Protect an injury-prone spot with these simple moves.
You don’t think about your shins until they hurt. And by then, you could be looking at some major downtime. A recent study found that it takes, on average, 71 days to rehab shin splints. Shin splints (the term for pain that occurs on the front outside part of the lower leg) often occurs when your legs are overworked. That’s sometimes from a jump in mileage. And sometimes because your shins pick up the slack for body parts that are weak, says Dr Susan Joy, a sports and exercise medicine physician. Protect yourself by strengthening your feet, ankles, calves and hips, which support your shins. Do two to three sets of 10 to 15 reps daily (but not before a run).