Here to explain is Dr. Miho Tanaka, director of the women's sports program at Mass General Brigham.

Medial tibial stress syndrome, or shin splints, is the inflammation of the tendons, muscles, and bone tissue around the tibia. People describe shin splint pain as sharp or as dull and throbbing.

Shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome) is a term for painful inflammation in the tendons and muscles along your shin ...

Shin splints typically happen in athletes who have changed their exercise regimen, resulting in overexertion of the lower leg muscles. Shin splints manifest as dull or stabbing pain in the shin bone.

"Shin splints are a condition that causes pain over the front of your tibia or shinbone," says Dr. Matthew Anastasi, a sports medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

The tibia, also called the shin bone, is one of the two bones in your lower leg. It’s the second-longest bone in your body after your thigh bone. The tibia is paired with a shorter leg bone ...

If you've started running for the first time, started again after a break, or your workout is more intense, you might have ...

For shin pain that’s concentrated in the muscles and not yet the bones, follow the same advice as with shin splints: Scale back your running until the pain improves and incorporate targeted strength ...

Shin splints, also known as “medial tibial stress syndrome” (MTSS), can cause your lower leg muscles, tendons and bone tissue to become inflamed. The condition can also result from poor ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Shin splints can be extremely uncomfortable and painful. You'll know you have shin splints when you have pain along the tibia (the large bone in the front of your ...