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- From: glex@nitro.cray.com (Jeff Gleixner)
- Subject: Re: Shin Splints
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.172318.11066@walter.cray.com>
- Originator: glex@nitro
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- Sender: glex@nitro (Jeff Gleixner)
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- References: <1jrmjcINNf0e@mojo.eng.umd.edu> <25413@galaxy.ucr.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:23:17 CST
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- In article <25413@galaxy.ucr.edu>, samari@watnxt2.ucr.edu (Tammy Woodley) writes:
- > > The term "shin splints" means pain in the lower leg, and a more
- > >
- > is due to the muscle on the back of the calf being stronger than on the front.
- > your toes on the end of the stair and lower your heal past the edge of the
- > stair, lift up, go down, lift up, go down etc.... This should help strengthen
- > the muscle in the front. :)
- not! This exercise, better known as "standing CALF raises", will do nothing
- to the front of the leg. Now if you turn around so your heels are anchored
- and then you do them, that will hit the front.
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