Shin Splints are painful! Can you imagine muscles getting inflamed to a point that they’re actually putting pressure on your bones? Yes, that is what is going on; and yes, it is because of exercising. How do you like that? Doctors and Experts, alike, tell you exercising is beneficial for your health, and then something like this happens. Well we’re not here to tell you how to avoid them; it’s too late for that! That may be a topic for another time. We’re here to discuss how you can stay in shape while your wheels are at a pit stop.
Try Stress Free Cardio
There are a couple of methods of cardio that can actually be performed with minimal (relative) stress on the shins. Bicycling at a low intensity may be enough to take the stress off of the shins and offer some great cardio, heck it may even replace your old means of cardio and the reason why you got those shin splints in the first place! Another activity you can do is swimming. If you have access to a pool or water (lake, ocean, etc.), swimming is a great form of cardio that offers upper and lower body resistance training! This leads to the next point.
Working Out IS Cardio
In most cases weight lifting burns more calories than doing aerobic training (walking, running, cycling, etc.). If you have access to a gym, we recommend doing some upper body work until your legs heal…which could be about a couple weeks.
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Give this a shot, hope it helps!
There are a couple of methods of cardio that can actually be performed with minimal (relative) stress on the shins.
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