Shin Splints
Before I begin, I want to complain about the length of time it takes blogger to load. I've gotten to the point that I just type up my blog in a word processor (while waiting for blogger to load), and then cut and paste. I tried to open blogger, then wrote the text below, then waited a couple minutes, then wrote this paragraph, and it has only now loaded up. This is a complaint to any google/blogger workers who happen to read this (which is probably zero).
I had never had shin splints before. I was on the track team in high school, and I never got what people were complaining about when they said they had shin splints. As a sprinter, I never ran over 400 meters at one go, so I don't think I ever ran enough to get shin splints (even when we were to run 2 miles for warm-up, I would avoid it, somehow).
I have shin splints now, and they are killing me. I've never had this kind of pain, it's crazy. I've had both ankles sprained at the same time, a separated shoulder, a twisted wrist, toe nails come out, numerous leg bruises (all these injuries came from playing soccer), but shin splints are new to me, and I don't like them.
I don't like being sidelined; I kept playing soccer through all the injuries (often I had more than one of them at any given time), but shin splints are hard to play through. I went running this morning, and it was so painful to do. I kept thinking I would run through the pain (as I do with every other injury and illness I've had), but the pain was still there after almost 3 miles of running. Damn!
The next soccer season starts in a few weeks, and I want to keep up my running, but I don't know what to do about these shins o' mine. I've told I could tape them, but I think of the pain of that much leg hair being pulled off by athletic tape, and I don't know if it's worth it. If anyone has a remedy for shin splints (don't say "rest", because it's not going to happen), let me know.
A note on my last post (8 days ago, I can't believe how lazy I'm being). I was not lucky enough to have my computer work. Within an hour of that posting, it was acting up again. I took it back on Monday, and they replaced the motherboard (again). It seems to be holding up so far, but I won't feel like I'm out of the woods until a month goes by and I don't pay a visit to We Fix Macs.
I had never had shin splints before. I was on the track team in high school, and I never got what people were complaining about when they said they had shin splints. As a sprinter, I never ran over 400 meters at one go, so I don't think I ever ran enough to get shin splints (even when we were to run 2 miles for warm-up, I would avoid it, somehow).
I have shin splints now, and they are killing me. I've never had this kind of pain, it's crazy. I've had both ankles sprained at the same time, a separated shoulder, a twisted wrist, toe nails come out, numerous leg bruises (all these injuries came from playing soccer), but shin splints are new to me, and I don't like them.
I don't like being sidelined; I kept playing soccer through all the injuries (often I had more than one of them at any given time), but shin splints are hard to play through. I went running this morning, and it was so painful to do. I kept thinking I would run through the pain (as I do with every other injury and illness I've had), but the pain was still there after almost 3 miles of running. Damn!
The next soccer season starts in a few weeks, and I want to keep up my running, but I don't know what to do about these shins o' mine. I've told I could tape them, but I think of the pain of that much leg hair being pulled off by athletic tape, and I don't know if it's worth it. If anyone has a remedy for shin splints (don't say "rest", because it's not going to happen), let me know.
A note on my last post (8 days ago, I can't believe how lazy I'm being). I was not lucky enough to have my computer work. Within an hour of that posting, it was acting up again. I took it back on Monday, and they replaced the motherboard (again). It seems to be holding up so far, but I won't feel like I'm out of the woods until a month goes by and I don't pay a visit to We Fix Macs.
posted by Jefferson at 4:28 PM
3 Comments:
Consider buying new shoes.
I once felt the beginnings of shin split pains myself from my old Nike Air Max 360s. At first I assumed it was me fault, i.e. bad running form, but then someone suggested new shoes. I went to a store in Palo Alto Town & Country, that specializes in running. They had me walk barefoot and then recommended shoes. What's more, they let me try running in them outside on the sidewalk to get a feel. With new and better shoes, and a little time I recovered from my shin splints.
So, it might be your shoes, maybe they are old!
I'm thinking this is the case also, but I've only put on about 100 miles on this pair (I got them in May).
I run on the outside of my feet, so I'm thinking that is also part of the problem. I'll check out that store at some point.
I believe the name of the store is MetroSport. They might still have a store at the Oaks Center in Cupertino next to Hobee's, but if not you should check out the Palo Alto store.
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