Shin splints recovery. Risk factors for developing shin splints include: While medial tibial stress syndrome is the most common form of shin splints, compartment syndrome and stress fractures are also common forms of shin splints. Females are 1.5 to 3.5 times more likely to progress to stress fractures from shin splints. This is due in part to females having a higher incidence of diminished bone density and osteoporosis. Shin splints Shin splints, also known as medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), is defined by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons as "pain along the inner edge of the shinbone. (tibia)." Shin splints are
Operational Stress Injury part of operations", most commonly PTSD, major depression, and generalized anxiety. By 2016, the Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security recognized OSIs as an issue faced by all first responder organizations, not just the military. As of late 2016, the Parliament of Canada is exploring a national strategy to address OSIs within the various public safety professions. The term does not as of yet have any regular use outside of Canada. The concept of operational stress injury is still emerging and evolving, and does not as of yet have a commonly accepted fixed definition. Research within