Prevention of Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome
Medial tibial Stress Syndrome is a common injury that occurs upon repetitive loading of stress near the posteromedial border of the tibia. Several athletes experience this injury but there is no guaranteed method of treatment. It is well established that there are several ways of treating the injury but the research is inconclusive to which method is the most prevalent. This study aims to determine whether the prevention option of strengthening the muscles around the tibia can lead to reduced pain of the medial tibial stress syndrome. Various studies have shown that strengthening can reduce the pain and cushion the load from the overuse and repetitive load of the muscles around the shin splint site. Studies that observed the overused muscles stated similar findings; muscles of the ankle inverter, evertors, and soleus were being overused and in order to cushion the load, it needed to be strengthened. As there is evidence to support that this method does serve a purpose, there is still uncertainty to which individual certain muscles need to be strengthened to insure the security of the pain. Nevertheless, strengthening should occur if an individual is experiencing medial tibial stress syndrome and other potential treatment options can be considered as well.
EXSC 320, Exercise Physiology and Neuromuscular Conditioning
Heike McNeil
S100
11 – 11:30 AM