How to Fix Shin Splints (Yourself) 

Who else was watching this video while in pain?😭

Me: going for a run Shin: ur not that guy

I hate when I’m not even tired yet and feel like I can go so much more but my shins hurt too much to keep running Edit: why are there so many bots in the replies lol

I just started running, day 1 and 2 were amazing. *Then came the Shin Splints*

Me: im gonna go run My shins: yeah right, sit down

I tend to get shin splints after 10-15 mins of running and I may not be tired, but my shins can’t handle it. Thank you for showing me that shin splints doesn’t have to limit me for the rest of my life!

Shin splints keep preventing me from training continuously. I hope this video helps me.

I stopped shin splints by walking on my heels for several minutes after each run, I would even do it during the day.

The RU-vid algorithm is amazing. I got this yesterday, now let's fix it!

I have JUST started running this past week. I thought I was supposed to just get out there and run, and then the shin splints began. I felt defeated and angry. So instead of giving up, I remembered that I am a beginner and have no clue what I'm doing and started doing some homework. I found out that there is SOOOO much more to running that just running. I've gotten a lot of information from this page and I really want to thank you. These videos are amazing! I will continue to run and put into practice the things I have learned so far and I will keep learning! :)

As a beginner runner and already having the pain from shin splints on the daily even when I’m not running this video was very informative and I will try some of these tips.

Imagine I'm running with my dad and he is 50 and I'm the one having to stop cause the shin pain gets so much. It's so disheartening.

I remember licking my thumb in a pre-corona world.

Been a runner for 12 years, got my first shin splints this month, thought they'd go away but they didn't. Had to do half my normal weekend run. So frustrating and painful. Great content, will help a lot!🙏

Dang! That dog at 4:14 was flying!

He said no ice as I was icing my shins 😳😳

*winces* "Now for some of you might be looking at this and wincing" bro 😭😭

This really helped me out alot, thank you so much! I was experiencing this pain for about 6 months due to lack of running but I am feeling way better by doing these exercises! Much appreciated :)

I use to get them really bad when I started running and it was worse in my left leg. I thought it was my shoes so I changed them and it didn't work. What did work was: -rolling out my calves. -walking on my heels and then my tippy toes. -calf raises in the gym. In my own non-medical opinion, I think my calves were tight and weak and they needed stretching and strengthening. I was brand new to running and about 240lbs and this worked for me within in two weeks. My shin splints were gone and I haven't had any for at least 2 years.

Can’t explain how helpful this was. Thank you!

Brilliant man! You covered so many aspects and I learnt so much, even after watching two other videos first. This was fabulous, a professional speaking!

I guess shin splints is good for me. When I am running it doesn't hurt , but when I slow down or stop it hurts like hell😬. But the fear of pain after slowing down keeps me going, making me run faster

Loved this. I was looking up shin splints for a friend as I know you guys always give good advice, but this is just great for everything, a real all-rounder. Thanks for all you do! 🚶🏃🧘

Thank you for sharing been running for years now. I never had this pain but I’m now starting to feel it. Will definitely follow these tips 💪🏽

Great tips. From personal experience, my shin splints are now mostly gone by changing running gait. Before I didn't lift my knees high enough with each step when I run which placed great stress on my lower legs, but now that I lift them higher, probably resulting in use of different muscle group for better support, the shin splints have gone away. Besides the usual outdoor jogging, I also use a treadmill daily, set it to 12 degree inclination and do about 1-2 km walk or jog or even sprint (lift knees when jog/sprint!). The inclination walk/jog/sprint has been a fantastic workout for both the Tibialis anterior and Glute Medius, and I notice an improvement to my anterior pelvic tilt too. It's of utmost importance that everything needs to be done with the correct form! In relation to relaxation, I do stretches and one of those vibrational massage guns.

Great video with lots of relevant advice which I intend to use. This is by far the best running channel. Thanks coach Nate!👍

THANK YOU!!! I've been battling shin splints since February 2019. I've changed my shoes twice and both times it was a nice temporary fix. My shin splints have kept me from training the way I wanted to. I've been ok the past two months by doing some calf raises and stretching my calves consistently, but they're starting to resurface again. This video came right in the nick of time and I'm hopeful to see how these strategies help me!

This video really helped me with my form. After doing consistent days of this, I notice my shins actually start to loosen up! Make sure you check the other videos on running form if you’re still struggling - it took me 2 solid weeks of running slow and being really focused on my form to actually make a lasting correction

Thank you SO much for this video. It really saved me! I started training for a half marathon and my shins weren't happy at all. I took all of the advice from this video and my shins were completely fine. Ran the half marathon with no pain whatsoever in my shins!

Great video I have been looking for some help and explanation of pain in my shin splints and now I know what to do. Thank you so much :)

Thank you so much for this video! Very helpful in helping me understand not only what’s causing my shin pain but also some remedies to heal quicker.

