The official medical term for the condition is medial tibial stress syndrome, or MTSS, but doctors know exactly what patients are talking about when they complain of shin splints. "Shin splints are a ...

No sooner had I gotten back into my running program, after backing way off for heavy business travel this winter, than I started getting a shooting pain up the front of my legs, especially at the ...

Most of the athletes we know have experienced shin splints at some time or another. Shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome, is a common injury that affects all types of athletes and involves ...

Runners and power walkers may have had the displeasure of experiencing shin splints, which is the term used to describe a dull, aching pain along the inner shinbone that usually picks up during ...

Running pros share the top tactics for staving off shin splints and staying injury-free over the course of your training cycle. Here's what to know. Aside from the dreaded side stitch and ...

Shin splints aren’t hard to get. Faulty posture, poor shoes, fallen arches, insufficient warmups, poor running mechanics, poor walking mechanics, and overtraining can lead to the telltale shin pain.

"Hi Stew, I am now suffering from shin splints every time I go running. It does not matter if I lay off running for a period of time or if I start out running shorter distances. What can I do to get ...

Over the next couple of weeks we are going to discuss what anterior shin splints are, some tests that are used to diagnose it, and some common recommendations to help address the condition. For the ...

That annoying ache down the front or inside of your shins when running? “That's shin splints,” says osteopath Danny Sayandan. “It's your body's way of saying the muscles and tissues along the shin ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: What about shin splints? - I.J. A: That's a concise question. Shin splints aren't a condition and aren't a diagnosis. You might just as well ask about "lower leg pain." The shin is ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As a former track and field athlete, shin splints were unfortunately the norm for me and some of my ...