I have chronic Achilles Tendinitis, and shin splints. They’ve plagued me for a year and a half now (I first got injured during my second week of Cross Country my freshman year, and they haven’t left yet). I have specialty orthopedics, I’ve seen several orthopedic surgeons, I’ went to Physical Therapy for 2 and a half months, I ice massage strengthen and stretch my shins and calves often but not as often as I should. I’ve also been to a masseuse, I’ve looked into acupuncture a little bit, but never tried it.
This fall I started to make a comeback, the PT and massages really started to help. I was able to steadily increases mileage with only a few bouts of pain, until recently, I increased the length of my long run form 5 to 6 miles and neglected to increase the amount of injury prevention that I do.
I’ve heard of most strategies including using deep heat, which I have not tried yet. If you have any unusual or miracle cures I would love to hear it, I’m at the end of my rope, and I work my *** of out on the roads, and at home with every type of cross training I can. I really feel like I could compete with the best if I ever got to compete for more that a few weeks at a time. Thank you very much. Sorry for any misspellings, this prgram is messing every thing up
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As a soccer player, I have fought shin splints for the last 15 years, however with RICE, they typically go away…..until recently that is. From October – December of 2007, I went for physical therapy which included combinations of ice, heat, massage, ultrasound, stretches, etc. I had some relief for about a month or two, but now the last few months have been agony! No amount of taping, stretching or Aleeve is working.
I only get shin splints when playing soccer. I typically don’t like running (except for soccer) so I walk, bike and use an elliptical or tread climber for exercise. My calves are almost always tight and I have short heel cords. Since I’ve tried all the basics, I’m wondering if anyone has had success with night splints (usually used for plantars fascitis) to treat tight calves. I think if I can correct my tight calves, I may be able to decrease my shin pain. Any advice is welcome.
Also, I have orthodics from a podiatrist and I get massages often.
As a soccer player, I have fought shin splints for the last 15 years, however with RICE, they typically go away…..until recently that is. From October – December of 2007, I went for physical therapy which included combinations of ice, heat, massage, ultrasound, stretches, etc. I had some relief for about a month or two, but now the last few months have been agony! No amount of taping, stretching or Aleeve is working.
I only get shin splints when playing soccer. I typically don’t like running (except for soccer) so I walk, bike and use an elliptical or tread climber for exercise. My calves are almost always tight and I have short heel cords. Since I’ve tried all the basics, I’m wondering if anyone has had success with night splints (usually used for plantars fascitis) to treat tight calves. I think if I can correct my tight calves, I may be able to decrease my shin pain. Any advice is welcome.
Also, I have orthodics from a podiatrist and I get massages often.
From running so much I have the worst shin splints, and pretty bad pain in my left knee, and so-so pain in my right knee. Some days my legs just throb all day, but some days they only hurt when I use them. The other day, they were killing. My mom said maybe we should go to the doctor to get it checked out.
What would the doctors do? X-rays? Refer me to physical therapy?