you may laugh but... Many years ago i was very drunk and fell down a flight of concrete steps - but due to my drunkeness i somehow managed to 'bounce' down on both shins in a kneeling position all the way. At the time i didnt feel much pain and danced the night away. The next day of course my legs looked like i had been hit with a crowbar and it was agony. It took weeks for the bruises to go and no stupidly i didnt go the doctor. I can feel 2or 3 dents in each shin bone when i rub my fingers down them. They are almost always painful to touch and often i get shooting pains/aches out of the blue when resting. My shins hurt after running or heavy activity and i find that kneeling flat on the floor is agony!. Obviously the more physical activity i do the more they hurt but the problems have never completly gone away. I have just learned to live with it, and have not gone to the doctor as i guess that the injury was so long ago they wouldnt be able to see it on x-ray or anything plus i'd feel like a right fool! I have given up going running now as id have to leave at least a weeks gap to be able to run pain free, i go hiking alot instead and its fine. Also skiing is a problem but i find after a day or so my boots soften and im fine. Whenever the pain returns i battle with myself 'should i go to the doctor?' but never do.