Shin Splints (Lower Leg)
Pain at the front of the lower leg (shin). can be caused by:
- running on hard surfaces
- overpronation
Average recovery time: 127 days
Recorded Instances
| who | duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| joch55 | 0 days | I was running later than usual (after the morning rush), on a wooden deck (rather than asphalt), and had a very hard time getting up in the morning. Maybe that was the problem. | details |
| geoffstacey | 1 days | Ice them after runs, try to have a day off running after most runs and keep to softer ground. | details |
| texas_reckless | 1 days | details | |
| OL | 1 days | Rolling seemed to work. Seem to have recovered. | details |
| Hobitas | 2 days | Kaip ir tikejausi laiku sustojus gydimas trumpesnis. Po dvieju dienu poilsio ir masazo uzdegimo kaip nebuta. Neprireike nei vaistu nei tepalu. | details |
| siaipsau | 2 days | details | |
| dariusz | 2 days | Etwas überlastet, beim skaten im morschen Schnee, dadurch den Ski mehr gehoben als üblich. Mit massieren am ersten Tag eher etwas provoziert. Über die zweite Nacht ist es dann markant besser geworden. | details |
| siaipsau | 2 days | lyg praejo po 2 dienu poilsio, bet paskui dar vis kankino kazkokie keisti jausmai beveik 2 savaites. todel tesiau gydyma ir toliau. | details |
| runforest | 2 days | deep massage, ice and stretched for two days. Took it easy on previous day's run | details |
| ales.drahokoupil | 2 days | details | |
| kokos | 3 days | Ingen löpning, en hel del tigerbalsam och skidstrumpor på 24/7. | details |
| .. | 3 days | details | |
| Pathfinder | 3 days | details | |
| TonyShaw | 3 days | details | |
| Schmidt217 | 3 days | There were some huge knots in my calves that were pulling the muscle on my shins. Once I got those out the shins felt much better | details |
| hmklaff | 3 days | details | |
| absmith | 3 days | details | |
| Ollie | 3 days | details | |
| ba-ba | 4 days | don't run due to knee injury... | details |
| mags29 | 4 days | Don't through in a ski walking workout before a race if I haven't ski walked in a while. And stretch more. | details |
| kokos | 4 days | Vila från löpning, Voltaren! | details |
| Hobitas | 4 days | details | |
| Hobitas | 4 days | details | |
| Hobitas | 4 days | details | |
| Agiofws | 4 days | just rest and 3 days of bicycle | details |
| Teichmann | 4 days | Quark drauf und 3 Tage Ruhe. Dazu ein bißchen Fußgymnastik und der Fuß fühlt sich wie neu an. Jetzt muss ich nur noch den lässtigen Schmerz am Fersenbein loswerden | details |
| IKRP | 4 days | details | |
| Leo Alvolin | 4 days | sprang för första gången på 4 dagar och det kändes bra. Har avlastat med rull. Ska försöka att undvika asfalt i en vecka till. | details |
| TimGood | 5 days | Rest | details |
| Hobitas | 5 days | details | |
| entrenando123 | 5 days | details | |
| GZs | 5 days | Remélem nem kiabálom el, de úgy néz ki, hogy nem lett komolyabb sérülés a dologból. Lehet, hogy egy kemény talpú/sarkú cipő okozta a fájdalmat, amit a fájdalom jelentkezése előtt kb. egy hétig hordtam. | details |
| texas_reckless | 5 days | details | |
| Michael Swinton | 5 days | details | |
| MORIenteer | 5 days | details | |
| Fatjeff | 6 days | Caused by poor left foot position on placement. Concentrate on corect body position while running | details |
| hmklaff | 6 days | details | |
| Agiofws | 6 days | rest helped: snow acent ... | details |
| xcsnowskier14 | 7 days | I think that this was just a basic case of shin splints and i think i got them last week from doing 4 days of sprints in a row...not that all of them were hard, but i still did 4 days in a row. | details |
| jennybengtsson | 7 days | Vila från löpning i en vecka | details |
| gamble | 7 days | details | |
| AdamConway | 7 days | details | |
| riinaF | 7 days | details | |
| Ollie | 8 days | details | |
| Agiofws | 8 days | rest for 3 days... | details |
| jadan | 8 days | Deep friction massage seems to have really started to help now. Improvement every day but deliberately keeping runs easy and short. | details |
| RimvydasA | 8 days | details | |
| Mark3 | 8 days | Used more spiky ball massage and less ice, seemed to recover faster. | details |
| Whitesheep | 8 days | details | |
| michaeladams | 9 days | details | |
| jfredrickson | 9 days | Don't try to push through it. Retire any shoes on their upper mile limits and take a day or two off from running. Make sure to ice well after running until they're good and gone. | details |
