With a case of shin splints, the pain often occurs over a broad area and can progress to a stress fracture, a pain that usually gets worse as you run and persists in a more localized smaller area ...

because "untreated shin splints can eventually lead to a stress fracture where the bone breaks and it may need surgery for complete healing." Such measures can often be avoided, however ...

Stress fractures of the tibia (shin bone) are often misdiagnosed as shin splints in the early stages. In order to diagnose a stress fracture, a physician will perform a complete history and ...

Leg pain can be either injury related or overuse related. Leg injury in soccer players usually involves contusion from a direct blow or a muscle strain from a stretch type injury. Treatment is ...

However, stress fractures will not heal until the offending stresses are reduced, which is usually post season. Periostitis, also known as "shin splints," is an overuse injury that occurs in ...

Shelli Green, assistant professor of kinesiology at Central College, has published research in "Clinical Practice in Athletic Training." Green, a 2007 Central graduate, explores a novel treating media ...

Presentations of acute shin splints should be regarded as bone stress injuries ... standing foot pronation and a history of orthotics use, MTSS or stress fracture. Muscle hernia, stress fracture and ...