shin splints

ive being suffering from shin splints for weeks now, it gets so bad the day after training i can hardly walk, but hey ive found a cure if anyone else is in pain.... DONT FUCKIN RUN ON SAND or if that fails (which it does every mon and thurs) ice packs and lots of them
ive trawlled the net for advice jesus theres some nuts on there the only thing ive come up with is ice and pain killers well duh!

i dream of sweet grass maaaaan

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM grass, duuuuuuude it will be sweet!

I find the best thing to do it tape up your ankles.

I use electrical tape and tape it up about 4-5 inches from the bottom really tight. It still hurts the next day but ts not too bad while your playing.

The oracle is correct as always, a tight bit of strapping or tape just above the ankle (Achilles) takes the pressure off & helps to prevent shine splints.

Or you could always use the horrible but does work!!! Ten minutes in a cold bath & then a hot shower, your legs have no pain the next day but your bollocks have disappeared up your arse….


This will be a breeze for a big hard football player like you...

I may try that

All you have to do is put your shins in the water, bollocks saved!

had shin splints and it felt like my feet were chopped off and i was running around on stumps on broken glass
i whent to strawbery howe physio in cockermouth as reccomended, she did a deep massage that hurt like fook she told me in my case it was bone rubbing against muscle that had became scarred and my body stopped healing it. she gave me stretch exercises to do to get the blood consentrating in the area

Basicslly everyone told me to tape the area up like paddy says i didnt try that cos it bugged me but for several lads its sorted them out

heres some more solutions
get soem extra padding for your soles lessen the impact to shinns, and when not training get some trainers with the biggest soles you can find i got new balance cheapos and wore them everywhere
and some of those heel pads that glue into boots

but realy rubb the hell out of them before you train and really warm them up before you come down
other than that its lots of rest nd i mean months

i still get pains when i road runn or walk to fast in my work shoes but no where near when it was at its worst stopped me playing for a few weeks

thanks for all your advice i will give them all a go (ill try tommys as a last resort i like my bollocks where the are)
i think what screwed my legs was the 32mile walk i did last year me and a few lads were drunk and signed up for the workington 2 keswick walk and didnt train for it, it was 10hrs of hell..

Anyone got any idea when we are going onto grass? I pressume we are doing it pretty soon if we have a game lined up?

Dude your on the committee so if you don't know then how are we supposed to??? However I am also curious as to when we're going to go on the grass, any ideas of a venue???

Phil is sorting it out this week, so we can hopefully get on it next week. Maybe lillyhall again (if they'll have us!)

Dave #92 your shin splints could be cured by my Deep Heat spray, it seems to work on everything else

Your deep heat is what keeps me going dude!!!

deep heat, strappin up tight and ice packs/cold bath have sorted little pain today. to think ive been putting up with that for weeks
thanks for the help