Any advice on shin splints???

[becksbinks]

Hi all, just started running..just done W1R2. Suffering with shin and calf pain. Any advice please!?

[completerunner]

It could be a repetative strain injury... or is that just the typing....

On a serious note, sounds like the cushioning is disapearing from your shoes.

[thinnerandfitter Graduate]

Hi-

I had agonising shin pain the first time I did W1 r1. I looked up Shin Splints on the INternet and found a You Tube video of an exercise involving sitting in a chair, legs at 90degress, feet flat on floor then "toe tapping" on both sides until you can absolutely do it no more. I did that 3 times a day for a week (no running in that time) and was able to do W1 R1 again with no problem (at least no shin problems ha ha) a week later. I also read that running on grass/ track may be better than pavement if you suffer from this and changed route accordingly. Hope that helps and don't let it stop you for too long!

[Mitts Graduate]

This is a good article about running technique, and if you put 'shin splints' into the search box you'll find more about this too.

livestrong.com/article/1890...

I had sore legs in W1 too but got over it quite quickly, hope you do too.

Good luck!

[arablue]

I had trouble with shin splints too when I started. But I found some exercises which I do before every run, and I have tried to shorten my stride so my foot falls under my hip rather than out front there is less impact. Everyone is different, but these videos really helped me.

youtube.com/watch?v=kv6ycmO...(Not working as expected?)

youtube.com/watch?v=51S7MwG...(Not working as expected?)