Any quick cures for a shin splint?

[SaltBoy]

My poor stretching skillz and bad running technique has given me a shin splint on my left leg.

Has anybody else gotten one and gotten rid of it quickly? Help me!

 

[RKS]

anti-inflammatories and RICE (Rest,Ice,Compression,Elevation)

could be a problem with your shoe arch support and your feet.

 

[Kyteland]

Amputate.

I don't think there are any quick fixes. Just rest and heal yourself.

 

[Megatomic]

Ibuprofen works for me. I just had them yesterday, too. They suck a big one.

 

[Anubis]

i use to get them really bad back in HS when preseason started, what RKS suggested works pretty well, as does takeing large ammounts of advil

mine lasted for like 2 weeks and then just went away

 

[Rumpltzer]

Suck it up little gurl!!!

Have you tried taping? That and ibuprofen are the short-term fix. In the long run you might want something better.

Aputation WILL work. A shopping cart wheel is a good lower-leg replacement.

 

[olds]

I got mine in 1983 with the Army. We ran 4 miles everyday in boots.
They still bother me if I have to walk down hill for any length of time. We went to Crater Lake, Oregon 2 weeks ago and walked down and back up from the lake. The next 2 days were painful.
Crater Lake

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I got mine in 1983 with the Army. We ran 4 miles everyday in boots.
They still bother me if I have to walk down hill for any length of time. We went to Crater Lake, Oregon 2 weeks ago and walked down and back up from the lake. The next 2 days were painful.
Crater Lake

Is that the one with the smaller mountain/crater in the middle of the lake? My roommate went to Oregon for the summer a few years and brought back a picture of a large body of water with another mountain in the middle of the lake, and I thought he called it Crater Lake.

I plan on visiting Oregon pretty soon just from what I saw of his pictures.

 

[Chadder007]

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0161.htm

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
...
Is that the one with the smaller mountain/crater in the middle of the lake? ...

Not the middle

My shin splints never went away.

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I got mine in 1983 with the Army. We ran 4 miles everyday in boots.
They still bother me if I have to walk down hill for any length of time. We went to Crater Lake, Oregon 2 weeks ago and walked down and back up from the lake. The next 2 days were painful.
Crater Lake

Is that the one with the smaller mountain/crater in the middle of the lake? My roommate went to Oregon for the summer a few years and brought back a picture of a large body of water with another mountain in the middle of the lake, and I thought he called it Crater Lake.

I plan on visiting Oregon pretty soon just from what I saw of his pictures.

His is a topo map of Wizard Island in Crater Lake. It isn't a smaller crater in the middle of the lake, that's for sure.

Wizard Island - You can expand the map and zoom out to get a better view of the area.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Not the middle

My shin splints never went away.

Originally posted by: Kyteland
His is a topo map of Wizard Island in Crater Lake. It isn't a smaller crater in the middle of the lake, that's for sure.

Wizard Island - You can expand the map and zoom out to get a better view of the area.

Yep, that's it. He's actually got a poster of Wizard Island, and it makes it look as though it's in the middle of the lake.

That's an awesome picture too.