How I treated my own shinsplints was by taking techniques I used on clients and adapting them to the imbalances I had caused in the shin area.

But first, I had to look at this as a soft tissue injury and not just a pain in the tibia. If you are suffering from bad shinsplints it will not help in the short term to focus on the pain in the bone. By addressing the soft tissue imbalances that are there (even if you can not feel them or think you don't have any muscle tissue lesions) you become proactive as you will actually feel better in the shin area. You can not do this on the bone unless you undergo surgery.

So first things I did was rest - stop the stress that has caused the problem. What I mean is completely eliminate any amount of stress. As there was no swelling or acute signs present, I started massage techniques - the same ones a physiotherapist would use in clinic.

Many people do not use massage to treat shinsplints. I am still amazed this is the case but its true. I have talked to enough people and receive emails on a daily basis from athletes with shinsplints. If they are doing any kind of massage it tends to be a rubdown only. That is a general warming of the area that will not be enough to get any real noticeable results. If there is one thing you can take from this article it is to:-

1.Totally and I mean 100% eliminate the stress that has caused the problem. Do something else in the mean time-swimming is a great activity that I usually recommend for people.

2.Learn the correct massage techniques and use them often! Start to see shinsplints as a soft tissue injury first.

It always made sense to me to treat shinsplints this way. It is much more effective than simply doing exercises that you found on some website that you don't really think about what they are doing for you.

When I started thinking like this and used the methods for relief and unwinding the tibialis muscle group, I fixed my shinsplints in 3 days. I have not had shinsplints since. Now is a matter of simply being in tune with how they feel or listening to your body. Knowing when to back of and never forgetting the treatment steps I made is the key for me and my clients. I keep up the techniques even when my shins feel fine. They can pull up sore after a heavy session, but not enough to be a problem.

That could be the main thing for shin splint suffers to take away from this article. I kept treating shinsplints even when they felt o.k. This is the time when you can really make improvements. Do not be like the majority of people who do nothing until the surrounding tibia sheath has flared up and they can hardly walk into the clinic and want to be fixed there and then.

Just like consistent training builds up long term fitness, consistent application and attention to your shins will control your shinsplints.

Adam Rees is a qualified Sports and Remedial Therapist and has worked in leading physiotherapist and osteopathic clinics in Australia. He is the author of the report The Shin Splint Cure which describes practical clinical techniques for this condition. It has been used by thousands of people to treat and maintain their shinsplints.

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