gym for about two months lost a stone started this running thing after 2-3 minutes in shins are killing me how can I help this just keep at it?
Shin splints : Hi all been going to the gym for... - Couch to 5K
Shin splints
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Happens to me too! Have read up about it. As you get fitter the pain reduces. Stretching helps too! So now I stretch both before and after good luck
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Oh and well done - losing a stone is a wonderful achievement!!
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Hi Charmar, although I have not suffered from this directly, I have seen a lot of posts on here about it and wanted to know more about it, so went to the NHS site and found this. nhs.uk/conditions/shin-spli...
Unfortunately it does say not to run through the pain as it will not get better and it would appear that rest of the order of the day.
There’s a lot of information on all of the running sites as well.
Take things easy and listen to your body and allow it to repair, I wish you well and let us know how you get on when you are back at it. 🙏🏻
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Are you wearing running shoes or normal trainers? I used to get awful shin splints when I did aerobic classes but I’m fine running (although it’s only 5 minutes at a time so far). I’ve invested in proper running shoes after having my gait analysed and haven’t had any shin splints at all (touch wood). Might be worth a try?