A dull ache along the inside of the shin. It settles when you rest, then it's back a few weeks into the next build-up, and this time it's there from the first mile.
This free plan is what I'd give a runner in that spot. Five pages, in the order you need them:
- Is it really shin splints? How to tell it apart from a stress fracture or compartment syndrome, and why that changes everything.
- Should you stop running? What your shin is telling you, my two-week rule, and how to get to a race if one is close.
- The rehab, in order. The lower-leg strength work, the 12-hop test that tells you when you're ready, and the stride changes that take load off the bone.
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The Shin Splints Rescue Plan
Shin splints that keep coming back every time you build up? Five pages: whether it really is shin splints, whether you need to stop, and the rehab in the right order. Enter your email and I'll send it over.
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From James Dunne, Sports Rehabilitation Therapist and running coach. 20 years treating injured runners.