Medial tibial stress syndrome or shin splints is a common injury that affects athletes who engage in running sports or basic activities such as cross country, football, or hiking. MTSS injuries affect the connective muscle tissue surrounding the tibia (bone located near the lower leg). This injury is brought on by one of the following: exerting too much pressure on the lower leg muscles or excessive impact on the muscle. Consequences of severe MTSS can result in, at worst, broken bones.
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I am experiencing a severe pain on my right side where my back and buttock meets. It is a very dull ache that sometimes resonates down into my XXXXXXX and ankle and feels like a very severe XXXXXXX splint. Sometimes the pain is so bad I feel like...
I bruised the knuckle of the finger next to the pinky. This occurred as I tried (successfully) to prevent a fall. The knuckle is slightly swollen and is mildly painful. Today I purchased a splint and have worn it for most of today (the incident...
I have red blotches on my feet shins and inner thighs. Do not itch. Are not raised. Cause no pain.?
I have a small hard bump, like a small pea, under the skin on the inside of my lower leg. It is moveable. What is it? I am a female, age 64 and in generally very good health. I am not overweight by any means.
is there a connection between marked discolouration of lower leg 00 just above ankle -- and thyroid disorder?
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My mother, age 80, bad circulation, broke her ankle and just had her cast removed three days ago.
Her foot and part of the lower leg are very swollen, dark brown and hot to the touch.
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I get my both shins swollen and then the shins get swollen most during the day then I get cracking pain in the shins...Then I put on my elastic shins for relief....It gets better....This is happening about 35 years before...I...
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When I cross my legs over one another I can feel a soft lump on the anterior XXXXXXX muscle on one of my legs. When I uncross them and the muscle is not being pushed on, it disappears. I cannot feel it if i press on my XXXXXXX with my fingers...
I was kicked in the XXXXXXX very hard and it swelled up huge. Blood went to foot and the lump is still there I also have small pin sized red dots all over both of my legs,both sides of my body and under the arms. I...
i am diabetic and often suffer leg cramps during the night that wakes me and takes walking around before i can lay back down. They can be either in the back of my thigh, calf and even from my foot up the front of my XXXXXXX bone. I bowl 3 leagues...
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User : shin splints. no access to ice. have to keep running. what can I do (in my dorm room) to help?
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Hi, my name is AAAA and I m 13. When I was skateboarding at around 10 or 11 I feel on a railing and when I looked at my shin there was a hole in it but not to deep and I could see the bone. My parents never took me to the doctor and now I just have skin over the hole and if you were to apple pressure on or you could literally renewal the hole....
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I injured both of my shins on April 6th. I was working out doing box jumps (jumping onto a 22 high stationary square box) when I hesitated mid jump and landed on the edge of the box with both shins. They were both gashed open, immediately bruised and swollen. I iced them within 20 minutes and kept them elevated. I went about a week later to have...
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Hi, I got struck on the shin with a cricket ball 7 days ago (Saturday) I had no pain until 4 days later. When I could hardly Walk. Since then bruising has come out on my calf (even though impact was on shin). Basically from my knee down to my ankle keeps swelling up to about twice its normal size. What do you suggest?
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I am an athlete and I recently hurt my left arm . I will be in a splint for 6 weeks but do not want to lose any muscle . Is there anything I can do or eat to preserve the muscles in my arm?
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is bright orange in a bruise on the leg after falling from ice normal or should I worry about it? I ve never seen orange in a bruise
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I took a kick to the shin in karate last Saturday. Its now Thursday. My shin is pretty bruised, and there is a lump, and its somewhat numb to the touch. Every now and then I have a strange sensation when I walk, (Not painful, but almost like like the lump is moving around, kind of tingly..) sorry its the only way to describe it. Is that normal?
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Hi! I m a gymnast, and at one of my competitions I fell off the beam and hit my shin pretty hard. It immediately swelled up. This happened about a week ago, and it s still just as swollen as when it happened. It s just like a huge lump on my shin, and all around it it is bruised. It s painful to touch and put any pressure on that leg. Any...
Hi, I started running 3 weeks ago. My trainer took us on a 6k run last Saturday. I was find initially, but my leg became sore as the day went on. I have pain along the front of my leg (shin) and particularly where my shin meets my foot , and pain along my thigh. This morning my heel went numb. The pain is dull, rather than sharp/ acute, but...
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so i was at work and i tripped over a mop, and banged my leg REALLY hard. there was literally a DENT in my shin . at first i thought it was my bone , but i ruled that out because it didnt hurt like hell, and i could walk on it. so i was pokin around it and it was all squishy and i couldn t feel a thing, and i was just wondering if it was my...
I had punctured my leg near the shin bone n a piece of tile had to be removed...the sutures have been removed n there s a small opening ... All the way around it it is a hard lump.. I keep it compression wrapped while on my feet but wen u remove it it is a slightly blue color.. Dr suggested Epsom soaks.. Is this lump going to go a way? WAT is...
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