I play tennis and I always gets shin splints, sometimes they are so painful, and I can't even play in games. My coach has us run a lot, and we usually are running on asphalt/pavement, the courts are also asphalt so all the running on hard surfaces probably causes them. I ice my shin splints and I do a stretchs for that area of my legs. I do one stretch where I bend down and touch my toes with one leg crossed over the other. Another stretch I do is I put my foot against the wall with my toes pointing up. My shin splints are getting really bad and infereing with my playing a lot. Any suggestions on what to do about them.
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