Technical Tuesday Tibia
The tibia, located in the lower front portion of the leg, is
commonly called the shinbone. It is the second largest bone in the body. There
is another smaller bone next to it, the fibula, or calf bone. Together, these two
bones work to stabilize the ankle and the knee and support for the muscles of the lower leg.
Because the tibia is the larger of the two bones, it carries more of the body
weight.
The tibia is the most commonly fractured long bone in the
body, but that being said, it takes a great deal of force to break it, and so
it doesn’t happen frequently in dancers. If a fracture does occur, there are
usually other injuries that happen at the same time. Not good.
When dancers injure this area it often happens in the wings
of a theatre when, during an exit, their lower leg accidentally hits the bottom
part of a lighting tree – these pieces of apparatus are called “shin-kickers”
for a reason.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Anatomical Secret #25j:
“The tibia (shinbone) is the most commonly fractured long bone in
the body.”
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