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Shin Splints, Severe Muscle Pain

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Bone muscle shin splintsA friend of mine told me that, after running for a while his shins started to hurt pretty bad with a combination of tightness,ache and numbness all together. He even stopped running due to the shin hurting so bad.

He asked me:

  • Is there anything I can do to reduce the pain from those shin splints (stretching, massage, etc)?
  • Will running with smaller steps decrease the shin splints from hurting this much?
  • Well.. it depends on the severity of that “ouchhh my shin hurts!!”, although you should go to a doctor.

    Shin splints are basically little fractures all along you shin and those hurting shin splints can be caused by more factors that meaning you can get a different diagnosis as another person.

    Diagnosis: tibial stress fracture

  • Overused muscle: The muscle pain is caused by any activity that involves running, jumping, also sometimes even walking (especially on concrete). Untreated shin splints can lead to a stress reaction mid-shaft in the tibia, which can eventually lead to a stress fracture.
  • Pes Planus: Pes Planus or ‘flat foot’ is a leading cause of Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome or more commonly medial shin splints. Flat feet causes the posterior tibialis and other muscles of the medial shin to become overstretched, weakened, and inflamed. This is cyclical. The more the muscle(s) is overstretched, the weaker and more inflamed it becomes.
  • Chronic compartment syndrome: CCS (mimics anterior shin splints) occurs when swelling within the indistensible anterior compartment of the leg reduces blood flow. This relative lack of oxygen, ischemia, can cause more swelling and generate a positive feedback loop. In severe cases the result can be acute compartment syndrome (ACS) which requires emergency surgery to prevent ischemic muscle necrosis due to lack of blood.
  • Tingling in the foot is a particular red flag; it indicates compression of the nerve and it can cause severe problems for that apparently shin splint!

    Shin splint causeTreatment for Shin Splints:
    In some minor cases, the best thing for shin splints is just plain rest in the legs. It may take weeks or months of healing depending on different cases of shin splints.

  • you can do some calf stretches flexing your toe up until you feel tension in your shins as a treatment
  • rub some icy hot or tiger balm on it and if the pain gets worse there is also arthritis hot which is like icy hot but better
  • many doctors suggest also stretching the muscles from the hamstrings as a treatment, after warming up, because tight hamstrings can lead to problems such as shin splints.
  • buy yourself special shoes with high arch if you have flat feet (pes planus)

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