Real Life Story

I have always enjoyed running and actually began training to enter marathons when I turned 30. I never had problems with the short distances, but when I started increasing my mileage I could not seem to do so without getting pain in my shins. I actually trained through the pain and year after year would end up with stress fractures because the problem would get worse. When my friend suggested I go and see Steve and Buck, I was skeptical at first, but boy did it change my life. They not only helped me get better, but they videotaped my running and showed me why I kept breaking down and getting stress fractures. I needed orthotics to improve my biomechanics and now, thanks to their help I have been able to run in 4 more marathons, 2 of them in Boston, because they got in there and helped solve the underlying problem.

Jim

As we enter into that time of year when the weather is getting nicer and people are starting to be more active in their physical routines, we also tend to see overuse injuries start to rear their ugly heads. Among those is the ever consistent group of injuries commonly referred to as shin splints. People from almost every walk of life have suffered this aggravating injury from high school track and soccer athletes to the house wife or corporate exec who is trying to run off a few of those holiday pounds. As we already know, shin splints is a diagnosis which tends to include a large group of ailments that have lower leg pain as their common symptom. The difficulty in properly treating and getting rid of shin splints is identifying the problem and not just the symptom itself. Lower leg pain can be caused from something as simple as an improper shoe fit or style that is inappropriate for the activity to a complex combination of flexibility and biomechanical factors.

At Orrock/Mendenhall Professional Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine we spend the time it takes to identify the primary cause of the problem while instructing patients in a comprehensive program that helps them eliminate the symptoms while they can still enjoy participation in the activities of their choice.

To maximize your chances for optimal recovery, often a physician will suggest you consult with us to evaluate and modify your treatment and exercises to meet your specific needs.

For more information about shin splints check out this link:
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/sport-injuries/ankle-achilles-shin-pain/shin-splints