Coach Nicole of SparkPeople.com leads you through a short (3-minute) routine of lower legs stretches for the calves and ankles. These stretches are great for people with tight calves or weak ankles in general, but may also help prevent and manage shin splint pain.
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@brotheryang Not a …
@brotheryang Not a stupid question. If you warm up and then sit to drive 10-15 minutes, you’ve just negated your warm up. Warm up at the track and try to find a place to stretch there- any wall, fence–your car should work too. I recommend stretching AFTER your workout for most effectiveness.
This may be a …
This may be a stupid question but My track is about 10 to 15 mins away. can i do the warm ups and my house and stretch there or should i use my car as the wall when i get to the track?
cute
cute
@Doza130 Good …
@Doza130 Good question! I’d say “warm” is typically after 3-5 minutes of light to moderate activity.
@aka1darkknight …
@aka1darkknight That’s a question for your doctor, not SparkPeople. Sorry!
@sparkpeople I need …
@sparkpeople I need help, This isn’t working, ive been playing football lately, and for the last few years I havent been working my legs out so I started getting shin splints for the last few weeks and nothing seems to work
@sparkpeople Warm …
@sparkpeople Warm up, stretch, work out, stretch, cool down
This works really …
This works really well for shin splints!
@bevon17 Absolutely …
@bevon17 Absolutely….pickle juice was used way before gatorades and all that. Professional athletes still drink pickle juice. It is the perfect balance of salts, electrolytes, etc. It keeps you hydrated and it also helps with stomach aches. The important thing to know is you should only drink 2 oz. only.
you can strain your …
you can strain your muscles by stretching when they are cold
and i have a question for anyone who knows, when i run my shin really burn and aches , i have just started , but its real agony, and im not even out of breath , is it somthing im not doing? because i walk for 4 minutes before running, to warm up
these stretches …
these stretches have helped me tremendously,thank you for posting them!
@whatmakesacatacat …
@whatmakesacatacat same here!
How warm is warm? …
How warm is warm? I usually get my HR up to my workout HR, to warm… is that enough?
hello spark people. …
hello spark people. I have Osgood Schlatters in both legs, and I was stupid yesterday–I ran in old, old running shoes for fifty minutes (under 8 min. pace), and then later played basketball for two hours, after my legs were inflamed. They still hurt the next day. Walking, sitting down, stairs, etc. are killing me. So, I can’t really warm up, don’t have any running shoes right now. I’ve had 3 stress fractures in these legs (all at once a few yrs. ago). Is it possible that I re-stres frac’d?
@hypeer12 no you …
@hypeer12 no you gimp you get the leg muscles warm b4 u stretch go back school u fool
its better to have …
its better to have warmed up muscle so the stretching has a better result, but light stretching can go first….NEVER stretch before warmup dough…
no. you are warming …
no. you are warming up your muscles so they are not stiff before you stretch. so the sequence is warm up, stretch, do your routine, warm down, stretch.
@hypeer12 A light …
@hypeer12 A light stretch, before a heavy workout but AFTER a warm-up, is helpful for injury prevention.
Intensive stretching should be done when the muscles are warm – after a workout.
My legs feels …
My legs feels better now, I overlooked stretching exercises before especially the calves, shins and I tend to overtrain. These work so well my shin splints is almost gone. I wish I did these exercises sooner.
Nope. Muscles must …
Nope. Muscles must be warm before stretching. I actually recommend after the cool down at the end of your workout.
It does help! I’ve …
It does help! I’ve got shin splints for 4 days now, and this helped a lot!! I woke up today with less pain.. will continue with these stretching exercises.
great vid I’m gonna …
great vid I’m gonna try these out
among other things, …
among other things, cramps are mostly due to dehydration. isotonic drinks before a workout are best
I used to have to …
haha, this workout brings bad memories lolz
I used to have to do those stretches every day because when I was younger I had severs disease, which is when the muscles in your calves get really tight because of things like secondhand smoke, or a parent. Mine was because my dad had it when he was younger, and it hurt so bad! I couldn’t run for months
Lovely, lol
Lovely, lol
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