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We've got to admit, this one makes us proud. We did a simple search in Yahoo! on the phrase "shin splints" and, frankly, the results are right on target. First off, there's a link to the relevant section of Yahoo! Health, our medical information resource center. On that Shin Splints page, we found a definition, commons causes, treatments, and a great deal of additional information. As it turns out, shin splints are defined as "pain in the front of the lower legs caused by strenuous exercise, usually after a period of relative inactivity." Ouch. Not fun, but happily they're not too serious, either. Treatment includes rest, ice, over-the-counter pain medicine, and not running
for several weeks. Despite the fact that the very first link provided a satisfying answer to your question, we couldn't help but notice that our original search results included both a Shin Splints category and links to several of the sites listed there. As with any medical question, a second opinion is always worth checking, and that led us to visit pages from Runner's World and the Hughston Sports Medicine Association , both of which confirm the information we found in Yahoo! Health and provide additional details, recovery tips, and even a cross-section of the
musculature of the leg.
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