I've been running for about a month and since now I didn't feel any muscle pain or just a little. And now my muscles and bones hurts like hell. Muscles, allright but bones? I don't really think it's beacuse of exercising more, I would feel it immediately. Is it possible to feel growing pains?  It sounds stupid but I've heard it happens to some guys.

I think I now how you feel.  I have been working out regularly for the last 6 months and I have noticed that I am sore ALL the time.  Not just the normal muscle soreness, I have this weird bone pain in my upper spine around my neck that won't go away.  I am 48 yrs old, so I am pretty sure I have stopped growing!  Not sure what it is.

Could be bone spurs? Does it hurt all over or just your legs from running?

Just my legs. Even walking hurts. I just don't know what it is cause I didn't start running or working out just in the past couple of days. Yours started just after starting to work out?

where on your legs does it hurt? it might be shin splints.

Around the shins. You're probably right. What can I do about it?

when i did track in high school, I got them and iceing helped, along with getting arch supports put in my shoes helped. It can also be helpful to rub on a softer surface, like a track or trail, instead ofconcrete.

I was gonna say the same about the shins. That's why I can't jog anymore. I ignored the pain and kept jogging until I almost physically couldn't walk around my house. So take a break and give yourself time to heal.

I wish I had the money for good jogging shoes. :/ I know a lot of people say that helps a lot. And trails will definitely be better, and they'll give you a better workout as well. Maybe you could look into seeing if there's a good public track you could use? The track at my high school was made of recycled car tires, and I never had any problems when I jogged there.

Okay, thanks guys. I'll take a break and try to ice them. The concrete can be the problem, I know a place with a public track, it's just half an hour from me. I'll give it a try when I'll have more free time.

I had shin splints for years in my early cross country days. Icing and all that helps, but the only way I know of to make them go away for good is to work on strengthening those shin muscles. It sounds a bit daft, but once you build them up, you should be good to go.

You can probably google exercises to strengthen them but things like standing with your toes on the edge of a stair and slowly lifting can work.

Or sit with your legs out straight out in front of you. Have someone pull on the tops of your feet - which will cause your toes to point towards the person - but resist it as hard as you can. Don't let them budge your toes. You should feel this right in the shins.

Last one I remember is to walk around the house on just your heels...keeping the toes off the ground. Should feel it in the shins.

So things like that, combined with icing and softer surfaces for awhile, should get rid of shin splints for good.

Happy running

Yes, Ford is right about strengthening up the muscles. I just started running again recently, and haven't had any pain at all because I've been doing intense leg exercises involving weights all winter and spring, now my legs are really strong which has made running much easier that it should be for someone just getting back into it after a 2-3 year hiatus.

Thanks for the many advices ford, I'll try them for sure  My muscles must be so unused as I never was active in any sports except the last half year.

I used to be a cross country/track runner back in my younger days (high school and college) and I had to put up with shin splints a lot. Definitely icing it helps. Also if you hold your leg out (sitting or laying) and draw the alphabet with your toes (if that makes sense), that helps stretch and stregthen the area. Also if you want to continue cardio but rest your shins, try biking or swimming. It's always a good idea to give your joints a break from the impact of the ground. I've also read if you put an ace bandage around it that will help with a little bit of the discomfort while you heal. Usually you get them when you just start out working out or if you change the intensity of your work out or increase the distance and your legs aren't used to it. But defintely be careful if you happen to try to run on it again because the pain (stronge or dull) can cause you to run on your feet differently and can cause even more problems that really aren't fun.

Thanks Evan. I started to strenghten my legs and don't run for a while. I'd like to biking, as I get home I will instead of running some days.