shin splints

[GhettoPeanut]

i had a talk with a buddy yesterday and we where trying to think of what shinsplints actually where. he said it was the muscles tearing away from the bone...i have a hard time believing this...i thought it was just like any other muscle soreness. i also found this

"Shin splints are an inflammation of the thin layer of tissue that covers the bone (periosteum). The bone tissue itself is also involved. This can be seen on bone scan examinations. The muscles that attach to the shinbone through the periosteum are the part of the shin that hurts. These are the soleus muscle (an ankle flexor important in pushing off the foot) and the deeper of the two toe flexors (flexor digitorum longus)."

from

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=135&topcategory=Sports

 

[loup garou]

Painful.

 

[AdamSnow]

My girlfriend gets that...

Especially when she has been playing Volleyball or running a lot on really hard surfaces... says it hurts like hell...

 

[shilala]

I have lumpy shins from the splints. I played basketball for years. They'd get so bad that they'd bring tears to my eyes when the wind blew just right.