First of all I'll apologise, I assume shin splint questions are common but I want awnsers specific to my case if possible.

I first got shin splints training for the army when going on 8 mile marches with 40lb packs and wearing boots. It would be very painful for the first half an hour then go away. It would then be sore after. After this I would get shin splints from running long distances, sprinting, skipping and Kickboxing (my main sport). All of which I had been able to do without pain before the case of shin splints from marching.

I went to a physio and was diagnosed with medial tibial stress syndrome. So I took four - five months off from these exercises until the symptoms went away. I worked on improving my static and dynamic flexability of my ankles, lower leg muscles and quads and hamstrings. I also improved my lower leg strength.

Now I have very good flexibility, and my lower legs are strong. I currently train kickboxing twice a day and this does not cause shin splints any more. Which is used to until I took the time off.

However I cannot skip or run without feeling the symtoms of MTSS coming on. I am confused to what is causing this. I have adressed all the causes. I improved flexibility improved lower leg strength in all ranges, I brought custom insoles for my running shoes to adress biomechanical problems.

Also when I try to skip or run I only do a small ammount so I don't do too much too soon and cause MTSS from overuse but it still comes on every time.

So are there any causes of MTSS that I'm not adressing here? It's very frustrating skipping and running and sprinting are very useful conditioning tools for kickboxing.

Also can anyone tell me why I never got MTSS from sprinting, running or skipping before I got them from marching but now get them all the time? I don't understand this.

Thanks

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