Shin Splints

One thing all runners can all agree? Shin splints (pain along either or both of the shinbones) are the absolute worst—second only to a DNF next to our online race results - Erin Kelly

Shin Splints
Shin Splints

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Solving the Riddle of the Shin Splint

When we were all just babes in the coaching world, we probably uttered the same two words we often heard our prominent elders using to describe lower leg pain in runners: shin splints. Even if we didn’t know exactly how to explain a shin splint, we knew what it caused—the kind of pain in the front of the lower leg that, when you pressed on the specific hot point, sent runners to the roof tops. For most of us, whatever we chose to call that kind of pain, we still weren’t coming any closer to resolving it.

The riddle: When is a shin splint not a shin splint? The answer: When it’s a stress fracture. And a good response to this riddle might be: If the end result is basically the same—a…

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 Solving the Riddle of the Shin Splint

When we were all just babes in the coaching world, we probably uttered the same two words we often heard our prominent elders using to describe lower leg pain in runners: shin splints. Even if we didn’t know exactly how to explain a shin splint, we knew what it caused.

3 Easy Ways to Prevent Shin Splints

When you think about gait biomechanics, it’s no wonder so many of us encounter this issue. Whether you’re running or walking, each time you step, you come down with more than twice the force of your own body weight.

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Are you ready to get rid of your painful shin splints? The ShinTekk system rapidly improves lower leg strength, agility, and flexibility.

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