A splint is a device that supports and protects a broken bone or injured tissue. Also known as a brace or an orthosis, it helps reduce pain and promote healing by keeping the injured part of your body ...

This week we are going to discuss an athletic injury that occurs in children frequently and is often times preventable—shin splints. Shin splints or periostitis is a condition of the lower leg which ...

Shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome, occur when the muscles, tendons, and bone tissue surrounding the shinbones become inflamed. You may experience discomfort and soreness where the muscles ...

This week we are going to discuss the connection between foot mechanics and shin splints of the lower leg. The biomechanics of the foot very much dictate the muscle activity of the lower leg.

The sun is out, the weather’s warm, and in a month or so you’re going to be parading around the beach nearly naked. Time to shed that winter weight. So you start running. But lo! Just as you start ...

I'm about to start training for a half-marathon and am wondering if there is any way to prevent shin splints from returning. I ran track in high school (I just finished my freshman year of college), ...