Shin Splits

Shin splits occur along your shins which is the front part of your tibia. When you play stop-start sports such as soccer, basketball or running on hard surfaces. When there's a lot of impact on your shin or pressure that causes shin splits. There aren't many treatments for shin splits except icing, resting on an elavation which is a suggested time of two weeks. Your shins swell and inflate causing pain, weakness and numbness. Females have a more risk of shin splits due to stress fractures. To avoid shin splits wear proper footwear, insoles, avoid running on hard surfaces and warm up well. Shin splits have very painful if they aren't treated and paid proper attention to. 

Here's an athlete that has shin splits and this is how she has treated it. She will still continue to play since she wrapped her shin splits the proper way.