shin pain in athletes
Last reviewed 01/2018
Shin pain in athletes
There is a wide range of diagnoses for exercise-induced leg pain in the weightbearing athlete:
- medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS), stress fracture, nerve entrapment, and popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) are the most common
Shin splints produces pain over the anteromedial bony surface of the tibia is due to a tendo-periostitis of tibialis posterio
CECS results in pain over tibialis anterior is due to lateral shin splints due to a compartment syndrome of tibialis anterior.
Reference:
- Clanton TO, Solcher BW. Chronic leg pain in the athlete. Clin Sports Med. 1994;13:743-759.