2.) Ice Ice Ice Ice Ice! (No relation to the1990 song by Vanilla Ice)
I’m sure you have heard the saying practice, practice, practice because that is the only way you will get better. Well, I have decided to change that saying a bit in the case of shin splints. Instead of practice, practice, practice, it should be ice, ice, ice because that is the only way that your shins will heal! First off, the ice helps the pain to go away very quickly so if you choose to ignore all of my other suggestions I would highly recommend that you try to do this one because it will make a big difference in the amount of pain you feel.
My method of icing is to get some ice or an ice pack from my freezer and just place it on my shins for approximately fifteen to twenty minutes. It may be hard at first to figure out the best placement for the ice but all you have to do is move it around a bit until you maybe get it. It will take trial and error to get it right. After the fifteen minutes are up I will usually go put the ice back in the freezer to keep it cold and then grab something that will heat them up. I then heat my previously iced shins for another fifteen to twenty minutes. After I finish heating them, I then go back and get the ice pack out of the freezer and ice my shins for another ten to fifteen minutes. This should usually numb them long enough to go pain free until your next physical endurance session. Although it seems like it is not doing anything at first, trust me, it really is. In the meantime however I would suggest looking at my next step. (320)
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