Lower leg pain when training but NOT in races???
garyroberts
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Is the pain in the muscle or beside/on the bone?
What kind of pain is it?
Are the muscles tight?
Do you have any other pains with it?
Does it hurt more when you first start/stop than when warmed up?
What kind of pain is it?
Are the muscles tight?
Do you have any other pains with it?
Does it hurt more when you first start/stop than when warmed up?
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1) do you stretch your shins before training? I mean porperly and after!
2)Is your training at a lower intensity than the race?
3)Are you changing between laces (lock laces to normal laces)?
4)Does my bum look big in this? (sorry wrong froum)
5)Are you sure its shin splints?
6) Have spoke to a doctor or physio?
7)Is the pain isolated to one spot or the whole muscle?
Its a lot of questions but to work it out you will need to be clear with us!!!
i think its the tendons(or something like them) that run up the inside edge of the shin bone.
Its not ache, its sharp if i run on it and make it worse
Don't think so but to be honest wouldn't really know
No.
No. It hurts during
1. No!
2. Not always but definitely was this time
3. Am now yes......not until about three weeks back
4. No!
5. I don't know.
6. No.
7. Its in one area. Lower down towards the ankle is normally the case
I suffer from lower leg pain (shins - inside edge) when training - have sone for a while and its really getting me down. Just been out for a v.gentle 4k with my better half, and i mean gentle....and guess what.....pains are back. IT really is getting to be a serious concern.
THAT SAID..........
i have raced the last three weekends in a row, two sprints and a 10K. I never got so much as a twinge at any one of these events..............WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
The cure is lots of streching and could be caused (as in my case) by flat feet so lots of exercises to help strengthen the foot and ankle to stop it rolling so much and then to strengthen the calf and shin muscles plus applying regular pressure to the area.
There are more qualofyed peeps on here than me with this but thats my 2 pennce worth! Hope it helps Gary and go carefull dude!
Prey tell - how do you stretch shins ?
I'll let "coach Nicole" do the talking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&v=kv6ycmOWnq0&gl=GB
No lingering pain after races at all!
Just thought I'd get that in. Again.
Do you race in different shoes from the ones you train in? It's counter-intuitive, but sometimes race shoes have less cushioning and that means you're more conscious of taking lighter footsteps - you'd tend to take more of the footstrike shock with your achilles/calf muscles.
The softer cushioning in training running shoes can also allow your foot to over-pronate more, which hyper-extends those tendons on the inside of your shins. Stiffer, motion-control shoes can help this, but get your gait analysed by a physiotherapist first.
right, that's it, I'm goin'. Bridgetown cycles (LBS) have recommended a physio and i'm off to the doctors to get referred.
jon.E
class....pure class [;)]
Get in the gym and do lots of stretches plus things like calf raises, lunges, squats, basically things for quads, glutes, hamstrings etc. Swap the running workout for a rowing work out.
Thankyou.Hope it's not compartment syndrome.Do you do anything different when racing than training,different trainers,different laces,prior to the run you have done a swim causing your legs and toes to elongate and stretch,then bike again stretching the calves,unfortunately this theory is blown out of the water by you mentioning a 10k and having no discomfort.A professional will hopefully restore you back to health,an expert will restore you back to health and eliminate the cause to prevent it from recurring.Better to do too little than too much.All the best.