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- From: v070rajv@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Matthew Lewis)
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- Subject: Re: Is running with shin splints okay?
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 05:09:00 GMT
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- In article <C1HF4r.L70@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, magdi@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Magdi N Azer) writes...
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- > Thanks to all who have posted responses to my questions. I have
- >abother one. If a person has shin splints, is it okay/safe to run.
- >Assumming that you are doing exercises to strengthen the muscles on the
- >front of the legs, can you still run? Also, for these strengthening
- >exercises, how long should one expect it to take for the exercises to
- >have an affect combatting the shin splints.
- >
- >Magdi N. Azer
- >magdi@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
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- I have always thought that one of the only ways to deal with shin splints was
- to run through them. Granted one should not be doing killer workout while
- afflicted but easy distance runs, on especially soft surfaces to reduce impact
- with the ground, will help those muscles develop...
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