How do you heal a shin splint?

by resting the affected area for a period of time. then slowly doing more and more.

the above is true but if you cant rest then ice for 15 min after practice or take a paper cup, fill it with water, then freeze it. when its done rip off the top part of the cup so its like half paper half ice then give yourself an ice massage..it feels great. also try to run on soft surfaces an never run with your shoes off. also you might have bad shoes and may need to replace them...hope this helps, keep running! :)

I've had shin splints for like ever because of cross country so I went to see a specialist. What I've usually heard is icing three times a day for about 20 minutes, massaging it once a day so that it loosens everything up, and there are tons of stretches that help especially with shin splints that you can look up online. I still have em but I can feel these things helping me not hurt as much! =]

ive also had shin splints, but only for a couple days. I got them from running th mile at school and im not really a runner. if your not either, pace yourself while running and never start out too fast. i think that's how i got it.

Ice and rest are the only way to allow shin splints to heal. This is because shin splints are usually caused by a strength imbalance between the posterior(back of the leg) soleus and gastrocnemius muscles and the tibialis anterior muscle (located on the front lateral part of the lower leg). This imbalance tears the tibialis anterior muscle off of the tibia in little sections along the length of the bone.

After you have given your body enough time to repair the muscle and bone you can return to exercise. To prevent shin splints from returning you should engage in some type of exercise that targets strengthening the tibialis anterior. This 2 minute video should give you some good ideas > YouTube.com/watch?v=NBkoV-fSBR8">https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=NBkoV-fSBR8