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

Shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome) is a term for painful inflammation in the tendons and muscles along your shin bone. They happen due to repetitive strain or overuse, ...

The term shin splints describes pain felt along the inner edge of your shin bone. This pain concentrates in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. Shin splints often occur in people engaging in ...

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 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.

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.

Though the official name for shin splints is "medial tibial stress syndrome," anyone experiencing them probably isn't concerned about using correct medical terminology. As a condition that causes ...

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

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 ...

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 ...