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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

Shin splints are a common injury that can occur during running, walking or other physical activities. They are caused by inflammation in the muscles and tendons around the shin 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 ...

Nine cut marks on a fossilized shin bone suggest that ancient human relatives butchered and possibly ate one another 1.45 million years ago, according to a new study.

The tibia, or shinbone, is the main weight-bearing bone in the lower leg. It is on the medial side of either leg, meaning it is closer to the midline of the body.

Accumulations of low levels of lead in the shin bone of men were associated with treatment-resistant high blood pressure, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association ...