Lower shin pain

Andrew Thornton 4 · February 2017

Hoping for a bit of injury advice/diagnosis.

I did my long run on Sunday and felt fine after it and all day Monday. Monday evening I went for a slow easy jog and 3 Miles in the very bottom of my leg/joint with my foot hurt. I stupidly kept going another couple of miles.

I took Tuesday off and the ran 4 easy miles on Weds. Leg started hurting at around 3 Miles so I stopped. It seemed a bit higher up the leg - more my shin and I'd say it felt more muscular. Also it wasn't anything like as bad as Mondays.

Took Thurs off and then ran Friday. Took it easy though was probably daft running a hilly route. At two miles front of my shin two thirds of the way down from the knee really hurt. I had to stop and walk home, and walking hurt.

The pain hasn't gone or really eased at all. Walking more than a few yards a day later is still painful.

Pain is front of shin about a third of the way up from the foot. It doesn't seem specific to one point on my leg. If I prod my leg I can't find any one point that hurts more.

Any ideas or advice?

SteveCRunner · February 2017

I'd suggest this article particularly the bits about anterior pain. http://www.runnersworld.com/tag/shin-splints

Magna Carter · February 2017

spam, spam, spam!... you could at least have used different text fom the words in your profile...

Andrew Thornton 4 · February 2017

SteveCRunner said:

I'd suggest this article particularly the bits about anterior pain. http://www.runnersworld.com/tag/shin-splints

Thanks. I did see that article. I had shin splints many years ago and it doesn't feel at all like that. It's come on far more suddenly to start with. But now 30 hours after its still as painful. I guess I just have to rest it and see. Have thought about going to A&E to see if I can get it x-rayed. Doubt they would and what people seem to say about stress fractures is that it wouldn't show up anyway.

I don't get injured. Think I'm really wanting someone to say it's this and a few days rest it will be okay:-)

SHADES · February 2017

Andrew - shin splints is just a generic term for shin pain.

Distance runners do get injured including you. RICE for a few days and then see how you are.

Andrew Thornton 4 · February 2017

Certainly a bit better today. Can walk on it but start to feel it after 10 yards.

SHADES · February 2017

If it's not healing in a few days go to a physio, meanwhile RICE treatment

Andrew Thornton 4 · March 2017

Two weeks later and most of the time my shin feels fine. But if I just walk round to the shop it starts to ache. Not tried anything more strenuous than a mile walk. Also the strangest thing is sure one of my toes in that foot has started to go numb whenever I do go on any short walk. That might be total coincidence though...

SHADES · March 2017

Andrew - maybe time to do a few stretches?

Cal Jones · March 2017

My left foot gets pins and needles during a run if my soleus (lower calf) is overly tight. The soleus actually attaches to the shin and can cause significant shin pain. My advice: a) get a sports massage, b) stretch your calves (and specifically, the soleus stretch which is done with knees slightly bent) and c) strengthen your glutes. Weak glutes will cause the calves to work harder than they should, leading to trouble.

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