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 ...

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.

Who wants to be stuck sweating in a gym all summer? The season calls for al fresco workouts and running is part of how we get that outdoor-fitness fix. Which is great, until we get the nagging ache in ...

Also known as medial tibial stress syndrome, shin splints can be painful and disrupt training regimes. However, they are not a serious condition and may be alleviated with some simple home remedies.

Q: I have begun running again after several years of no running due to several serious fractures (1995 spiral fracture of right Tibia and Fibula and 1996 fracture of right Acetabulum, and 3 right ...

I just read your column for the first time and rally enjoyed it. I have been running about nine years and am having shin splints for the first time. It has been very mild, but is getting more ...