
Sure, everybody is a unique and special snowflake, but if you’re a runner, odds are you have experienced the pain that is shin splints. That, we have in common. If you’re still a runner, you’ve pushed through until they aren’t a problem for you anymore; congratulations! Shin splints are usually more common in people who are just getting into running or another high impact sport. If you’re still in those early stages, I’m here to get you over that hump and start running, dancing, balling, etc., like a champ. Then you can complain about that burn in your rock-hard quads instead. First let’s figure out what’s actually going on with your body. Continually running or quickly pivoting, such as in basketball, is hard on your lower leg muscles, bones, and connective tissue, causing them to swell up or even start to tear apart from each other. This is what we call medial tibial stress syndrome—or shin splints. Read more?