Some of you out there have shin splints. Some for a long time. You've worked on treating them.

For those of you that don't have them -- well they suck. No getting around it. You don't want them.

Let's talk about underlying causes:

• Tight hamstrings
• Tight heel cords
• High arches or low arches (2x more likely to get them than normal peeps)
• Being female (much more likely to get 'em than a male)

You can also get them from a poor foot-wear / surface combo. Or from a sudden increase in activity / intensity in exercise.

Shinsplints aside, any tight muscles in your lower body can effect the way you move which in turn can lead to an injury. So stretch your hammies and stretch your calves! Not sure how? We'll talk you through it!

Other measures that can help:

• If you have an arch, orthotics might help.
• Wrapping and taping up your ankle / arch can help
• Strengthen your foot.

Kristen Gallo (aka "Tahoe") - Dynamic Warmup Time!

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Sarah77

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I've struggled with shin splints continually for the past 14 years and actually had stress fractures at one point. I tried a lot of stuff, but the one thing that makes running manageable is excessive stretching 3 times a day (once a day was practically useless), plus heel and toe walking for 2 min everyday. The other thing that really helped was changing my running form - running on the balls of my feet instead of heel to toe and taking smaller strides so there is less impact per stride. This was a really annoying process and becomes really difficult if you're running a lot, but is manageable with the xfit distances. Icing, orthodics, ART massage, accupunture, advil, new shoes, etc did nothing for me, but then again, people have shin splints for different reasons.

Friday 30 October 2009, 04:18

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