How do you get rid of shinsplints???

Question

I got shinsplints from skateboarding, and now I can't go skateboarding because it is so painful. How do you get rid of them???

Answer 1

Shinsplints suuuuuuuck! Hated having to limp through rugby practice the first few weeks of the season. Stretch well, get proper shoes, and work the area well. The more exercise you do that will cause the pain, the better. Eventually the pain will lessen.
Careful with the Tylenol, though. It's easy to take too much.

Answer 2

you have to stop walking/skating on the hard floors, give yourself a break for a few days and the pain will go in time. You get shinsplints from walking and or skating whatever on hard flooring, such as hard wood floors, pavement, etc. I'm sure you already knew this, but you're just going to have to take a break from these hard grounds, until your pain has gone away well enough for you to start skateboarding again. And as long as you continue to go back even after taking breaks, the pain will come again. There is nothing you can do about it as far as I know, except trying to find some special shoes to fit your needs.

Answer 3

When I was running high school track in the 70's I developed shinsplints one year. A fellow runner told me it was due to low arch supports. I went to the shoe store and had some higher arch supports glued in, and the problem once healed, never returned.

These days good running shoes have better arch support, but it's still important to make sure the shoes you wear are correct for your foot. You may have assumed that shoes don't matter when you're skateboarding, but as you have discovered, they do.

Find a store in your area that caters to runners, and stay away from those Mall stores. Those people are not trained to fit you properly.

Answer 4

You need to rest and elevate your leg. Sometimes ice can help but be careful not to get frostbite of the skin--ice for 15 minutes at a time only on top of clothing, not on the skin. If you wrap the leg in an elastic bandage for support, make sure it's not too tight. You may need a custom insert made to wear in your shoe if this becomes a chronic problem.

Here's an article from the Mayo clinic with more information:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/shin-splints/DS00271/DSECTION=8

Answer 5

How do you know you have shinsplints? Did you see a doctor? If you do, you just have to keep weight off of it for about a month, just as if you had a sprained ankle.

Answer 6

I don't know how to get rid of them, but here's an exercise to strengthen those muscles.

Put a towel on the floor, lengthwise. In bare feet use your toes to pull the towel towards you. Repeat, doing about 3 reps a few times a day.

Good luck.

Answer 7

Change shoes. It sounds goofy but if you wear more cushionny shoes it relieves the pain. Also try an anti inflammatory like tylenol or aleve.

Answer 8

stay of your legs for about 2 weeks and try to stretch out before activities.

Answer 9

More of the same exercise that caused them. Believe me, it works.

Answer 10

rest. stay off hard surfaces.