Hey NS. Recently I have noticed lots of threads about shinbang and people wondering how to prevent it. I suffered from chronic shinbang for years before I fixed it, so hopefully I can share some tips that might help you out.
Shinbang is caused by landing backseat. However simply saying "don't land backseat" is not a very good solution, because everyone lands backseat occasionally. It's just something that happens. I made a youtube video (that is pretty long) which might help you out. I will summarize it in writing below while my video uploads.
If you already have shinbang:
The only thing that is going to heal shinbang is time. You are going to want to focus on alleviating the pain and preventing it from getting worse. Make sure you deal with it quickly, people with shinbang tend to ski backseat, which makes things much worse.
My recommendations are:
-Add padding! Either pad your whole boot tongue or build up pads around the sore area
-Booster Straps
-ICE, ICE, ICE
-Ibuprofen
Tips to prevent shinbang from occurring or returning:
-Make sure your boots fit well. Go to a bootfitter
-Strengthen your upper leg muscles to help with backseat landings
-Less forward lean on your boots
-Soften your boot
-Note that the last two probably will help shinbang but might not be the best for other aspects of your skiing. Make sure you know what you want before you make any permanent boot adjustments.
Hopefully you stumble across this in the searchbar menu and try some of these tricks before making a thread. Post any other problems or solutions here as well!
