Hey guys I have been running 3-5 miles a day and going on the 3rd week I am getting terrible shin splints. I'm going to take a week off from running, but I'm wondering if there is anything else for me to do? Also my body should eventually get over them completely right? I'm wanting to get to 7 miles a day 5 days a week but if I continue to get these I won't be able to do it.


reps for answers.

Rest and work on getting stronger at tibialis raises, starting with body weight and working up to added weight

Knees over toes guy has good info on all of that on youtube

Will look into, thanks!

edit: i have worked out my entire life and Ive never seen these lol

Over training causes this. Dont run every day but every other day.

Also they are related to your calf flexibility so be sure to stretch your calves. My guess is your calves might be getting get sore too after running.

Take some time off and just leave them alone. After that time, start some gentle stretching of your calves multiple times a day for about a week. Then when yo start running again you should be way better and they wont come back unless your over do it like running every day or adding mileage too quickly.

They will go away but you have to be smart about it.

Imagine you had a cut on your hand. You want it to heal up fast. So to make it heal faster, you keep messing with it, pulling it apart opening the wound back up. Obviously it would never heal and you would be frustrated. Similar thing here but its on the inside and you cant see it like you could a cut.

I use to get them so bad I could barely walk.

Go to a proper running store and get some good advice & the proper shoe and possibly a insole to help.
Also, tough it out they go get better.

Look into a different pair of running shoes. Sometimes switching your shoe will make a world of difference.

I'm not going to go on too much of a rant about this but when I started running unshod (barefoot) my shinsplints vanished even WITH overtraining (about 18-20 miles jogs per week). If you can find a spot that clean enough (a large clean park) you should really give it a shot.

Yeah all of this. I can't help it but I'm going to have to force myself to at least do every other day, every day is going to destroy my body. Also I should stretch calves/legs before running correct? any specific stretches? I mean at some point I want to run a marathon if I can get my weekly avg up pretty high.

So I'm going to take 7-10 days off completely from running, doing cardio but machine or bike. Will also add stretching before every workout as well. Thank you.

My last run yesteday, both my legs were numb AND I could barely walk after running 4 miles at 730 pace. I'm too old to be doing shiet like that anymore so I'm going to let them completely heal and add stretching and anything elser I can add.

I might try running at the park in the mornings as well. I have thought about it many times and its super convenient. I just got a new pair of running shoes which are great.