Is Pain Relief Medication Good for Shin Splint Sufferers?

[burlen]

I rarely take pain relief medication. 20mins before my run this morning, I took a tablet of Ibuprofen 400mg to relieve my shin splint pain. My goodness, it works; I ran 5.3 miles comfortably under 45mins. Am I causing more harm to my shin?

In the past, I cut down my runs from 5 to 2 runs (5.3 miles per run) a week. It did help to relieve the shin splint pain. But when I do 3 to 4 runs a week, I start feeling shin splint pain within 15 mins of my run.

Today's Ibuprofen experiment is tempting me to rely on pain relief medication. Is it a good thing?

[Riggers]

When i use to be real fat, Trying to loose weight, I literally could not run more then a minute without my shins being in fucking agony, (Was because my weight was giving them a brutal impact shock to absorb), But, As i lost a lot of weight over time and my shin's got stronger i no longer get them.

I think its just one of those things some people gets but go over time as they loose weight and get stronger leg muscles.

I never tried taking pain meds to get rid of mine, Just kind of had to deal with it really, But, I don't see why its not worth a try?

[joeb73]

it ok to take it just as long as you dont take more than what the bottle says.
here is a link for more information
https://www.drugs.com/cdi/ibuprofen.html

[chintita]

i used to have shin splints, i didn't take any medication and just gritted through it because i was desperate to learn how to run and lose weight. they'll go away the more you run, just remember to wear good shoes that are stable.

[ATPPC]

Shin splints may lead to stress fractures. When a part of your body hurts IT'S TELLING YOU SOMETHING...