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Sean*Miller
Posts: 244 - Karma: 46
I know that this is a definate repost but idc. Im leaving for aspen on thursday and i have bad shin bang. I need to know i can do so that my trip is awesome and i dont have to worry about my shins. Please give some advice.
Jan 25 2010 6:22PM
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danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,828
tighten your boots and stop undershooting jumps

get boosterstraps
Jan 25 2010 6:24PM
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ski_powpow
Posts: 1247 - Karma: 1,200
Shin bang eh? I'd just throw a pair of full tilt liners into your shoes and then duct tape them to your skis.
Jan 25 2010 6:25PM
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Sean*Miller
Posts: 244 - Karma: 46
I have fulltilts and yes landing backseat is a big problem of mine. But im lookin for something i can do to get rid of it in a few days so i can ski comfortably. Right now im just icing and relaxing
Jan 25 2010 6:26PM
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meerkat
Posts: 225 - Karma: 524
ice your shins alot and take advil it will help
Jan 25 2010 6:29PM
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Deezy
Posts: 4580 - Karma: 1,004
Get socks that dont grab your skin and or your boot. the ripping of the muscle under your skin is a problem. get some socks that are like the underarmor... and tighten your boots and put your strap under the plastic, you should not get any more shing bang and you should heal over a few days time... oh and DO NOT SKI / LAND IN THE BACK SEAT!!!
Jan 25 2010 6:35PM
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Ham.and.Cheese
Posts: 557 - Karma: 58
Drink lots of water, shin bang is caused from a build up of lactic acid in your shins because when you land back seat or undershoot a jump little tiny cracks form in your shin which your body sends lactic acid to fill or something like that, drinking lots of water thins out that lactic acid and eases the pain. Don't drown yourself though.
Jan 25 2010 6:44PM
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Hoover
Posts: 1432 - Karma: 52
what i do which has worked out very nice and i have had no shinbang since is cut the round bottom out of huggies(the things you put on a cold drinks)then cut up the seam and there you go,shin pads that work perfect
Jan 25 2010 6:51PM
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Hoover
Posts: 1432 - Karma: 52
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Jan 25 2010 6:54PM
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Walter.
Posts: 215 - Karma: 450
Do they fit?
Jan 25 2010 6:56PM
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RunDMc
Posts: 1298 - Karma: 60
cut your legs off from the knees down and get yourself one of those paraplegic ski chairs
Jan 25 2010 6:58PM
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shredables
Posts: 647 - Karma: 19
ice your shit, and get booster straps. they like $25
Jan 25 2010 7:03PM
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Sean*Miller
Posts: 244 - Karma: 46
yeah
Jan 25 2010 7:05PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
do you wear them against the liner or against the shell. Do the strap up before your top buckle and they work wonders.
Jan 25 2010 7:06PM
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Cam-ron.
Posts: 427 - Karma: 54
buying Booster straps was the best 25$ ive ever spent
Jan 25 2010 7:08PM
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regge
Posts: 720 - Karma: 74
advil really helps because it reduces inflammation take advil a couple times a day before you go on your trip. also ice your shins and do this for at least a half an hour or until they are numb, then rub firmly from the top of your shin to your ankle do this for about 5 mins on each shin in a downward motion
Jan 25 2010 7:13PM
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austinmetsch
Posts: 525 - Karma: 17
put the power strap inside the shell around the liner. this will close the gap between your shin and liner which is a major cause of shinbang. i also use the beer coozys and fold them flat agains my shin inside the liner and it works wonders. both of those things combined should pretty much solve the problem.
Jan 25 2010 7:30PM
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yuck
Posts: 8384 - Karma: 2,090
wait do beer cozys actually work?
that sounds super haggard but if it actually works im willing to try it
Jan 25 2010 8:02PM
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Hoover
Posts: 1432 - Karma: 52
ya its been flawless for me ^
Jan 25 2010 8:11PM
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neverlookingback
Posts: 198 - Karma: 16
hahaaaaa this guys serious aint he
Jan 25 2010 9:58PM
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P_Steezy
Posts: 323 - Karma: 11
just curious, what exactly does the rubbing downward do? I got terrible shin bang 2 weekends ago so I'm hoping it will heal up by this weekend. but when I tried my boots on 2 days ago it hurt to put any pressure on my shins.
Jan 25 2010 10:16PM
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mcweapon
Posts: 175 - Karma: 247
never heard of the "booster" strap before... but when I look it up its just basically another velcro strap you can put around your boots... right?  ... does this really help? Because I have one on the top of my boots... and that doesnt do anything.... i get really bad shin bang on the sides of my shins more then the front... i have really stiff boots... which i like.. but now I am reconsidering... help!! the only days I can go skiing is 4 days in a row.. and i usually take the 4th day off cause my legs hurt so bad!
Jan 31 2010 4:56PM
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Mackin_Jack
Posts: 214 - Karma: 31
use icy hot or tiger balm morning and night
Jan 31 2010 5:23PM
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SKIU4EA
Posts: 2387 - Karma: 2,072
someone direct me to the shinbang cult where we can all drown in our  shin pain  sorrows  together.
Jan 31 2010 5:53PM
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Upgrayedd
Posts: 620 - Karma: 25
Booster straps are great - I wouldn't ride without them now.  I think Aspercreme (topical anti-inflamatory creme) is worth a try, too.  Taking too much ibuprofen can be bad for the stomach, so putting the lotion on the skin keeps me from getting the hose again.


