Wellness Fitness How To Use a Foam Roller To Roll Out Your Shins To perform this simple exercise with a foam roller, kneel on your foam roller with your hands on the ground in front of you and roll towards your ankles, and then back towards your knees, to stretch out shins and relieve pressure from shin splints. Watch the video to see a demonstration from fitness expert Lauren Williams. By Health.com Editorial Team Health.com Editorial Team An article by 'Health.com Editorial Team' indicates a collaborative effort from our in-house team. Sometimes, several writers and editors may contribute to an article over the years. These collaborations allow Health.com editors to provide you with the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information available. The editors at Health.com are a dedicated team of experienced health editors, writers, and other media professionals who strive to bring trustworthy and responsible health and medical content to their readers. As a team, we have decades of experience in health journalism, and have worked at legacy publishers and some of the biggest news and media companies in the U.S. health's editorial guidelines Published on July 12, 2016 Share Tweet Pin Email To perform this simple exercise with a foam roller, kneel on your foam roller with your hands on the ground in front of you and roll towards your ankles, and then back towards your knees, to stretch out shins and relieve pressure from shin splints. Watch the video to see a demonstration from fitness expert Lauren Williams. Don’t have time to watch? Here’s the full transcript: 3 Ways to Sculpt Your Body With Your Foam Roller Put the foam roller on flat ground. Come onto the foam roller right underneath your knees on your shines. From here, roll down to where your ankles are and then back to the knees. Be careful not to roll over the knee joint. Go all the way down to where the ankle is so you get the full shin. The shins are often a neglected area—people tend to focus on the back of the leg. But, if you want to avoid getting shin splints and get rid of any of that tightness that happens in the front of your leg, this is a great way to target it. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit