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- From: cecchinr@dimaggio.cs.rpi.edu (Ron Cecchini)
- Newsgroups: misc.fitness
- Subject: Re: Shin Splints
- Message-ID: <=yp30wl@rpi.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 15:17:53 GMT
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- References: <1jrmjcINNf0e@mojo.eng.umd.edu> <25413@galaxy.ucr.edu> <1993Jan25.172318.11066@walter.cray.com>
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- In article <1993Jan25.172318.11066@walter.cray.com> glex@nitro.cray.com (Jeff Gleixner) writes:
- >
- >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.
- >--
- >glex@nitro.cray.com === "Difficult tasks are never easy..."
-
- ... just my $0.02 ...
-
- I agree with you Jeff, but I just wanted to say that when I do calf presses
- (on the leg press machine) my shins get incredibly fried! Can't explain
- it, but the do... (I do do *full* reps, so my toes are being pushed way
- back to my shins, that probably has something to do with it.)
-
- Ron
-