Abstract

            The aim is try to understand the injury that’s very common in all sportsmen principally in athletes. This study will describe an injury called periostitis. The periostitis is an injury that involves the periosteum, which is characterized by painful inflammation of the front surface of the bone. The periosteum is a membrane that covers the large bones like femur, tibia and fibula, except the joint parts. Another characteristic is that contains all the blood vessels that are the responsible to avascular and nourish the bone. This document explains especially Tibial periostitis or normally called Shin Splints and generally it occurs in the lower leg can reach up to knee. This painful injury is almost always caused by the impact that causes the foot when it hits the floor.

The purpose of this research was to find who and how to treat the injury, especially by the physical therapist, and the treatment for this injury is very simple, it consists mainly in stretching the leg and not let the patient makes activity or sports for a period of time.

This study investigated five hundred people and it found that two in every five sportsmen had this injury at least once in their life and it occurs preferably to people who run long races.

Conclusions

The periostitis is a very common injury that affects the sportsmen, especially the athletes who run long races.

The physical therapist can treat this pain and also prescribe rest.


KEYWORDS: Periostitis, Periosteum, Sports Injuries.

Periostitis

The periostitis is an injury that involve obviously, the periosteum, which is characterized by painful inflammation of the ventral surfaceof the leg. Tibial periostitis is the most common and generally occurs in the lower leg can reach up to knee. It can be caused by excessive physical activity and  precisly of this is that im going to talking about.

The periostium  is a membrane that lines the outer surface of all bones except at the joints of long bones like femur , tibia, and fibula of the legs, the humerous, radius, and the ulna of the arms.