What Is the Shin Muscle?
The shin muscle, also called the anterior tibial muscle, is essential to everyday walking and standing, as well as more vigorous activities. It controls balance as well as foot and toe mobility. This is the most active muscle when running and therefore also is the most frequently injured. The shin muscle is what makes up the fleshy part of the outside of the shin bone, also called the tibia. It can usually been seen when flexed from the front of the lower leg. It originates at the upper half of the lateral and anterior surfaces of the shin and the lateral tibial condyle. The muscle is attached to the tibialis anterior tendon and is inserted in the medial cuneiform bone and first metatarsal bone of the foot.
