Most people fully recover from shin splints and avoid developing stress fractures. Stress fractures take longer to heal and may require a brace, a walking boot, and crutches. Shin splints and stress ...

Q. I am a 20-year-old collegiate runner who has developed increasing pain in the front part of my left shin. The pain has now worsened to the point I can no longer run. I saw the team doctor who ...

A posterior malleolus fracture is a break on the lower back side of the shin bone. Ankle surgery is often required to fix a posterior malleolus fracture, and recovery may take months. There were ...

Tibial plateau fractures are rare, making up around 1% of all fracture injuries. Tibial plateau fractures usually result from severe trauma. But these fractures can also happen when you have weakened ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 23-year-old female, former collegiate cheerleader with a history of right patellar instability presented to ...

Runners descend onto the MacArthur Causeway during the Life Time Miami Marathon on Sunday, January 28, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Stress fractures can happen in running and in some instances, may ...

A tibial plateau fracture is a break at the top of the tibia bone in the shin, which is often due to high energy trauma. Tibial plateau fractures can cause swelling, pain, and, in severe cases, loss ...