WSJ medical reporter Ron Winslow looks at the causes of and prognosis for a broken tibia, the injury suffered by University of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware. Photo: Getty Images ...

Broadly, it represents exertional lower leg pain centred on the posteromedial tibial border and being diffuse/linear (greater than 5 cm) rather than focal. Presentations of acute shin splints should ...

Most children really don't need any treatment at all. The intoeing gets better on its own. When it's caused by the shin bone being turned in, it usually gets better once the child starts standing, and ...

A stress fracture is generally the result of overuse or repeated trauma to a bone. Also known as "fatigue fractures," stress fractures may occur when muscles become fatigued or overloaded and transfer ...