I have searched on google and get “pain and tenderness along or just behind the large bone in the lower leg. They develop after hard exercise, sports”.
But I am looking to really understand what they are, what actually causes them (not just exercise) and why they take so long to heal?
Thank you!
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an inflammation of the muscles, tendons, and bone tissue around your tibia. Pain typically occurs along the inner border of the tibia, where muscles attach to the bone. Shin splint pain most often occurs on the inside edge of your tibia (shinbone).
Funny big leg bone go ouchy because of overexertion of tissues near it (causing inflammation)
As for why it takes a while to heal, it’s mostly because it’s nothing serious so ice and rest and it heals over time
I have shin splints due to my flat feet and my foot doctor person explained it to me as the muscles on the front of the shin and my calf having to overwork to stabilize my foot when running as there is an imbalance.
Hadn’t realized how tender my calves were until she poked me hard in the calf and I nearly jumped off the table.
that happens when the muscles and tissues around your shin bone get all stressed out from too much running, jumping, or pounding on hard surfaces. It’s like your shins are saying, “Hey, slow down!” because they’ve had enough of the hard work without enough rest or support
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Bad running form, specifically heel-striking can give you this. When you pull your foot upward (toes up), the muscles behind your shins are doing that. If you heel strike when you run, your foot is hitting the ground while your foot is in this flexed position (dorsiflexion), and the weight and momentum of your body yanks your foot out of this position as you hit the ground and move over your foot. So, instead of your muscles relaxing and letting your foot come back to a neutral position, it gets yanked out of the flexed position, which is hard on the muscle and the connective tissue. (Imagine flexing your arm, and having someone yank your arm straight while you pulled against it… thousands of times in a row). When those tissues get pissed off, they hurt, so then running and anything that requires dorsiflexion of your foot also hurts.
Shin splints are essentially small tears in the muscles around your shin bone, often due to overuse during physical activity.
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