Why You Keep Getting Shin Splints and How to Prevent Them

Shin splints can seem like they show up out of nowhere.

One day, you’re starting a new running routine or adding more miles to your walk. Then a few workouts later, your shins are starting to ache.

“That pain is often called shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome,” says Jordan Gruskay, MD, a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon with Hartford HealthCare’s Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute. “It usually happens when the muscles, tendons and bone tissue around your shinbone are under too much repeated stress.”

But with a few simple changes, you can ease the pain and keep shin splints from slowing you down. >> Read more