Human Shin Splints?

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Shantara

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I've been getting pain in my shins for a little while now and after watching Paul (The movie about the alien) I noticed one of the characters mentioned he has shin splints. We've had a horse on the yard with this problem, but I know nothing about it in humans.

Does anyone know if riding can cause it? What can help it and what it actually is?
I'm going to call the doctors on tuesday, but it's getting really painful, so anything to relieve pain until then would be fab :)
 
Usually due to concussion forces. I got them as a teenager often running for the train along tarmac pavements in rubbish school shoes! Cured by rest, ibuprofen and ice in ly case.
 
Shin splints is an inflammation of the structures surrounding the shin bone. Voltarol gel should make you more comfortable, and paracetamol. They are usually caused by concussion -running etc.
 
They are often cause by concussion, but can be worsened by poor muscle balance (e.g. having a weak lower leg bouncing around) so yes, riding can and for some people does cause splints. However, pain in shins can be many other things too, from simple growth to compartment syndrome, until you can get to a doctor I'd just tape it up (and personally keep going, because I loath time off riding!)
I've had them but to be honest in comparison to my subluxation and nerve damage the pain is small enough to ignore.
 
Thanks guys :) Will try Voltarol and will take Paracetamol now.
I find it very difficult to run on hard surfaces and sliding down off the horse really hurts.
Thanks again!
 
HDPE said:
They are often cause by concussion, but can be worsened by poor muscle balance (e.g. having a weak lower leg bouncing around) so yes, riding can and for some people does cause splints. However, pain in shins can be many other things too, from simple growth to compartment syndrome, until you can get to a doctor I'd just tape it up (and personally keep going, because I loath time off riding!)
I've had them but to be honest in comparison to my subluxation and nerve damage the pain is small enough to ignore.
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Funny you should say that, I've had 2 accidents which included my shins (nothing to do with horses, for once!) and had bruises and lumps on there for months. First accident was someone made me jump and I shinned a metal bar (it REALLY hurt) I had the wind knocked out of me it hurt so bad. The second was a 4ft stack of shopping baskets fell and caught my shins on the way down, perhaps that's contributed. I hope the doctor can help!
 
I suffer really bad with shin splints after running on pavements too quick too soon.. I'm resting them now for about 3 months, riding doesn't aggravate them so I wouldn't think it could cause them.

Icing them is good for immediate pain relief but don't do what I did and give yourself frostbite!
 
Have never experienced it outside of yearling prep for the TB sales. I was working at one place where we walked for around 3 hours a day, a good fast pace up and down hills on grass. The main cause I think was that we had to wear steel toe caps, either boots or wellies and this put the foot balance off. I can't see how you can get it riding, even when I was riding 8+ lots out a day in Oz I never got another near what I experienced doing hand walking!
 
They're normally the result of a high impact/concussive injury than from a direct trauma...

I had quite a few of them (many moons ago) from gymnastics and small stress fractures... Can still feel the blighters where they calcified over the years...
 
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