Shin splints to Marathon

Problem

shin pain

Deadline

3 months

Treatment

Neuromuscular therapy, Soft tissue mobilisation, Sports Massage

Result

Pain free, marathon completed

The challenge

Ashley presented to my practice with a 2 week history of shin pain. She was 3 months away from running the London marathon. She’d had similar symptoms 18 months prior but back then 2 months of rest eased her symptoms. With 3 months until the marathon another 2 months of rest was not an option here.

On assessment it was clear that Ashley was suffering from Medial Tibial Stress (a form of shin splints).

Our solution

I started treatment immediately which first involved reactivation of her entire muscle system which in turn would off load her calf muscles. I then started to ease the tension in her leg muscles with massage treatments. Along side this I started to mobilise the tissue attached to her shin bone and gave her advice and methods to prevent this issue returning.

Ashley continued to come in for routine massage and muscle activation work through the rest of her marathon training period to make sure she stayed injury free

03 · In their words

Have been seeing Gary for one session a week for over a month now for shin splints, he uses the technical term. Gary has worked on the issue and I am now pain free and back to training for the marathon. I don’t know where I would be if I hadn’t found Gary through a Facebook recommendation. He’s taught me a lot on how to prevent them from reappearing, not just fixing it. Very friendly, knowledgable and can get booked in frequently when needed. Highly recommend Gary

Ashley Longley