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Could you break your shin without knowing it?
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You can get a stress fracture without knowing it. It comes from repetivie high impact exercise (running on hard surfaces, marching etc.) and has aching pain in your shin that is persistent. There is no specific one time injury though.
Answered 4/26/2023
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