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The front of my leg has been very painful over the last 2 days and apparently I have shin splints. When we were taking down the Gh last week I was walking back and forth loading the glass and frame into the car whilst Tone was taking it apart. Then on Friday we had to unload it all again onto the allotmment. Must have been all the walking. Would have thought that all the digging and stuff I do would have made me legs really strong

Owww Shirl!  Shin splints are horrid!  Remember getting them when I was training for a half marathon (foolish I know) and you just have to keep walking/running through them to get them better.

Much sympathy for you .... :'( :'( :-*

Oh dear they really hurt too i had them when i was doing basic training in the Army they do tell you to keep mobile they will get better over time.

Hope they get better soon x

No worries about me keeping mobile.I'm not one for sitting around I like to be busy. Tone keeps taking the mick.  He has arthritis in his hip and walking up the high st today he said "We look like a couple of bookends gal"

I've seen a mobility scooter offered on freecycle today shirl, I'll just go and see if its still on offer.    ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D      :-X    :-*

Hope the pain soon eases Shirl.

   Ooooh, never heard of shin splints shirl.     Hope you soon recover ---   and  --

   don't go near the zimmer frame !

    Sounds painful, get well soon,    ;)

     floss xxx

I get shin splints,
don't know if it's right but I seem to be better when I eat bananas ? potassium, my water pills seem to have that side effect, maybe it's my imagination  ???
just looked it up, maybe I'm talking tripe  ;D

Quote from: mummybunny on June 09, 2009, 17:47:16
Oh dear they really hurt too i had them when i was doing basic training in the Army they do tell you to keep mobile they will get better over time.

Me too.I reckon its one of the most painful things I have ever had.Just a case of overuse in my case,suddenly "hit" by all that physical stuff in one go!

So I know what you are going through Shirl and I dont envy you one little bit.Hope it eases for you soon.

Ouch, nasty! I feel for you. I've got two strained elbows, presumably 'digger's elbow' as I've done a lot of digging over the past few months. Either that or lifting bags of compost; anyone else had this happen? Over the weekend they were so sore that at a social event, I was hard pressed not to wince when shaking hands with people. Can't lift anything heavier than a hardback book without two hands.

The really frustrating thing is that I have courgettes and beans wanting to go out, and only a *little* digging required to make space for them, but I daren't touch a spade!

Isn't it a jip how everything starts to disintegrate once you pass 40? :D

Wait till you pass 60 grrrrrr!  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)  That's when bits start falling off and you begin to realise you can't do everything you did 20 years ago  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

And when you are knocking 75 not many bits left to fall off :o
Hope the pain is a little easier this evening Shirl.

Hope your feeling a bit better today Shirl  :D
And Helen - is that "Tennis elbow"? where you've been carrying bags with elbows locked??? Sounds like a trip to the docs / physio is needed  :-\ Hope the pain eases soon

1066

Thank for your posts.I don't need a mobility scooter at the moment Kev cos ower Tone can still drive(maybe when he goes in to have his hip sorted I will def get back to you mate). I think when you hit 60 you begin to feel a bit creaky. Lord knows how Tone feels at 80

Quote from: shirlton on June 10, 2009, 08:17:21
I think when you hit 60 you begin to feel a bit creaky. Lord knows how Tone feels at 80

I think Tone feels a 60 year old  ;)   


Edit - Sorry but I couldn't resist that 1 shirl  :-X

 :o :o :o ;D

1066 - I don't know about 'arms locked', I was thinking of carrying large compost bags (cradled in the arms, so to speak), though I also move them about the garden by dragging, which does have the arm out straight. Also, getting the compost home by trolley (don't have a car) I tend to pull the trolley behind me, which does the same. So it could be 'dragging elbow' or 'trolley elbow'... :)
I am starting to realise that I really must do warm up exercises before I start doing anything heavy!

(Sorry, I've hijacked the thread away from shin splints...) :/