| Månsen | 9 days | Spänstträning inte bra, vadstyrka är bra tillsammans med kyla+ linement! | details |
| Månsen | 9 days | details | |
| nonstop | 9 days | Stopped running for one week and only focused on calf strength. Calf raises and heel walking really got some strength into my lower legs. | details |
| mdryak | 9 days | perhaps due to mileage increase combined with really hard, frozen surfaces | details |
| Magic | 10 days | details | |
| lorrieq | 10 days | What Colm said | details |
| mjulius | 10 days | Wow, stretching. | details |
| Mr Wonderful | 10 days | Try not to force a toe/ball landing, and stretch those overtight calves | details |
| marcitailor | 10 days | Pihentetés! Masszírozás nem fog használni! | details |
| candis_derksen | 11 days | Rest, rest, rest. I took about a week off of running and did weight training and swimming instead. Im going to continue with the weight training to improve my muscles in my legs. | details |
| Mark3 | 11 days | Lasted about a week less time than last time, and I think injury was worse this time. Took daily ibuprofen, used compression sleeve, iced twice a day. | details |
| Englishrob | 12 days | Wasn't shin splints?!?!? just pulled a lower leg muscle hitting a rock side on?!?!? | details |
| A.Child | 12 days | Softer ground is best. Run along the shoulder if you must do road runs. | details |
| JL | 12 days | Vila/alternativ träning! | details |
| Teichmann | 12 days | helps: cooling after the training. Comes from the 5k test- to much track training in the week | details |
| sajmoen | 12 days | details | |
| stiffyharding | 12 days | details | |
| .. | 13 days | Labai bijodamas fiksuoju, kad issigydziau.. | details |
| nana | 13 days | more biking, cooling, stretching the calves | details |
| Ollie | 13 days | details | |
| JohnDingelstad | 13 days | details | |
| shea_craig | 14 days | I haven't been running. I notice little round popping out bits on shins while doing squats, and they still tweak when bending funny, but mostly gone. I talked to the trainer about ways to avoid this in the future-stretching and strengthening the shins. | details |
| miomy | 14 days | Almost two weeks without running just to make sure they healed. Will continue with heat/ice and ibubrofin after every run. They are tight but not painful after 12 days. | details |
| Nick Harris | 14 days | causes: probably bio-mechanical, aggravated by increased running volume, a couple of intense rep workouts, and that fukn hockey game! recovery: stop running immediately, ice, massage, stretching calves, ongoing management: yet to see how this goes, but do the prescribed exercises, and ice/massage as required. | details |
| RASPUTIN | 14 days | RICE, plus put on the aircast boot. Next time I get any sign of crepitus, I shut it down right then and there, RICE, and put on the boot (or wrist brace if from paddling/lifting etc). | details |
| Ollie | 14 days | details | |
| o'man | 14 days | Seems (largely) OK now. Occasional niggle, but not stopping me doing anything | details |
| Ruben Razzetti | 14 days | I think caused by the hard ground at JK relay after a already hard race weekend. Rest helped a little, toe taps really helped and stretches helped. | details |
| StrEeT iLLeeT | 15 days | running on them and doin a few streches tht i have been told seems to have helped. 4 days off sik wuld of helped | details |
| bwhitch | 15 days | Stretching and strengthing. Focus on hips and knees. Ceased pavement running. I was shocked at the quick recovery. Pushed it hard on may 18 and things seem fine. Still a little sore but improving greatly. | details |
| Ollie | 15 days | details | |
| wildwood | 15 days | details | |
| GM | 15 days | resolved through seeing physic, not running for 2 weeks, anti inflammatory drugs, icing, stretching, strengthening ... but most important was to stop early and fix it | details |
| runforest | 15 days | cause - change of shoes, getting back to training after a race, tough downhills in training and race solution - massage, shins and calves - both causes imbalance and shin being the weak gave in. massage- use trigger point chart to determine where | details |
| apb114 | 15 days | Probably did a bit too much mileage in the preceeding days. Main issue may have been a 10 minute break in long run to watch marathon, then setting off with no stretching? Rest had the desired effect, just hope that increasing the miles won't mean an ongoing problem. | details |
