Subject: RE: pain along side of shin from cycling Could be a fit problem... could also just be a weaker muscle so the first one that responds to the excessively-fast increase in volume. Stretch it. Kneel with your feet under your butt, so that your butt pushes on your heel and flattesn the top of your foot on the floor. Lean backwards if necessary to get the stretch. Alternatively, if you are flexible enough... sit with your leg straight out and grab your toes (one leg at a time for me). Grab your toes with your thumb under your foot and your fingers across the top, and rotate your foot inwards by pulling with your thumb and pushing with your fingers (hope that makes sense). This is a problem muscle for me, and these two stretches, along with "toe risers" (stand on heels and lift toes off floor as high as possible) to strengthen, have made all the difference. |