Distractors
Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS)
Tibial stress fracture
Tibialis posterior tendinitis
Key
Anterior shin splints
Question
During an assessment, a client reports “shin pain” after increasing their training volume. You find that applying pressure to the dorsiflexor muscles while the client performs resisted dorsiflexion reproduces the pain. However, palpation along the distal, posteromedial border of the tibia does not change it at all. Based on Whitney Lowe’s article, “Decoding Shin Splits,” which of the following would be the most likely cause of this pattern?