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poncho

poncho

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there is already 19874987 posts about this subject. but i have been skiing quite a bit lately and my shins and killing me.i have shin splints. they arent that bad but i need a way to prevent them in the future. any tips?
 
If you know there are already a rediculous amont of other posts on this subject then WHY would you find it nessesary to creat a new one? You know there is a search bar so use it!
 
yeah I use these blue things that you can find at ski shops, they are shin guards (not the ones for soccer) but they help pad the inside of your boots, so that you can get them tighter. Also use lots of ice at night, it will help it go away
 
because there was not alotof tips in any of the other threads. i used the search bar and nothing good came of it. for this i am sorry.. but still i need someone to help me with this.
 
have you ever had them and that got rid of them? or are you just presuming that stretching would help?
 
I play rugby alot, and this is a common problem for our team. this methods works. i won't get rid of them completely. the only thing that will do that is time. but it surely will help in preventing them
 
i feel your pain. what helps me the most is stretching. but don't just stretch after you ski, do it before and afterward, and in the morning and nights on your off days too. it may sound like a lot at first, but the more i stretch, the better mine feel. i've been dealing with them for awhile, and i have not found anything that will outright cure them.
 
strech how? what kind of stretches...anything that will ease the pain while skiing? because it kills my shinsto keep on skiing but i cant stop because its skiing
 
I was getting killed with shin bang and got the top of my boots packed out with 3 mm of foam all round the top.

Basically what was going wrong with mine was that my boots were a bit big and too high volume around the calves for my skinny legs. Take your boots to a decent shop to get them checked out.

Stretching and ice also help, as does ibruprofen if you really want to push it.
 
calfs, quads, hamstrings, IT band, all the muscles in your leg. having everything loose day in day helps me out a lot. because each day that goes by that you don't stretch everything starts to get tight again. this is no cure, but i have found it to help reduce the pain.
 
Stretch thoroughly (all the time not just before skiing).

Padding in the boot (pressed against your shin).

Better boots (buy not for price, buy for the best best best fitting boot).

Put a little more forward pressure on the front of your boots to prevent splints later on.

Tighten up your strap on your boots tight (When I first put my boots on I tighten them up to where they ALMOST hurt, once I get on the slope they loosen up on the first run a bit and they are perfect).

If you do get shin splints, ice them alot, re-adjust your boots, and stretch even more.
 
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