shin splints!

[WeirdAl]

Holly Flock! I've got the worst frigging shin splints after walking like a mile (they started at the 1/2 way point). Not sure if it's all the water I'm holding following the show (up 18 lbs in 2 days), or the tren I loaded in the days leading up to the show, but man do they hurt! Everything feels tight, though - biceps, forarms, legs

 

[Harvey Balboner]

I know the feeling, I just got over them a few months ago.

The only thing that helped and didn't make a huge difference was wrapping them, and ibeprofin.

 

[Presser]

jog backwards pushing off ur toes, this will alleviate the shin splints pain for a while, works for me befor a game if i have shin splints, been along time but its usualy from massive weight influx and the shins dont addapt so fast , they hurt like hell

 

[Harvey Balboner]

putting an ice pack on them helps a lot too.

 

[midwtchamp]

or you can freez paper cups of h2o and then peel side off and rub them up and down you legs! My damn legs are so swollen lol I have cankles now! I look like fat bastard!

 

[BLEED GREEN]

See my thread in the exercise forum for shin splints...........

 

[IGF]

I like the cups ice thing... it massages and ices down...Jogging backwards helps as does walking up a treadmill at the highest incline possible picking up knees high and dorsi flexing toes towards knees.
If pain persists and you dont want to take ibuprofen put your legs into a large bucket of 1/2 ICE and 1/2 Water for about 10minutes a day. YOu'll love it.

 

[bigshug]

why in the hell would you walk for a mile when you have a perfectly good car to drive?? LOL

 

[WeirdAl]

um, you haven't seen my car...

 

[WeirdAl]

I think it's just because I'm retaining so much freaking water. Everything is cramping, even my knuckles!

 

[Presser]

oooh i know that knuckle shit, like u cant make ur fingers touch ur palm cuase there so bloated, been there

 

[sundevil]

I used to get them all the time when I was running real big (6-10 miles/day). I switched to Asics shoes and they stopped. I tried other brands and they restarted, then I went back to Asics for good and they stopped again.

 

[Harvey Balboner]

sundevil is right, if your shoes are worn out, that can really contribute to having shin splints big time.

I saw something in a mens health mag before, and was suprised at how quick these running shoes wear out, even though they still might look fine.

 

[cybersteffan]

I had...

a great post on this once (if I my say so myself)

Don't know if it's still around with all the reorganizations this board has been through. Try the search button.

I want to start running myself too again, but since I've gotten quite heavy I'm pretty scared too. IMHO running is not something a serious bodybuilder should do. Your 'build' is more than your 'frame' can support.

 

[japan69]

Damn... I feel for anyone with shin splints... mainly because I have been complaining about mine all damn day. *smile*

Started about 2 weeks ago and I have just been grinnin and bearin it... but I don'T think they are getting better... if anything worse.

I've always thought they were just one of the many reasons I hate to run. *smile*

-j69