Shin splints (or medial tibial stress syndrome) are the bane of many a runner, proving hard to find a cause for and hard to treat. Nate is joined by Dr. Doug Adams to demystify this frustrating ailment. Nate & Doug break down the physiology of shin splints and its most common causes. They offer strategies to both prevent and rehab from shin splints, and offer insights on how your footwear might be affecting your shin pain.

Dr. Doug Adams is a Physical Therapist who has published and spoken at an international level on all things related to running. Doug has taught thousands of professionals his systematic approach to providing personalized plans for runners through the Certified Running Gait Analyst and Endurance Running Coaching courses. He also designed and created a portable 3D Motion Analysis system called Helix 3D for analyzing and categorizing running form that is used widely throughout the Department of Defense and commercial sectors. You can find him on Instagram at @RunDNASystem and @DougAdamsPT.

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro
4:34 - Defining the term "shin splints"
7:04 - Can I run through shin splints?
12:10 - How do I get to race day healthy if I'm experiencing shin splints?
15:24 - What can I do to prevent shin splints?
25:56 - How to tell whether it's shin splints or a stress fracture
30:30 - What causes shin splints?
35:26 - The role of gait retraining
48:42 - How to manage training load wisely
54:36 - Do shoes cause shin splints? Will better shoes fix it?
1:02:56 - Wrap-up

#264 Answering the Most Common Questions about Shin Splits with Dr. Doug Adams