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- From: georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark)
- Newsgroups: misc.fitness
- Subject: Re: Shin Splints
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 15:01:00 GMT
- Organization: University of Maryland
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- The newsgroup, rec.running, has a detailed discussion of shin splints
- in its FAQ, as I recall.
-
- The term "shin splints" means pain in the lower leg, and a more
- specific diagnosis is going to be one of four things.
-
- You should not make the athlete you're coaching do any exercise that
- contributes to the pain. The only treatment is rest, and rehabilatation
- doesn't begin until after the athlete can exercise the leg without pain.
-
- This is important because many people addicted to their sport will
- endure pain and continue to exercise in spite of pain. These people end
- up with permanent discomfort, they go from doctor to doctor, and nobody
- can help them.
-
- Some sports-medicine physicians claim calcitonin injections into the
- lower leg will accelerate healing of shin splints that have otherwise
- not healed by rest alone. However, this treatment has yet to be
- documented in the sports-medicine literature, so your physician may
- be unfamiliar with it.
-
- I hope your injured athlete is disciplined enough to rest until he is
- completely healed and can exercise without pain.
-