Talk with Adrian - Personal Trainer

My mentor wanted me to talk to one of the trainers at the high school about workouts I could do to help with my shin splits. This is what he gave me:

The reason for shin splits is that the foot is not absorbing the force of hitting the ground like it should.  This could be for various reasons such as weak muscles or an bad arch in your foot.

When I'm running, lean forward more

Workouts - Try to do them 3 times per week

• 1 Leg bounds on Bosu ball - 4 sets for 30 sec each  (see picture) 
• Towel Curls - 2x15 reps
• Sand Vertical Jumps - 3x10 reps
• Theraband Toe Outs - 3x15 reps
• Pogo Jumps - 3x50 reps (don't jump from your knees)

He said it is better to go easier at practice than to die at a meet because you went 100% during practice. Every practice and meet is important and that is when you want to be at the peak of your performance. You don't want to break yourself down to the point where you don't do well at a meet.

He also said to talk to Kim about arch taping (extra support under your foot) and to ask about ice cups and ice massages.

My mentor wanted me to talk to Kim as well, so all of this ties into each other.

This information will be very useful because my shins are KILLING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!