Can someone explain to me why Shin Splints cause stress fractures? I thought it was a muscle thing, not bone?

I've had shin splints on and off for a lot of my life but they're getting really bad now and I suspect I may have stress fractures because of it. I will see a doctor about it soon but I was curious - how does shin splints cause muscle fractures exactly?

I cannot explain it any better than the article I copied and pasted below.

Shin splints, stress fractures, and chronic compartment syndrome have a common mechanism of development.

The term shin splints refers to a painful condition that develops along the inside (medial edge) of the shin (tibia). The usual location is along the lower half of the tibia, anywhere from a few inches above the ankle to about half-way up the shin. The repeated running cycle of pounding and push off results in muscle fatigue, which may then lead to higher forces being applied to the fascia, the attachment of fascia to bone, and finally the bone itself. Respectively, this represents a spectrum from mild to severe. On the relatively more severe end of the scale the injury may progress from stress reaction within the bone to an actual stress fracture.

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