My legs are killing me

[ishtar807]

I'm 33 and have only just taken up running. It's been about a month now and my shins hurt like crazy; the pain never really goes away. I've been told it's normal for your legs and feet to hurt when you run, especially if you haven't run in a long time, but for how long? I do warm-up stretches before and after and walk to warm up and cool down before and after, so I really don't know what the problem is.

Thank you.

[abhijeet v ghosh]

hi ishtar807,

what you have heard is partially right.But what is concerning me is that it's over a month time since you have started jogging, but the pain is still persisting. Am i right?I want to know your weight and height. Sometimes there cam be some stress fractures over the shin of tibia, which can be a cause of pain while exerting. So , if the pain is bothering you, you can go for a bone scan of your legs, and if some undiagnosed stress fracture is present, it will be clear in it.
I am asking for bone scan and not x-ray as minor stress Fractures are undetected in the X--rays as the bone should be more than 30% destroyed for it to be soon on the X-ray. So bone scan will pick it up easily.
SO please do it and let me know. If you have other queries, you are free to ask me.
thanks
abhijeet

[ash17]

if you run alot sometimes you can suffer with a pain called shin splints caused by heavy pounding of the feet, you can insert insoles in your trainers , but if yu are suffering pain from the ankle up towards the knee  resting and keeping your feet up for a day or two and apply ice and also take ibuprofen that help to take away the inflamation (inflammation), i do no that this works as my daughter does this after she has done continuous runs with the army , because every now and again she suffers with shin spilnts