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Date: 31 Mar 2006 21:12:01
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Subject: Re: shin splint pain in lower shin
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Slow,
Check out http://www.mindfulness.com/of1.html
Often the shin pain is because the calves won't let go. That is the
agonist, your anterior tibialis, the muscle in front of the shin, has
to work against the antagonist, the calf muscles which doesn't relax or
semi relaxes leaving the shin to have to work against it.
So if you massage out the belly of the calf, the shin may not have to
work as hard.
Or you're used to pushing on, which means the calf contracts on the
push off and the shin which is semicontracted doesn't let go so the
shin gets strained.
If you're landing heel first, that can be one of the reasons for the
shin problem. Every step is a stop and the vertical lift as you move
over the overstride foot means the shin/calf are working against each
other.
If you follow, ChiRunning or Pose Method, or the Oz Ball/Heel, you'll
realize that all three of us talk about there being no push off.
Romanov on his website Posetech.com has a great video of one of his
trainers running on the ice and then sliding. Danny Dreyer also
emphasizes that there is no push off. For me, the quick cadence and
what seems like small steps means I land ball/heel and my foot lands
under or slightly behind my center of gravity. For all of us, it's
about the lean of the body coming from the ankle.
So at a quicker cadence, people talk about 180 steps as an ideal, one
has to land ball/heel and there is no push off rather the forward
moving lean of the erect body is from the ankle. It's like holding a
broom in your hand and letting it fall forward a degree or less and
then keeping up with it so that the degree or less lean does not
increase.
Running is falling gracefully and catching oneself with each step.
If you google "gontang" and "shins" or "Calves" you'll come across
some of my other thoughts on running and running injuries.
Good luck
Ozzie Gontang
Director, San Diego Marathon Clinic
gontang@electriciti.com
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