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- From: dvfreese@freese.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Doug Freese)
- Subject: Re: Is running with shin splints okay?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.015635.5906@watson.ibm.com>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 01:56:35 GMT
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- In article <1k64lmINNfc4@mojo.eng.umd.edu> georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:
- >In article <C1Hy82.4HL@acsu.buffalo.edu> v070rajv@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Matthew Lewis) writes:
- >>
- >>I have always thought that one of the only ways to deal with shin splints was
- >>to run through them.
- >
- >That's a good way to end up with permanent discomfort that no doctor can
- >cure. With misinformation like this, it's no wonder there are so many
- >inquiries about injuries at rec.running.
- >
- >If something hurts, you better stop immediately. Pain and injury hardly
- >contribute to a productive workout.
- >
-
- As runners, we have a tendency to be a bit compulsive and sometimes try to
- run through pain. If you are going to run through pain at least be
- sure of the correct diagnose and understand the consequences. A running
- friend had all the symptons of shin splints, but being conservative
- by nature, he went to the podiatrist - diagnose: Compartment Syndrome.
- Not a commom problem but if he had tried to run through it, his down time
- might have been forever. This is not meant to scare anyone but it is
- better to lean to the cautious side.
- Doug
-
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