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What is the difference between shin splints and a pulled muscle?
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Bone vs Muscle: Shin splints is an inflammation or irritation of the lining going around our bones (called the periosteum). A pulled muscle is just that -- when a muscle partially gets torn.
Answered 9/28/2016
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