| Psuba | 15 days | details | |
| aroesch | 16 days | details | |
| JL | 16 days | Skötte det bra till slut. Två veckors vila från löpning gjorde susen! | details |
| Procrastin8or89 | 16 days | Stopped running (16 days in total) | details |
| Brooner | 16 days | Combo of sudden big distance, coupled with a weird walking pace/shoe combo most likely brought this on. Fine after a few days rest, eased back into running from there. | details |
| kokonda | 17 days | details | |
| Ralph Mnguni | 17 days | details | |
| Mark3 | 17 days | I do remember having a really sore right calf a few days before Mourne; I wonder if that was anything to do with it? Regardless, it seems to take 18 days for this to recover, this time and last time. Walking around on toes and heels are good strengthening for calves and shins respectively, so will try and do those a lot. | details |
| Ptr | 18 days | details | |
| sojder | 18 days | details | |
| Mark3 | 18 days | I did a few races in the week before the OMM with very tight calves; insufficient warm up.didn't think much of it.then no warm up at all before the OMM itself, due to rain, cold, having the bag, etc. Then running with the extra weight of the bag, especially downhill, put it over the edge I think. Wisdom - warm up properly! And I've been doing a lot of stretches - calf and quad and shin, on the basis that they can't hurt. | details |
| $mitty | 18 days | details | |
| mkb0909 | 19 days | details | |
| JonasB | 19 days | details | |
| A damp otter | 19 days | details | |
| justus | 20 days | details | |
| apb114 | 20 days | Complete rest for two weeks. Slight pain still in hyper extension and flexion but no issue during or after exercise. | details |
| Magic | 21 days | details | |
| Dangerman | 21 days | Increased time too much from previous week. | details |
| dancarter | 21 days | I think it was caused by running road in worn out shoes. I never run road. I was recovering from the hamstring and did 8 miles in old shoes. I slowly began running on the injury. I made sure to warm it up, stretch it and adjust my posture and stride when pain arose. | details |
| Tom | 22 days | details | |
| roschi | 22 days | rest, ice, I | details |
| 4erramses | 22 days | details | |
| radulan007 | 22 days | Tried all kind of cream/gel/ice/medicine but in the end I don`t really know which one worked... | details |
| johannes roto | 22 days | Lisätty huolto, kenkien vaihto | details |
| hkleaf | 23 days | Rest and ice. Also did some strengthening exercise for the shin. The cause of pain is likely attributed to worn out running shoes, as well as sudden increase in training volume. | details |
| Psuba | 23 days | details | |
| Embo | 24 days | Following a decent amount of rest (14 days no running approx which included being ill) when I went out again there was no pain. In the mean time I have been stretching my calves for 4 mins every day (while I clean my teeth) plus extra whenever I do exercise. Need to keep the stretching up. Aim: to touch my toes by half mara day. Also I think my 1:50 target for the half mara might have gone out the window as it was going to be hard work even with the full training schedule. Might lower the ... | details |
| Paul Frost | 24 days | Upped my mileage a bit to much in a week when the weather was too good not to go out. | details |
| AdventureGirl! | 24 days | Caused by tight calves, and wearing shoes in less support. Help by icing, using KT Tape, massaging muscles beside tibia and wearing compression sleeves. | details |
| Grandpa Jameson | 24 days | rest.... usually works. | details |
| silverolive | 25 days | details | |
| mood | 25 days | details | |
| GS | 25 days | JANNINE | details |
| thewottler | 26 days | details | |
| 007 | 26 days | details | |
| oscarS | 26 days | details | |
| Zimmers | 27 days | details | |
| OL_Tony | 27 days | Langzaam weer het lopen opgepakt. tot int 3 geen problemen. Voorlopig zie ik geen problemen meer. Ben wel allert op klachten. | details |
| nickm | 27 days | details | |
| USKiwi | 28 days | Fucking awful | details |
| moshnroll | 29 days | details | |
| Ollie | 29 days | details | |
| Mr Wonderful | 29 days | details | |
| RosieWatson | 30 days | Don't overtrain! | details |
| tomtom | 30 days | details | |
| MSoutham | 31 days | Don't run in hiking boots again. | details |
