Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome

Medial tibial stress syndrome is a common overuse injury in sport, especially in those who do a lot of road running. Medial tibial stress syndrome used to be referred to as shin splints as it is a similar patholgy as to a shin problem in horses. The actually pathology is not entirely clear in medial tibial stress syndrome as it is thought to either be a strain of the insertion of the muscles on the tibia or a reaction of the bone or periosteum that surrounds the bone. The pain of medial tibial

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