For the treatment of acute phase Shin Splints I have used Hydrotherapy, Ultrasound,
electrostimulation. For its chronic phase, the patient most stop the sport practice
and I had used with quite good results the combination of Hot and Cool, Ultrasound
with an anti-inflamatory gel and Electrotherapy.
The predisposing factors are: the use of inappropriate shoes and practicing in
uneven sufaces and lack of attention from the patient to the repeated trivial
symptoms of small injuries.
I hope this can help. Please tell us your experience.
This is my first time in the list.
Delly Jaramillo
Physiotherapist
Ibagué-Colombia
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Scott Vowles escribió:
> I know that shin splints is a very generalized term (and therefore almost
> useless in describing the specifics of the problem), but I want to through
> these questions out to the list:
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> What types of treatment protocols have you used in treating shin
> splints? What has been successful in chronic situations? What are some
> risk factors predisposing an athlete to shin splints? (I am mostly
> interested in tibialis posterior, but wanted to see what the general
> feeling was on the subject)
> Often the problem seems to be, especially with runner's, that they
> are unwilling to take time off from their sport. Thus a chronic problem
> can result which seems stubborn to alleviate and correct.
> I am interested to hear what you think.
> Scott
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