Been seriously running for several months now and starting to experience pain in my right shin area. These tips have helped me out a lot. Ty

Lord knows I needed this for my knees ankles calves splits heels! God bless you

This is the best video i have seen about shin splints so far, simple exercises, that you can do anywhere without much equipment. Thank you very much!

Right on time. I just wanted to make an doctors appointment. This is amazing

This channel rocks and this video is particularly helpful. Thanks!

Been off for two months due to a shin splint. Looking forward to getting back the right way. Thanks for a great video.

I love you sir... I'm in active duty in the US Army and we run a LOT... I sometimes get shin splits and everything you mentioned on this video applies to me... I will definitely start implementing your recommendations. Thank you.

This is a real good video that took in a lot of nuances in getting healed. Sure gonna try it out.

I’m so glad u said no ice and no pain relievers. It’s so frustrating when no one gives a real solution

Thank you so much, this video is so helpful. My shin splints turned into a stress reaction, and I have had to do a lot of figuring things out, and a lot of the stuff you said is what I have been trying aka minimalist shoes, foot mobility, etc. Great video!!

God this was so helpful, I’ve been looking for a good routine to fix this shin splint on my left foot

I’m a soccer player and I was on the track while watching this video and it really helped me. Shin splints made me weak and tired and I couldn’t walk normally because of it. This is a great video and I recommend it to anyone!

Hands down best video Thankyou the run experience 👏

I got shin splints from just f*cking walking to my class. My class wasn't even 200meters either. I learned later it was because my strides were too long.

Thank you so much for this great video and for the great tips. Your detailed explanation on shin splint is so very helpful. Thank you for giving me hope and for shifting this experience into a positive one!! I strongly recommend every runner to watch your videos and this particular one especially! Thank you!!

TRE really puts out some great content. This was very timely for me. Thanks for the video.

I am having this pain since 20 years. After seeing your vedio I am really happy... Good information

Great tips. From personal experience, to be shin splint free you must improve running/walking gait and find suitable pair of shoes as well. In the past I never had shin splints, but it all started after I made the mistake of purchasing a pair of ASICS GEL NIMBUS. At first I didn't know what the problem was, but turns out it was because the nimbus had too much cushion, which placed extra stress on my lower legs with every step I push off the ground. The shoes also dramatically changed my original running gait for the worse, resulting in me not having to lift my knees high enough which further increased the lower leg load. So to correct the issue to make my shin splint go away, I bought a better pair of less cushion-y runners with better shape and arc support (these days I run with Adidas Ultra Boost or Nike Zooms), and lifted my knees higher again so to use of proper muscle groups for better support. Besides the usual outdoor jogging, I also use a treadmill daily these days, set it to 12 degree inclination and do about 1-2 km walk or jog or even sprint (lift knees when jog/sprint!). The inclination walk/jog/sprint has been a fantastic workout for both the Tibialis anterior and Glute Medius, and I notice an improvement to my anterior pelvic tilt too. It was quite the long journey since it took me a while to figure out what the problem was, but in the end these corrections led me to being shin splint free. It's of utmost importance that everything needs to be done with the correct form! For relaxation, I do stretches and make use of one of those vibrational massage guns.

Nicely said 👍 i ended up getting rid of mine changing shoes and easing into the more high impact side of running like fast sprints and stuff. Couldn’t run 3k years ago now training for 65k. Rest of the advice is solid 👌

Ohhhhh🙆🏽‍♀️ thank you soooooooooo much... I really thought I'd never make it back to track. Such a detailed explanation of the cause and remedies👍🏽

Great video! Just subscribed. Clear, Concise and direct.

I just started running and at the end of the first week my shin splints are so bad. I didn't realize that's what it was. I couldn't even run yesterday I had to walk the mile and that hurt. I took today off and am learning all the stretches to help myself

It’s my 5th week running and I’m experiencing mild shin splints for the first time after running 2 miles on concrete yesterday. I think the massage and ankle mobility tips will really help, thanks! I also think I’ll need to find a new running location with softer terrain.

Loved this video. I been searching a while now. I'm very picky. I love this

Yes, yes! Got shin splints yesterday and the algorithm is here to save me!!! Wait a minute....Have you been listening in on my conversations via my phones microphone...🕵️‍♂️

Thank you for this! I'm in a good form at the moment, but starting to have problems with my shins, this is a deal breaker!! I was suggested to just rest.. now i see i can do other things meanwhile to come out of it even stronger! Thank you again!

If you try sprinting with spikes when you have shin splints, you know what true hell is.

Excellent video. Straight to the point and brimming with positivity.

I like how you've mentioned to encourage people to do the modality that gives them no pain. Any training is better than no training!

