If you play a lot of sport or simply enjoy jogging or running, and even dancing, the chances are you have either experienced shin splints yourself or know of someone who has. Either way, you'll have first hand experience of how uncomfortable and painful the condition can be.
Actually, shin splints is only the painful symptom of another problem, which in most cases can be easily rectified using standard pain killing and swelling reducing treatments such as ice and compression, two parts of the treatment acronym RICE, the others being rest and elevation.
However, in some cases basic treatments simply don't cut it and when this is the case, finding and rectifying the cause of the problem requires much more in-depth investigation for which you will need some expert guidance such as that which is provided in Gary Buchenic's 'Stop Shin Splints Forever' diagnostic and treatment guide, which you can learn more about here.
If you do have shin splints and you do nothing other than rest and take painkillers the chances are they will disappear quite quickly, but if you don't change what has, in most probability, caused them before the next time you train, run or play your sport, it is very likely that they'll strike you down again and unfortunately they will become progressively more painful and more prolonged the longer you leave the problem unaddressed.
Visit the Mr.Goodhealth site for more information about how to get rid of shin splints
Shin Splints Advice
Information about the prevention and treatment of shin splints
Friday, 3 January 2014
Thursday, 2 January 2014
Shin Splints - What is the Worst Case Scenario?
Everyone and anyone can have shin splints, that mild to intense pain of the lower legs that happens
after a lot of running or other sporting activities that require a lot of running. Athletes have them mostly after intense
training as well as military personnel that undergo drills and
ordinary people who suddenly need to run long distances.
Shin
splints is a relatively normal injury, the symptoms of which are easily treatable if
dealt with right away. A combination of rest, ice packs and pain
killers is the best treatment for this infamous sporting injury.
However, some people
tend to over-exert themselves and ignore the warning of excessive pain frequently experienced as a symptom of shin
splints. The longer it’s ignored, the pain numbs down enough for
the person to continue the activity and the shin bones and the
surrounding connective tissue suffers further damage which can result
in a stress fracture or, in the worse case scenario, a complete bone breakage.
Some persons are more
easily injured than others and the pain and injury can last longer.
Professional examination and intervention will be required if the
pain continues for several days despite continued rest and treatment.
In case of stress fractures or other problems, the physician will
recommend physical therapy and other treatments. Other things to be
on the lookout for are any lumps or tenderness on the affected areas,
severe pain even when just walking and loss of feeling or movement on
any foot. Again, the person affected should immediately stop further
activity and seek medical treatment.
Check out http://shinsplintstreatment.mrgoodhealth.com/how-to-get-rid-of-shin-splints/ for more detailed information about how to get rid of this problem.
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