Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Shin Splints

Among recreational runners, “shin splints”, technically Medial Tibial Stress Sydrome, is one of the most diagnosed injuries.  Shin splints are a periostitis (“itis” = inflammation of) of the lower 2/3 of the leg, usually along the inside edge.  The periosteum is a connective tissue membrane that lines the bone and serves as an attachment site [...] http://bit.ly/B1GZw