| skoeld | 32 days | Bannlyste asfalten och körde långa pass på mjukt underlag. Ska återintroducera asfalt långsamt så att jag inte får nya besvär. | details |
| skoeld | 33 days | details | |
| SteveDana | 34 days | details | |
| ziggyr | 35 days | R&R | details |
| Jan Erik Naess | 37 days | I wore compression socks for my shins whenever I ran and it slowly went away. | details |
| Nick Mead | 39 days | details | |
| Knutern97 | 39 days | details | |
| Davros | 39 days | details | |
| beeker | 40 days | details | |
| rcro | 40 days | details | |
| saulo11 | 40 days | details | |
| hkleaf | 42 days | Lots of rest, ice, and non-running exercises (primarily biking). Also did some strengthening and stretching exercises. | details |
| fluceluce | 42 days | details | |
| SimonB | 42 days | no longer feel shins when walking around only when jogging for more than five minutes | details |
| Eerola | 43 days | details | |
| ev | 44 days | well i think im recovered only felt a little tight today, this injury is ongoing though and will flare up if i dont train wisely. I think this bout was caused by me over training in the weeks before easter. Having the wisdom teeth out help me get over it as i was forced to rest for a few days. | details |
| patgie | 44 days | care about the shoes, don't do too much speedwork on high mileage training | details |
| JoshuaDudley | 45 days | Through several things this injury came about, including, sudden increase in training load, overtraining, inappropriate footwear, weak calf (internal muscles). What triggered the injury was a hard, fast run on gravel trails, lots of up and down. Legs didn;t feel good before the run but ran anyway. The next morning pain was present. Through resting via no running, pain has subsided. Running too soon brings back the pain on the inside. Additionally a pain in the back of the calf is noticeabl... | details |
| Mick | 47 days | details | |
| Dangerman | 47 days | Ease into running. If you are not a runner and are taking up running, ease into it. 10% increases max and take it easy. | details |
| AmeliaKennedy | 47 days | details | |
| ks | 47 days | details | |
| Rich | 47 days | Tibial Anterior strengthening exercises | details |
| NoahD | 48 days | I wore a neoprene calf/shin sleeve during my runs. I am still wearing it on my runs though there is little to no pain. Stretching and ice also helped. | details |
| TortoiseTam | 48 days | details | |
| Gooder | 49 days | Caused by increasing mileage too fast and wearing running shoes that were worn out. Rest, new shoes and massage treatment helped recovery | details |
| Eerola | 53 days | details | |
| .. | 56 days | details | |
| LiveWideLoveDeep | 57 days | increase in volume on swimming, bike / intensity bike / fit - pace faster running - | details |
| Kims | 58 days | details | |
| Adrian Hamouda | 59 days | Coolio | details |
| Grandpa Jameson | 59 days | REST is the key. 2 weeks no running. | details |
| amandap | 59 days | I was forced to take off over 3 weeks for an ankle related injury. | details |
| Niamh☀ | 61 days | Less road running | details |
| Chief | 61 days | Lot of rest, chiro, laser therapy and running form changes! | details |
| Ernie_wise | 63 days | details | |
| Hanabanana | 64 days | details | |
| veliceraptor | 64 days | details | |
| Tom | 65 days | physio fixed them up good. some rest from running helped too and plenty of streching | details |
| Ptr | 66 days | Sprang oftast inte mer än två dagar i rad och la in cykel eller vilodag istället. | details |
| AmeliaKennedy | 67 days | they are gone...for now. I can finally walk down stairs without hobbling. I am still not going to run/jump/skip for at least another 2-3 weeks and when I do I will build up very, very slowly, because if they come back I will have to throw myself out the window. | details |
| nmulder | 68 days | Evolved from Anterior Tib pain to Plantar Fasciitis | details |
| Sarah | 70 days | details | |
| j.freshman | 73 days | it's gone away (for now) | details |
| Sludo | 73 days | details | |
| RosieWatson | 74 days | Strong ankles | details |
| AratusGitan | 80 days | details | |
| Hanabanana | 80 days | details | |
| Ptr | 81 days | Sprang inte för mycket asfalt, men försökte ändå göra det 1-2 ggr varje vecka för att hålla asfaltslöpningen ok. Gjorde ett två veckor långt uppehåll under jul-nyår. Sen körde jag på och klarade mig genom maran, så då får den anses hel och fin. | details |
| bethh | 81 days | details | |
