Pain in my shins(Shin Splints?)

Can you find a picture on google and mark the place?

 

It means that you are overtraining, dude.

Try training on softer ground.

Sleep with a football sock pulled all the way up (to increase circulation)

See a physical therapeut. If nothing works, i think custom insoles (dont worry, they are pretty cheap)

 

I get shin splints after every game, especially on harder turfs. With me this occurs because I have pretty flat feet which causes me to overpronate. Basically, lack of support in the arch shifts too much of the burden of impact to my shins, causing them to ache severely. If you're playing on cement, that could be the cause.

My advice is to look into overpronation and see if you have this problem. There are tests you can do at home to see if you have lower arches. Some people I know have addressed the problem with insoles (since soccer shoes have notoriously bad arch support). Superfeet is a brand of insole you can pick up in most running shoe or sports equipment stores. I personally am looking into custom ones since the over-the-counter ones don't help me.

 

Rest/Recover, strengthen and then play. If you do it the other way round, you'll never recover properly.

 

Yeah, I had to cut the insoles out of my cleats to get my over-the-counter ones to fit. In the future, when buying new cleats, you may have to bring you insole so you buy a cleat that fits WITH your insole in, too (if you go that route). I've never heard of an insole weakening your feet or other muscles.

Exercises that flex your arch might help. So can stretching well before a match (focusing on stretching the calf and shin muscles). Running backwards will actually help stretch this part before a game.

 

The various parts of the body don't function independently in a vacuum. You likely have issues overpronating, but you may well have other problems with your core, including your glutes and hip flexors. The middle of your body becomes unstable, which adds stress to your knees. Your ankles are unstable because of the overpronation. The shins are--surprise--precisely between your knees and ankles. The shin muscles try to take up part of the stabilizing that the other muscles aren't doing properly, and they burn out doing a job they're not prepared to do. Orthotics can help (Sports Authority has off the shelf hard inserts if your medical plan doesn't pay for customs), but you should look into a PT that specializes in exercises that work the core and entire lower body chain. Yes, I speak from experience due to a multitude of overuse injuries.

The best addage I've ever heard to explain this and every other issue I've ever had: we shouldn't play sports to get in shape, we need to get in shape to play sports. Sports by and large break our body down. We need to train to maintain our ability to compete.

 

I have the same problem. My insoles give me serious cramps.

I've heard that massaging the arch with a small, hard ball can increase elasticity and help address the problem. But I haven't found a solution that reduces my shin splints completely. de Kromme's advice is pretty good as well.

 

Get a professional massage where knuckles and elbows are pressed firmly against your shins. I used to suffer from shin splints but this massage helped out tremendously. Very painful but totally worth it. I haven't suffered shin splints since.

 

I have the same problem! What helps me, is just stretching a long time. Not just any stretching but the kind that makes your legs hurt. It always makes my shins and calves relax.

 

I get shin splints a lot, and they suck. Foam rollers help, but rest and maybe some ice is really the best thing to do. Sucks, I know.

 

Use ice each time you work out, and do calf raises and make sure to stretch. Also watch what cleats you use on hard ground. My 2cents