After following this video 99% of my pain went away. Wish I had known this in highschool or even 2 years ago when I joined the military

Finally found it.lol I thought I was suffering alone. I used to play a lot of sports especially football(Soccer) when I was younger but stopped playing as I grew older and barely been having any exercises either, although I do walk quite often. Couple of weeks back I tried running and my shin immediately started hurting after running for like 500 metres. Prolly thought it was because of my lack of exercise and because I was new to running. And now I've started playing football again after many years (I'm 26 now) and on days I can play a full 30 40 minutes without much pain but sometimes I can't play more than 15 20 minutes cause the pain is just excruciating! And the day after is the worse, can't even walk properly or climb up and down the stairs. So I used to numb the pain with ice which I thought worked because it did numb the pain for the moment. And after a day or two rest would play football again and the same would happen. Didn't know this was actually a common injury and could lead to more problem if left unattended. I'm def gonna give a try to this exercises and hopefully it starts getting better!

This is awesome! I will have to try all of this for sure!

Wow this is an amazing video!!! Sooooo helpful. Thanks as always!

I got that sweet shin pain after changing two out of three of my runs to asphalt course. I usually only run on dirt road, so the hard surface was too much for me. So my tip would be to make sure you are running on something consistently varying. The pain went away after I only ran on asphalt once a week.

Darn, should of watched this back when I had shin splints.

Truly helpful, thank you for the effort and keep up the good work

Great video! Everything i was looking for! Thank you

me: going for a run legs: tf do you think your going shins: time to kick in ankles: don’t forget about me

Having low vitamin D deficiency caused mine! As soon as i took a prescription of high dosage vitamin D, the shin splints went away!

This is a good video! I feel better about taking a break from footy training and starting cross training. Thank you!

One of the best videos on the internet

I just started having issues with shin splints the last two weeks. I've been doing as much research as I can. It's like you guys knew I needed this. I have my first 10K in 3 and a half weeks and I'm worried this will still be messing with me : |

When would you do these flexability / massages, Pre run? post run?

This is an amazingly informative video. Thank you! You do a great job of explaining the problem, the procedures, and why all of it matters.

Got Shin Splints today. The beginning. Did all the techniques in this video. Helped a lot. Thanks.

I have had shin splints since 2003 in high school. I still run! Learned how to live with it. Compression socks work well and good shoes makes a huge difference! Ice your shins when they hurt and stretch!

I have a shin splints and so as my training buddy in running now hes suffering he really need to recover hes race is next month and this should help him a lot so i send the link of this vid and also this would also help me get rid of my shin splint too..

What great information. As always. Super size appreciate.

The best video simple, practical n well explained. Thank u so much 🙏

Thank you, I have long term shin splints 😭 yes I did wince at the thought of massaging, I will try some of these techniques. I struggle to stretch my calf's which is a problem.

I’ve enlisted a few days ago with the Marines but almost immediately after singing my 4 years I started to experience these horrible shin splints. It has actually been worrying me a lot recently and I need to fix this before I leave for boot camp. I wanted to say that this video is extremely helpful and hope that this small recovery is swift because I’m on a little bit of a timer. Any tips to slightly speed up the healing process? Will update in a month, before I leave.

I did not know i have a split pain until I search for the symptom on Tube which brings me here. Thank you, Sir, it really helps soothing my pain..appriciate it...

Great Video! Thank you for your time!

My shin splints are going crazy, I can’t skip trainings but yeah... my legs aren’t literally moving. Football fields are really tough and in competitive matches I am literally dead trying to keep up with the pace of the game. Hope this stuff helps me.

So glad this video was on my recommenced. I started running 2 weeks ago, 3 times a week, for 30 mins. And the last couple of times I ran, my shin was hurting in the first couple of minutes, then I couldn’t feel the pain during the run but after I’d get home I couldn’t even touch them. I hope these tips help, I’ll be using this video regularly now. Also, I wonder how RU-vid knew 🤔

Thank you so much for this video - this has helped me loads

Thank you for this video! You answered every single question that I had 😁🙌

Shin splints prevents me from improving my speed and stamina during running and i suffer from them badly when they start I believe mine is due to over pronation and the flat feet curse Would you recommend something to improve my arch and reduce the collapse? Thank you

Thank you for these tips! One question if you don’t mind: regarding the exercise where you bring a towel inwards with your toes, how do you count reps? Each time you bring the towel all the way in counts as a rep? Thank you

Thank you, this was extremely helpful!

Wait, I actually needed this video in my recommended.Thx RU-vid algorithm!

I've been training for triathlon since october as well as playing sometimes 2 football matches a week, i havent changed anything but ive suddenly got really bad shin splints, not really sure how? going to try this

I'm trying to get into better shape for the military and I've been wanting to run at least 3 times a week. I run fine the first run day of the week but during the second day I literally get the worst shin pain afterwards and I end up having to take a week or more off and starting over. It's so frustrating man.

So good. Love the info

Got this right after my first dunk

I started running to keep myself active during quarantine (since I can’t weight lift) and prepare for Air Force basic training and this pain really pissed me off. It’s probably due to me training all my other muscle groups in the gym except my calves. I’ll try this. Thank you

I have a bleep test next week and I really can’t afford to stop running🤦🏾‍♀️ I need this job

Thanks man just at time i needed I didn't not what it was called It Made my legs miserable, but i cant stop running i just love it Thanks alot