When I started attending Mesa Community
College I developed shin splints. I parked at one end of the campus and
had classes from one end to the other. It really hurt! I had no
alternative -- I continued to walk through the pain, and after several days the pains gradually subsided and, luckily, I have had no problems since.
When I was attending Palmer Chiropractic College 32 years ago, we were taught that shin splints were a spasm of the Tibialis Anterior muscle brought on by overexercise. Today the definition has broadened to include overloading all the muscles of the lower extremities, and is called medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS).
While the following information is targeted to people who run for
exercise, the author has suggestions that can also be useful for people who do a
lot of walking.
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2014/01/31/how-to-prevent-shin-splints
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