| CalumK | 83 days | - Caused by trying to go into reanonably high milagage strainght away after coming back fro broken ankle - Up milage slowly after long time out | details |
| Skunkie | 84 days | details | |
| cporter | 86 days | details | |
| hodgepodge | 88 days | took 2 months off: september, october. Had Davinator take a look at Thxgiving -> some flexibility issues plus right glute inactivity. rx some glute exercises. | details |
| lillFigge | 90 days | details | |
| johannes roto | 92 days | details | |
| Flakey | 96 days | details | |
| Jõujõu | 99 days | details | |
| OLLE | 99 days | almost done. recovered by not running pretty much at all | details |
| Brooner | 99 days | Most likely caused by small gait change due to cut on foot, irritated by wet feet, and then exacerbated by the following 18 hours of traipsing around the bush. Recovery mainly about reducing swelling, then calf raises and increasing ROM in ankle flexion with banded exercises. | details |
| Flakey | 102 days | details | |
| Flakey | 103 days | details | |
| Adrian Hamouda | 105 days | Ehh, sometimes they still hurt but they are pretty much gone. | details |
| kbcity | 106 days | RICE - Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation and take some time off to give your body enough time to recover.I've spent the whole month doing absolutely nothing. | details |
| bowden | 107 days | details | |
| j.freshman | 108 days | whenever i begin to train hard the pain returns. nothing to do but ice and stretch. | details |
| Ralph | 114 days | details | |
| mortenneve | 121 days | details | |
| NSAR | 122 days | ran through it mostly, but did ice and take rest days when it was bad | details |
| 3m | 125 days | Tore ACL so the one positive is that it has given my shins a chance to recover.. they will get an additional 12 months to recover now also. | details |
| Dangerman | 126 days | Get a definitive diagnosis first, then treat. | details |
| vosvos | 130 days | details | |
| silje | 131 days | details | |
| bun | 141 days | details | |
| Hellyson | 144 days | details | |
| EmmaC | 151 days | details | |
| Ernie_wise | 168 days | Ice, rest and sensible increase in mileage. | details |
| Knutern97 | 174 days | details | |
| - | 181 days | details | |
| Vaala | 190 days | Do not run in shoes that give you niggles EVER. Rest. Do alternative exercises that don't put a strain on the shins (i.e. no running). | details |
| Rosco | 210 days | details | |
| AliceCampbell | 216 days | Not training | details |
| IanW | 227 days | details | |
| eadams | 227 days | details | |
| jameshi | 233 days | Rest and calf raise. | details |
| AKey | 233 days | soft scandi forest when starting to run again helped | details |
| Mica | 239 days | details | |
| T Morrison | 290 days | Physio for hip, glute, calf and core | details |
| huon | 349 days | details | |
| tommig | 350 days | Time and stretching. Shins sometimes sore after running but not causing me as much concern as before... | details |
| MVB | 361 days | details | |
| veliceraptor | 371 days | details | |
| Tom | 381 days | details | |
| mdryak | 397 days | Too fast of increase in mileage. Exercises and smart training, lots on soft surfaces helped with recovery. | details |
| kess | 414 days | details | |
| EmmaSlemma | 522 days | details | |
| 3m | 555 days | Tear ligaments in ankle will effectively resolve shin splints | details |
| slangjudoka | 701 days | details | |
| nh | 710 days | Norway. So soft, no impact. Generally being a boss helped too | details |
| Duncan | 739 days | details | |
| philm64 | 740 days | details | |
| tomtom | 765 days | details | |
| Siobhan | 930 days | Hopefully all good. Only running every second day, building up slowly, got rid of my orthotics cause I don't think they helped. HAVE TO do strengthening exercises | details |
| Siobhan | 934 days | Hopefully all good. Only running every second day, building up slowly, got rid of my orthotics cause I don't think they helped. HAVE TO do strengthening exercises | details |
| annawallin | 935 days | details | |
| L Bakker | 1029 days | details | |
| fp | 1627 days | No running trainings anymore. Solves the pain. Isnt a good solution ; ) | details |
| calum | 2793 days | details | |
| Eco | 4778 days | Still present but managed. Chiro, exercises, improved running form, Barefoot Science. | details |
| SophieKP | 113+ days | details | |
| Ruben Razzetti | 231+ days | details | |
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