iancity
Veteran
- Location
- Ashington, Northumberland
Suffered from shin splints quite a bit when playing football, specifically 5 - a - side in my 40's so stopped playing. Late 40's had a walking/strider machine that was zero impact but after a couple of months was too sore to use as the shin splints pain came back, even though there was little impact. Tried walking at lunchtimes but again, after 2 weeks, shin splints were too painful to continue. Cycling (real, out in the wild), however, has been great, never any issue and well pleased...until now...used the turbo trainer 5 times in 3 weeks, all sessions under 20 minutes (its hard!!) and now find, yet again, that my left shin is causing pain. I thought shin splints was all about impact- but its the same pain, that I am well used to, that is making me now cut the session short - any advice whatsoever, any tips? I say shin splints, is it possibly something else ( its my left shin only) but its now to the point where I cant use my newish £600 toy as the legs so sore?
I cant imagine its over use, there is no impact involved at all - where am I going wrong?
I cant imagine its over use, there is no impact involved at all - where am I going wrong?