Shin Splints

[Kat198]

Does anyone have any advice on how to prevent shin splints? I seem to keep getting them towards the end of each run making it difficult to complete

[Thecko Graduate]

I posted this same reply in a similar thread the other day... will be interesting if anybody else on the forum has experience of overcoming shin splints and how they did it.

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Thankfully I've never suffered from them as yet (touch wood!) but a colleague of mine has issues with shin splints, he was offered this advice from another colleague which certainly seems to make a lot of sense:

"I used to get them. I started running on the treadmill on a 2% incline a few times a week. The angle makes your feet land differently and puts the impact through your foot rather that up your leg. A month or so of that should condition your legs enough to run flat again without the pain."

Might be worth signing up for a month trial at a gym if you're not a member at one already?

[icklegui Graduate]

I think I've read on here - try to keep your foot fall under your body, i.e. don't stride out putting your foot down way in front of you. Also try to minimise "bounce" - you should move forward, not upwards, there's advice on the app that if someone saw you behind a hedge they shouldn't be able to tell whether you're running or walking.

Check the FAQs healthunlocked.com/couchto5... for a load of info on all things.