What stretches are best to prevent shin splints from occurring after jogging?

Take a Dixie cup or some other small paper cup and put water in there and freeze it. After you get back from the run, grab the ice and tear of the paper a little ways to uncover the ice. Then use it to massage your ankles and shins. This really helps stop the swelling and inflamation and thus the pain. Popping a few Advil can also help get rid of the inflamation. Try running on grass. It's softer and absorbs more of the force. Also go out to a running store and have them help you pick out shoes. I remember walking into one once and they had me take off my shoes and walk in front of them. They came back with a pair of shoes the fit my high arches perfectly and gave me the right amount of support. It was pretty amazing and it did help my shin splints get better. If you find that the right shoes, grass running, and ice massages don't help, you may actually have stress fractures. Give it a few weeks to see if the pain goes away. If you still have it, and it hurts to even walk, go into your doctor for an xray. Before I got really good shoes I had shin splints so bad that I was actually getting really close to tearing through my tendions. At least that's what my doctor said. Hope that helps! Oh, and one last thing, never ignore the pain. It means that your body needs to recover and heal. I used to just "walk off" most of my injuries, including pulled muscles in my back. I ended up doing a lot of damage to my body and I can't run anymore. I'm only 23 and was a competative sprinter for 6 years. I cant even take a lesurly jog anymore. Not to feak you out, but take care of yourself!

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True shin splints are actually small fractures in the shin area. This is a very rare occurence. your pain might be caused from over exersion of the tendons in the area you are referring to. Toe extensions should help alleviate the pain somewhat, also try ice after running to reduce swelling in the affected area.

Check if your shoes are light, fitwell and do not restrict ankle movement have sufficient cushioning. Assuming you start and finish at gentle pace, after your jog and cooling down sit for few minutes (2-5) in Vajrasan or Reichi dachi (karate and other japnese martial artists can be seen sitting in this positionduring prayers or meditation) i.e. first kneel down with your toes stretched back slowly place your bums on rear of ankles. Do keep your Calcium intake healthy.ie. lots of milk. Take care,find a jogging partner and have fun.

First, you may want to check out your shoes--are they supportive to your arches, etc.? Secondly, a stretch we always did in high school and I do still to alleviate/prevent shin pain is to do the touch your toes stretch, but with one leg in front of the other and vice versa.

You really need to read "Stop Shin Splints" by Gary Buchenic (also available in electronic format here: http://www.stopshinsplints.org/ ). It's about how to permanently cure your shin splints naturally. Worked for me and for thousands of people. Good luck!

before and after you start running you should pull your toes up to where you are on your heels, you should feel pressure in your shin area. And you might need to chonge the surface you are running on. I have been running cross country and Track for eight years now and still suffer from shin splits, trust me it is the surface that you are running on and the typr of shoes that you are wearing.