Is there anyway to relieve pain from running? My shins hurt after running.?

Question

I go to the gym and run around the mini track they have but after running around 4 times my shins and ankles hurt that I can barely run anymore. I do stretch for about 10-15 mins. What can I do to alieviate the pain?

Answer 1

This is all you need to know.. Different things work for different people.. I run and my issue is knee pain not shins but other I know use some techniques listed on the link attached to some differeing degrees of success..

Answer 2

If your shins hurt while running you're getting shin splints. While it's nothing that will kill you, it does create discomfort.

A good way to help is to stretch your shins. To do this, place the tip of your foot against the wall, your heel on the ground, and try to touch your knee to the wall. It wont take away all the pain, but it helps a little.

Also, running slow increases the chances of getting shin splints. When you run, your feet strike the ground which causes tiny fractures along the bone, so the slower you run more times your feet strike the ground.

Answer 3

You may have developed a condition known as "shin splints", in which the mescle in the shin actually separates from the bone. Find an alternate aerobic activity or ease up until this heals. It's going to take quite a while.

You may need to take a close look at your running style, the surface(s) you're running on, and the shoes you're wearing to help prevent a reoccurance of this condition.

Answer 4

Look scumbag! There's no whining out here! If you can't handle the pain, take your pansy azz back to your mamma's house! Here, let me give you a hand.....or a boot to the small of your back!!!


These are the encouraging words of my great Drill Sgts. Without the hard, in your face motivation, you will most likely succumb to your pains and discomforts.

I'm going on a limb here, but I'm guessing you just recently started to jog. Shin splints are VERY common amongst new recruits, and it is always due to their lack of experience running. This is a condition that YOU WILL HAVE to overcome on your own. All this talk about going to doctors and stopping from jogging and running for a bit....these are all the reasons why we as Americans are so lame and out of shape. 'Cause we 'need' to take it easy. The more you slow down, the longer it takes for your bone,(shin), to stretch and become accustomed to he stress. Don't run everyday at first, but don't take week-long breaks either.
If you equip yourself with GOOD running shoes, do your thorough stretching, and achieve the right mentality, you will get past this level in a few weeks if you do it often enough.

Answer 5

Sounds like shin splints. Shin splints are defined as "pain in the front of the lower legs caused by strenuous exercise, usually after a period of relative inactivity." Ouch. Not fun, but happily they're not too serious, either. Treatment includes rest, ice, over-the-counter pain medicine, and not running for several weeks. For many athletes trails have replaced blacktop as the training ground of choice because running off-road protects you from impact injuries. Avoid or treat shin splits by getting rest and cross-training instead of running. Then resume running gradually for short distances and cross-train between runs. Also ice and stretch.

Answer 6

These are called shin splints. Stretch before and after you run. After running you can also soak your legs in ice water to remove the extra lactose from you muscles. It causes cramping. I run about 10 miles a day and have ran for years this is what my coach tells me to do. It works!

Answer 7

Im really sorry your in pain!!!! I hope your knee gets better!!!! First, have you tried going up to your mom and saying, "Mom, my knee hurts REALLY bad and I need to go to the doctor NOW!!" if you haven't, you should confront her. You might have pulled a muscle, or twisted your knee! Its not going to get better on its own, it will just keep getting worse, and tell that to your parents! If it was my mom i would say, "I really need to go to the doctor, I'm am in a lot of pain, and I can barely walk!" If that doesn't work, then you should start crying and see where that takes you... lol, i would do something like that! anyway.....If they wont take you, then have an aunt or uncle or a parent of a really good friend take you. Try and outpatient place.... good luck with the whole situation, and i hope your knee gets btr REALLY fast!!!!! :)

Answer 8

You are experiencing bone pain from running due to one of two reasons. You have innapropriate shoes that don't offer the right kind of support for your bones or they just can't support your weight. DON'T KEEP RUNNING! If you do your risk permanent damage.

If you are allready at or around a goal weight then I would suggest seeing a Chiropractor and perhaps checking to see if you need Orthotics.

Either way lay off the running on the track. It may take longer but you can get the same benefit from walking fast on a treadmill.

Answer 9

I invested in a good pair of New Balance running shoes and it really makes a difference. I had no idea that what kind of shoe I was wearing mattered that much, but it's much better now. I chose the New Balance because they were not as much as Nike, but they really work well.

Answer 10

many years ago I ran track in school...they had us walk on the insides and outsides of our feet(turn your ankles down so that the heels face each other and reverse) as a cooldown exesize to avoid or reduce what is often called "shin splints"