"The pain of compartment syndrome is usually felt in both legs and only comes on with exercise. It can be felt in the front, side or back of the leg and, sometimes, in all three. Unlike the pain of MTSS, the pain caused by compartment syndrome quickly subsides when exercise ceases."
It also says "You should stop the activity that caused shin splints for at least two weeks. After this time, the pain in your shins should begin to subside and you should be able to gradually resume the activity (see below)."
Now, I sometimes get mild aches in my shins when running but so far they've always gone away either once I'm warmed up or certainly once I stop.
(If I now get diagnosed with terrible shin injury, this is presumably my fault)
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Date: 13/07/2014 03:40 pm (UTC)http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/shin-splints/Pages/Introduction.aspx) seems to distinguish between MTSS where
"The pain is usually, although not always, felt in both shins and it can take several days or even weeks to subside once activity is ceased."
and "compartment syndrome" (http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/compartment-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx) where
"The pain of compartment syndrome is usually felt in both legs and only comes on with exercise. It can be felt in the front, side or back of the leg and, sometimes, in all three. Unlike the pain of MTSS, the pain caused by compartment syndrome quickly subsides when exercise ceases."
It also says "You should stop the activity that caused shin splints for at least two weeks. After this time, the pain in your shins should begin to subside and you should be able to gradually resume the activity (see below)."
Now, I sometimes get mild aches in my shins when running but so far they've always gone away either once I'm warmed up or certainly once I stop.
(If I now get diagnosed with terrible shin injury, this is presumably my fault)