Sports injuries related to track and field or long distance running include shin splints, pulled muscles, and other injuries.
In track and field, the most common injuries in sprinting are stress fractures, shin splints, and pulled hamstrings.
Shin Splints
Shin splints can be extremely painful and they can even develop into stress fractures if they are ignored for long enough. See more
Pulled Hamstrings
Hamstring muscles can be pulled or strained from the cause of overuse, not properly stretching, and not warming up before strenuous activity.