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

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

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

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#309 Are Chinese Shoes Taking Over? Is Kejelcha Greatest All-Time? Biggest Shoe Surprise of 2026? | Group Chat

#309 Are Chinese Shoes Taking Over? Is Kejelcha Greatest All-Time? Biggest Shoe Surprise of 2026? | Group Chat

Join David and Matt as they go on a free-wheeling conversation on where running is headed. They discuss whether Asian shoe brands are poised for a bigger presence in the US market, whether the trend o...

2 Syys 1h 9min

#308 Mailbag! Understanding Your Running Form, Road Shoes for Knee Pain, Altra Vanish Carbon 2 First Thoughts

#308 Mailbag! Understanding Your Running Form, Road Shoes for Knee Pain, Altra Vanish Carbon 2 First Thoughts

Nathan, Matt, & David are here for our latest mailbag round. Matt shares some early thoughts on the Altra Vanish Carbon 3 and runs through more shoes currently in testing before diving into the mailba...

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#307 Nike Pegasus Plus 2 First Thoughts + Matt and Andrea Debate the Summer's Best New Releases

#307 Nike Pegasus Plus 2 First Thoughts + Matt and Andrea Debate the Summer's Best New Releases

Andrea and Matt kick things off with early impressions of the Nike Pegasus Plus 2 before diving into another round of Buy or Sell. They debate whether the New Balance SC Elite v6 is the best super sho...

20 Elo 1h 12min

#306 Why You Shouldn’t Sleep on Topo Athletics: Brand Breakdown

#306 Why You Shouldn’t Sleep on Topo Athletics: Brand Breakdown

If you've been with us for a while, you know we're big fans of Topo Athletic. They're new releases: Specter 3 and Specter Elite have gotten some big acclaim, and for good reason. But, you might not kn...

12 Elo 1h 14min

#305 We Debate Footstrike Myths!

#305 We Debate Footstrike Myths!

Our social algorithms are full of quick-fix suggestions from "experts" telling us how this one change to foot strike (or cadence or form, etc) will fix all our pain! But they're often too good to be t...

5 Elo 1h 9min

#304 Mailbag! New Balance SC Rebel vs. Elite v6? Difference Between Rockers and Toe-Spring? Do I Need Flexible AND Rockered Shoe?

#304 Mailbag! New Balance SC Rebel vs. Elite v6? Difference Between Rockers and Toe-Spring? Do I Need Flexible AND Rockered Shoe?

Nathan and Matt dig into the mailbag after sharing early thoughts on the New Balance SC Rebel and SC Elite v6 in this week's In For Testing. They cover a wide range of your questions, including whethe...

29 Heinä 57min

#303 2026 Daily Trainers Go Head-to-Head in Our World Cup!!

#303 2026 Daily Trainers Go Head-to-Head in Our World Cup!!

Matt, David, and Nathan bring bracket-style competition to the podcast, seeding a 16-team field of flagship daily trainers — one from each brand — in an homage to the World Cup that just wrapped up. T...

22 Heinä 1h 19min

#302 Buy or Sell: Changing Legacy Shoes? Brands Making Variants of a Favorite Shoe? Specialty Racing Shoe Uppers?

#302 Buy or Sell: Changing Legacy Shoes? Brands Making Variants of a Favorite Shoe? Specialty Racing Shoe Uppers?

Matt and David take on another round of Buy or Sell! They debate whether brands should be creating multiple variants of the same shoe, adding specialty uppers to existing models, spinning off new line...

15 Heinä 1h 7min

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