If you’re a runner, there’s a good chance you've suffered from shin splints before—the lower-leg pain you feel just behind the bone. But by strengthening your tibialis muscles and improving ankle ...

The title of shin splints is not actually using a correct medical term. Shin splints fall into a category of Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS). Wherever we see an injury being classified as a ...

Dr. Shields is a physical therapist with a background in English Literature and a passion for healthcare and education. She hopes to combine her clinical expertise with her love of writing, establish ...

Shin splints are when you have pain anywhere along your shin bone or tibia. Your tibia is the big bone that starts under your knee and runs down the front of your lower leg. The pain happens where ...

If you are a runner then it's not unusual for you to experience pain or a throbbing sensation in your shinbone, the bone located between your knee and ankle. This condition, known as shin splints, ...

The sun is out, the weather’s warm, and in a month or so you’re going to be parading around the beach nearly naked. Time to shed that winter weight. So you start running. But lo! Just as you start ...

I have been relatively inactive for the last 1.5 years prior to that I played squash thrice a week and walked 5/6km every day. I am trying to get back in to an exercise routine (currently Tae Bo class ...

One minute you’re flying, smashing miles from your 5km training plan, 10km training plan or half marathon training plan, your feet pounding the pavements in effortless rhythm; the next, you’re doubled ...

Shin splints refer to any pain felt along the shinbone from the knee to the ankle. It is common in active and sporty people and in particular those that do a lot of running. Treatment options include ...