{"id":8671,"date":"2011-02-07T15:21:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T21:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=8671"},"modified":"2011-02-17T11:14:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T17:14:07","slug":"shin-splints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2011\/02\/07\/shin-splints\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Shin Splints!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"shin splints\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/g9ehGj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8681\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"shin-splints\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/shin-splints2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/shin-splints2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/shin-splints2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a>Anyone, especially runners, who has worked out over the years at one time or another has had \u201cshin splints\u201d.\u00a0 I can\u2019t tell you how many times I would run and my shins would hurt and I would stop in pain and tell my coach I had shin splints.\u00a0 He along with many other \u201csmart\u201d trainers and such would tell me that I didn\u2019t know what I was talking about because I didn\u2019t know what shin splints really were.\u00a0 Here is a short list of definitions off the web for \u201cshin splints\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>painful inflammation of the muscles around the shins; frequent among runners<\/li>\n<li>A slight bulge on the splint bone(s)<\/li>\n<li>Minor cracks in your shin bone<\/li>\n<li>Damage to one of two groups of muscles along the shin bone that cause pain<\/li>\n<li>Inflammation in the lower leg due to mild compartment syndrome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After years of being told I didn\u2019t know what I was talking about I wanna go back to high school and tell my coaches,\u00a0<em>\u201cYou know what shin splints are?\u00a0 It\u2019s when your freakin&#8217; shin hurts after running!\u201d<\/em>&#8230;and then I would have probably had to run sprints for mouthing off.<\/p>\n<p>In the end when you have minor pain in the front of your shin, the general term used from all of us non-schooled people of the inner workings of the leg is \u201c<strong>shin splints\u201d<\/strong>.\u00a0 More importantly, <strong>How do you stop shin splints from splinting?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Back off for a few days.<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t mean you have to stop working out, but clearly you are either putting too much strain on your muscles (like running downhill or running forever in slow motion to that girl on the beach) or you are trying to up your routine too much too fast.\u00a0 So take it easy and let the girl on the beach run to you.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent shin splints, strengthen your shin muscles so they work more in harmony with your calf muscles.\u00a0 As with anything in our body IT&#8217;S ALL CONNECTED.\u00a0 Maybe one side of your leg is stronger than the other and it is affecting you badly.\u00a0 Here is one exercise to get your calves and shin muscles working together:<\/p>\n<p>1. Stand on the edge of a stair or ledge of some kind<br \/>\n2. Slowly raise and lower yourself on the toes and balls of your feet feeling the full range of motion as you go up and down 20-30 times<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be fooled YOU WILL FEEL THIS IN THE MORNING.\u00a0 If this is too easy or you want more exercises ask a trainer like amy (with<strong>AMY<\/strong>mac.com)\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:amy@withamymac.com\" target=\"_blank\">amy@withamymac.com<\/a> she loves answering questions like this.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason you may be getting shin splints is your shoes.\u00a0 Funny enough, I think Amy had this problem.\u00a0 She was stretching and taking it easy, but she still kept having shin pains (she probably called it something super nerdy like shin inflamation itis osis, ya know&#8230; trainer talk).\u00a0 Ends up after trying everything it ended up that she just needed to change her shoe style to something that fit her foot better and the problem cleared up IMMEDIATELY.\u00a0 A podiatrist, sports medicine specialist or even a well informed kid at Foot Locker might be able to help you find the shoe that fits you better.<\/p>\n<p>I also have heard of special inserts, called orthotics, that can properly position your feet in your shoes.\u00a0 Talk to your podiatrist about this because he has got a thing for feet.<\/p>\n<p>In the end it is rather easy to rid yourself of shin splints and even if it requires you to do less it\u2019s for the best.<\/p>\n<p>Have a special way you got rid of shin splints? Leave a message in the comments&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"health and fitness tips\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\">WithAmyMac.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone, especially runners, who has worked out over the years at one time or another has had \u201cshin splints\u201d.\u00a0 I can\u2019t tell you how many times I would run and my shins would hurt and I would stop in pain and tell my coach I had shin splints.\u00a0 He along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,12,23,9,873,1489,1488,1490,390,21],"class_list":["post-8671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-exercise","tag-fit-life","tag-fitness","tag-health-and-fitness-tips","tag-shin-splint-causes","tag-shin-splints","tag-sore-calves","tag-strength-training","tag-withamymac"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}