Cure Shin Splints in 24 Hours

John Gibson, Utah County's Top Personal Trainer is training Utah how to get rid of shin splints literally within 24 to 48 hours, with a little trick that he stumbled upon

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Hey there This is john Gibson with Do Performance and Fitness Today I'm going to talk to you about shin splints and how to get rid of them a couple of years ago I came up with this little technique to treat shin splints and I've been able to get rid of shin splints within 24 to 48 hours. When I came up with it, literally I want to say I stumbled upon it. Just knowing what I know about muscles and where they attach and what shin splints are and how they start and how their formed. I had one person ask me if there is any way to get rid of shin splints and I gave them this little technique which literally came off the top of my head. And it worked so I had the next person try it and it worked for them since then every person that I have try this has gotten rid of shin splints within 24 to 48 hours honestly I which I would have known this in high school I had shin splints. I remember it took me like 3 or 4 weeks to finally get over them but within 24 to 48 hours you can get over shin splints using this little technique all you need is a little golf ball and a little foam roll
All right, to do this technique all you need is a little golf ball just put it on the ground. And you're going to just massage the bottom of your feet. That's all you're going to do, just put some pressure into your arch and massage around. What happens is the front of your shin where you get those shin splints, there is a muscle that comes down and crosses over your foot and connects here on the bottom of your foot. If you have shin splints on the other side there's a muscle there that comes down and fans out on the bottom of your foot. By rolling around on the golf ball you're treating that spot you're going to do that to loosen up any trigger points in there. My feet are actually hurting right now, so I need this quite a bit. Massage your foot a little bit after you do that for about a minute on each foot, all your going to do is come over here to the foam roll and roll on it. You're going to start down by your ankle and massage up your calf, try to put all the weight you can on the foam roll. Do that for about a minute, then switch sides and do the same thing. After that you're going to flip over, and you're going to massage, most likely where it hurts, you're going to massage the front of your shin. Just massage up and down and along the outside of your leg. And again you're going to do that for about a minute on each leg or on the leg that hurts the most. Once you're done with that your done, it takes about 5 minutes or so. Do that once and by 24 hours later the pain will be gone or almost gone then do it again and the pain should be gone by that point. Try it out and let me know if it works and I will talk to you later. Thanks

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• splints
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• anterior
• pain
• splits
• massage
• therapy
• muscle

[TheSeraphimStudio]

If my shin splints come from tightness in my toe flexors and posterior tib will this technique still work?

[doperformance]

@TheSeraphimStudio That is exactly what this technique is working on. If you are dealing with posterior shin splints then focus the foam rolling on your calf.

[aaznboy]

so how would i massage my shin splints with the foam roller? i have medial shin splints so its kinda hard to massage my inside leg. also, is this confirmed to help with shin splints or should i do this, stretch, and ice as well?

[doperformance]

@aaznboy there's only two types of shin splints i've heard of, anterior and posterior. If its the medial side of your shin that hurts, you deal with posterior shin splints. it is going to be hard to get to the problem muscle. Focus the foam roll on your calf for that muscle.

You can stretch and ice if you want. The stretching may be good for long term prevention if the problem stems from a short muscle. But to get rid off the shin splints right away focus most your efforts on the golf ball.

[millieme123]

will this also cure posterior shin splints?

[doperformance]

@millieme123 yes

[Sensfan613]

tore plantar fascia in my right foot and in a cast and cruthes.. now 4 weeks in, my left ankle and high arc is extreeemly painfull when in dorsi flexion and weight bearing... my T.A is rock hard.. ridiculous both my feet are fucked...

[tongannewsnetwork]

all though it hurt like a bitch it actually worked! so great i found your vid. THNX A MILL!

[311stoneybaby311]

@daxstrickland My old personal trainer used to have me do foam roller exercises for my hamstrings. Everyone I've talked to said to pause on the tender/painful places, but I've wondered if that was the case with this.

[311stoneybaby311]

@doperformance I was curious about the foam roller exercise. Should I pause on the sore places like with other foam roller exercises? Also, I have extremely high arches in my feet, could this be the cause of my shin splints? I'm not a runner nor do I play sports.

[xfacekickerx]

Hey, I play football, and last season i had shin splints didnt know i had them then tried to push through it and the second week of the game season it was so painful i had to go a doctor and got MRI's both legs had stress fractures, then they put me in boots for 3 months and then like 4 months of therapy, and now just like started plyo's like broads, squat jumps and like 5-10 yard burst of speed in the bball gym and they are coming back shin splints. what can i do is there surgrey? please reply!

[Brandonb741]

@justinatyahoo I have posterior shin splints, but I've been working with this several times today and I can now do the foam roller putting as much pressure as I can on it. Along with this exercise I do wall push ups, an exercise similar to toe raises(the video is called "How to strengthen Tibialis Posterior to cure Shin Splints") and I ice area afterwards. I'm hoping to be able to run at track on Monday! I hope this helps

[justinatyahoo]

@Brandonb741 yea dude it hurts for me too i can't even put all the weight on it

[2009ealp]

Dude, Mr. Obvious Guy says: why go through the trouble of subtitles when you should just redo the video with better audio?

[Brandonb741]

Does the foam roller part hurt extremely bad for anyone else?

[daxstrickland]

I starting this today to treat shin splints that have kept me from running for the past 3 weeks. The golf ball hurts extremely bad, and I have some seriously painful knots in my calf that I can hardly stand to roll. Do I keep at those areas with the ball and roller, or might I cause more harm than good?