Shin Splints

A pain below your knee from too much running - its a pain in the ass. You get it mostly from Track, and having too much sex. Soon to be classified as an STD.

One of the most irritating and painful injuries an athlete can get. Usually a result of overworked, tight calf and shin muscles, shin splints truly suck. Pain ranges anywhere from a dull throb to a sharp piercing pain, and can be found from the knees to the ankles and all in between. Running on shin splints can lead to fractures of the tibia. Shin splints are a vicious cycle; you overwork your muscles, you rest them to heal, your muscles weaken. Those weak muscles and shins (now splint-free) are more susceptible to shin splints because of their weakness. It can go on forever.

The most painful and often ongoing injury one can get- and usually developed from running too much. XC kids- they understand.

Ice and resting and lots of food and hours watching mindless television and popping Advil is required for their healing, and sometimes that doesn't even work. But only cross country runners can truly understand and handle the pain of shin splints.

a lame excuse for being late to an important date

the worst pain underneath your knee and in the ass. caused by overuse to the calf muscles. if you have shin splints don’t act like they’re not there and keep doing stuff or they will never go away. so like good luck