!["I don't always go out for a run but when I do, shin splints." Jonathan Goldsmith meme](https://mississippiurgentcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/shin-splints.jpg)
If you’re a runner, you’ve most likely heard of shin splints, but this condition can also affect other active people like basketball players, dancers, or military soldiers. What is a shin splint, exactly? Your shin bone, or tibia, is located in the front of your lower leg, on the opposite side of your calf. Shin splints, or medial tibial stress…