fixing shin splints

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 26 Mar 2003 14:45

hey. can someone tell me whats better?
ive heard play through the pain. cause it develops the muscle or whatever.
but ive also heard. stop if it hurts cause you'll hurt stuff!! and ice/warm/ice/warm/or something.....
what should i do for shin splints? keep playing. or stop playing?

Chris Holden · Post by **Chris Holden** » 26 Mar 2003 14:49

I usually get sin splints from heavy symposium work, I just take a break from those moves till it's no big deal, and tend to not do many in shreds. Like maybe hit Nova (symp dlo) once. Now my more developed symp whirls can handle a bit more.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » 26 Mar 2003 16:56

http://modified.ca/footbag

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 26 Mar 2003 17:46

ahh come on, i posted on my thread about that, read towards the bottom. knee/leg problem thing.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 26 Mar 2003 17:49

Here you go, just a paste from a diff. thread.

In general, grade I pain refers to muscle soreness and minor soft-tissue inflammation.
Grade II pain is viewed as a mild or moderate soft tissue inflammation.
Grade III pain invlovles significant soft tissue inflammation , and bone microfractures.
Grade IV pain defines an actual stress fracture.

Treatment generally consists of ice packs or ice massage, physician prescribed nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, rest, and gradual stretching and strengthening excercises for the entire lower leg.
The worse the pain, the less active involvement you should put into footbag. Also, if you have flat feet, the pain will more than likely be more in the inside part of your shin. To help, you would need a good insole that would raise your arch up to take stress off the inside of your leg. Resting and toning down and lowering the amount of impact helps significantly, so take it easy when you can.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 26 Mar 2003 19:55

i read it. but i wanted to start a poll.

i got insoles and they havent really helped much.

ToeGuiltless · Post by **ToeGuiltless** » 26 Mar 2003 19:55

i think if the landing isnt executed perfectly, you may get shin splints.
sometime peoples land at different angles, or don't cushion the impact by bending the ankle/knee enough. there are alot of reasons for it. the reason why playing through might help is that it makes you better at symposium stuff, so you land in a way that doesnt hurt. i dont know about it actually building stonger shin muscle. i think that it's all about landing technique. think hard about how you land. i land on the tips of my toes and if the impact is heavy enough, i might gradually let the landing spread to the ball of the foot. landing flatfooted is the worst thing you can do. also make sure your foot is directly below your knee when you land. and make sure the knee is slightly bent at all times (but not too bent or you'll lose thigh strength).

thats all i can think of

Brian · Post by **Brian** » 26 Mar 2003 21:29

http://modified.ca/footbag

hotstepper · Post by **hotstepper** » 27 Mar 2003 12:40

I don't get shin splints from symposium stuff. I never have. I only get shin splints from stepping. I found practicing through the pain helped me overcome it. I took this past month and just skooled stepping, after about two weeks my shin splints got reallybad, to the point where walking hurt. I took a couple of days off and then returned to stepping practice and I have not had the problem since. Weird but true. I think that was one of my biggest barriers with stepping was the pain, but for some reason now I don't get shin splints from it anymore. Maybe it was just a matter of muscle development.

Mike

Hacky_Slacker · Post by **Hacky_Slacker** » 27 Mar 2003 13:02

that is good advice pinkus. i agree with you on that.
and i too got insoles, and i didn't get shin splins for like a month, and then out of the blue, i got em again.
i was doing lots of ducking-esgue butters and stuff. they give em to me, for some reason. prolly the landing.

take care all,

DC