Urgent message: Lower extremity injuries are very common in adolescent athletes. Urgent care providers must remember that shin pain is not always simply shin splints. CHRISTOPHER TANGEN, DO, and RYAN SHILIAN, DO Also known as medial tibial stress syndrome, shin splints are described as the painful inflammation of the tibial periosteum, which is generally caused by repetitive physical activity.1 Repetitive injuries can cause incomplete fractures, or microfractures, of the tibia. These tibial stress reactions can predispose the bone to acute fractures. Case Presentation …
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