Student Athletes and Shin Splints: What You Need to Know
Acute shin splints that begin a few weeks into a sports season are often due to poor biomechanics caused by new sports shoes. We often see student athletes that develop shin splint pain after three to four weeks of a new season. Most often they will have just gotten new shoes for their sports and have never had a history of shin splints in the past. Close evaluation of their footwear reveals the shoe inducing a false…