10k training: my battle against Shin Splints
Recently training has gone...shit. Actually, let me clarify; it hasn't gone shit, it simply hasn't gone at all. I haven't ran for 8 days, because my shins felt like they were about to literally fall off.
The dreaded shin-splints I battled with last year have returned, and put me on the sideline for a week. Being in a lot of pain convinced me to visit a physio to find out what's what. He listened to me, took a look at the problem, and decided the best course of action was to administer some deep-tissue massage, followed by ultrasound, to quell any swelling. The deep-tissue massage hurt like fuck. I don't remember feeling anything as painful, but he reassured me it needed to be done to get some blood flow back into the sore areas, and to try and force my tight muscles away from the bone. It's a few days later, and the shins are feeling a lot better. My physio has given me hope that I can actually beat these splints, given that I keep doing the required stretches to lengthen my poor, tight, soleus muscle.
Tomorrow I'll be back running, and we'll see how things go. The physio also told me my trainers aren't helping me, and that I'd be more suited to a neutral trainer, rather than ones for over-pronators. This makes sense, given that he also told me I don't actually over-pronate (which is the opposite of what Run in hove told me). I'm a bit worried that this week out has put me off-track for the 10k race, but given I don't over train to compensate for the gap, keep doing my stretching, and (gasp) lose some weight, the splints will go away.
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