Anyone had shin splints?

[AngryFlower]

Hi All, have any of you out there had any experience of shin splints? I think this is what I have as I have paying close to the bone in the muscle of my calves (both although one is worse than the other). A quick look on the nhs website suggested this was nothing particularly serious and that it should go away in a couple of weeks with rest. Is that the experience of people out there? Also it suggests lots of warm up exercises which I already do to prevent it-clearly this hasn’t worked for me. Any suggestions for rehabilitation and better exercises for prevention in the future?

[PaulS83]

I’ve had them twice quite badly back in my footballing days and they were ridiculously painful. I’m flat footed so can put a lot more stress on my calves than normal. Best thing to do is 100% rest them until completely better, however long that needs (I seem to remember mine taking about 8 weeks) and go get your gait properly analysed at a sports shop, they may recommend something with better support, and maybe invest in a neoprene support for your calves.

[AngryFlower Graduate in reply to PaulS83]

Thanks, had my gait analysed soon after I started running but I’ll defo look into a support. Fortunately they aren’t really painful, think I’ve caught them in time (I hope)

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

runnersworld.com/uk/health/...

I was also reading this article which was an eye opener and the tests are quick. runnersworld.com/health-inj...

[AngryFlower Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thanks, I’ll take a look

[AngryFlower Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Just wanted to say how interesting these articles were-many thanks