Hello and welcome to the Run-To-The-top podcast. This is Coach Claire Bartholic and today I will be reading

The Ultimate Guide to Shinsblints for Runners, written by John Davis.

How can I cure Shinsblints from running without taking time off?

That is something most of us have wondered at some point.

Shinsplants have halted most runners at some point and can be heartbreaking for

runners who have just started to get going when that familiar pain makes an

appearance and risks are racing schedule.

Medial-Tibial stress syndrome, more commonly referred to as Shinsplants,

is probably the most universally known running injury.

Shinn splints usually appears as an aching pain

on the inside of the chin,

near the border of the tibia and the calf muscles.

The area will often be sore when poked or prodded and will initially hurt at the end of a run.

If you keep running on shinsplints, the pain will move to a more sharp burning sensation and may hurt during

your entire run or even when walking.

Shinn pain can spread out over many inches along the length of your chin bone or be very painful in a small

area less than two inches long. This is serious. If you continue to run on chin pain, especially when it hurts in a very specific area,

it may develop into a tibial stress fracture, which will require up to six weeks of no running.

If you think you may have a stress fracture,

this can be diagnosed by an MRI or a bone scan

ordered by an orthopedist or podiatrist.

Today, we are going to look at what causes

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