HOW5ER

I have the same problems with jump rope aswell! I got an appointment with the physio she says my muscles in my lower legs are not balanced in strength correctly so we are gonna try and sort it out.

HeavyBagHero

I used to get them at the beggining of the occassional track season. There's an exercise you can do. We used to do it with a towel and a partner. I think it could also be done solo with elastic. Sit down on your butt, legs straight out, pull your foot up, pivoting at the ankle, against resistance. It actually works the muscles in the front of your calf (shin). We used to do it and it seemed to really help.

BladeJrs

I've had the same problem for about a year and a half now, where icing/wrapping/resting only temporarily relives pain. I'm going to the doctor soon to get it checked out finally, because I read they do bone scans and other sorts of things to determine the exact problem because "shin splints" is sort of a general term. I'd suggest going to a doctor as well.

TheForge

I have been plagued with Shin Splints off and on during my 16 years of boxing. I found the biggest cause of shin splints for me was jumping rope and running on a hard surface. Treadmills alleviate the running issues, but if you can't jump rope on a pad or carpet, jump with both feet hitting the ground at the same time. It reduced the shock on a single shin If you already have pain I found that pivoting excercises like that guy posted earlier worked wonders. Some gyms actually have a pivot machine that you add weight to.