Jan 31 2010 6:18PM
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Forrest.Gump
Posts: 579 - Karma: -1,189
mysterious shin bang. everyone has it, no one has come up with an answer.

use icy hot

Jan 31 2010 6:20PM
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regge
Posts: 720 - Karma: 74
rubbing downward is more beneficial because it has to do with the way your blood circulates through your body/legs... you pushing blood away from your heart ( more natural) but seriously rub your shins it helps even if they hurt to much to touch still do it...
Feb 4 2010 2:00PM
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Benpl
Posts: 74 - Karma: 21
get some blue medical tape, it doesnt stick to your skin but somehow to each other, wrapo it around your shin, take a pair of thick socks and pull them over the tape. I did that and it hels A LOT, only a bit of shinbanging if i land extrem backseated or after a whol;e week.

Feb 4 2010 3:37PM
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laurence^
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i have full tilts
Feb 4 2010 3:43PM
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Beepboop123
Posts: 691 - Karma: 90
just dont bang your shins..
Feb 4 2010 5:34PM
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Tucks
Posts: 2120 - Karma: 161
+∞ on booster straps

Feb 4 2010 5:38PM
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KennyC
Posts: 1922 - Karma: 46
ya hate to say this but they probly arent worth the money..?. mine did minimal help well i guess they did a little but new boots helped more. im blaming it on the bootfitter i went to first for giving me the wrong size boots.
Feb 4 2010 5:41PM
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mcweapon
Posts: 175 - Karma: 247
i had so much pain and so many problems with my new boots this season that I went back in and actually talked to a fitter who know what was up.... basically my first problem was i bought boots that were to stiff for me... i couldnt flex them properly... second when the pain got worse i loosened them up.. which is actually worse for your shins cause they move around more.... I have been wearing my old boots and dont even have 1/2 as much pain... so it is the boots... get a good boot fitter, a new pair a boots, rest a couple of days and your pain will go away!!!!
Feb 22 2010 4:45PM
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+[wall.e]+
Posts: 1928 - Karma: 18
bootfitter
Feb 25 2010 10:43AM
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kdyce
Posts: 115 - Karma: 13
perc's
Feb 25 2010 11:17AM
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Dirac
Posts: 1304 - Karma: 335
since someone bumped this anyways, check my thread.
Feb 25 2010 11:19AM
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Mister.F
Posts: 1206 - Karma: 169
Take a shitload of painkillers.
Feb 25 2010 2:25PM
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leahey
Posts: 2548 - Karma: 32
icy hot.
Feb 25 2010 3:50PM
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shredables
Posts: 647 - Karma: 19
Procedural Steps:
1. burn a L
2. ice your shins
3. buy a Booster Strap
4. buckle your fucking boots next time

enjoy
Feb 25 2010 3:54PM
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Sean*Miller
Posts: 244 - Karma: 46
^ Buckle my boots? are you serious you think i just ride around with my boots unbuckled fucking idiot
Feb 25 2010 6:21PM
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shredables
Posts: 647 - Karma: 19
when i say buckle your boots, i mean buckle 'em tight.
no need to get hostile dude. theres a reason you have shinbang, you land backseat and your boots arent tight enough.

check out a Booster Strap, this is a MUST.
http://www.reliableracing.com/detail.cfm?edp=10948297
Feb 25 2010 7:45PM
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MADDECENT
Posts: 5579 - Karma: 951
What takes more time, the searchbar or creating a new thread?

Not really mad, but cmon, if you knew it was a repost, why did you make this?
Feb 25 2010 8:27PM
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SkiExpert
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Try the new product Shinnies! Very affordable solution to Shin Bang.

www.Shinnies.com
Nov 15 2010 5:33PM
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littlejwigs
Posts: 523 - Karma: 24
i got shin splints which is basically the same thing but worse. i got it from like a week of skiing than i ran a lot to and i also tramped a bunch which started to fuck up my shins. the best thing to do is stay off them for awhile. i also iced them like every night. since your getting them from skiing get intuition liners or a booster strap. also just try to land with your weight forward when your skiing.
Nov 15 2010 5:44PM
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littlejwigs
Posts: 523 - Karma: 24
i got shin splints which is basically the same thing but worse. i got it from like a week of skiing than i ran a lot to and i also tramped a bunch which started to fuck up my shins. the best thing to do is stay off them for awhile. i also iced them like every night. since your getting them from skiing get intuition liners or a booster strap. also just try to land with your weight forward when your skiing.
Nov 15 2010 5:44PM
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cwillygood
Posts: 6831 - Karma: 1,829
i got booster straps...had bad shin bang in the beggining of the year but then i started to tighten the crap out of them and it fixed it
Nov 15 2010 5:48PM
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AlexMartini
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these are dope, mostly helps fill out space, def worth a try-

Nov 15 2010 5:51PM
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