Shin splints are when you have pain anywhere along your shin bone or tibia. Your tibia is the big bone that starts under your knee and runs down the front of your lower leg. The pain happens where ...

Shin splints, better known as medial tibial stress syndrome, can be avoided. luckyraccoon/ Shutterstock So you’re out for a leisurely jog and everything is going great – until you start to feel pain.

Also known as medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), shin splints is the catch-all term for lower leg pain that occurs below your knee, either on the front outer part of your leg (anterior shin splints ...