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I've had a knot on that shin for awhile now, and some people say it's from shin splints, and others say it's a sign of a stress fracture. It did go down in size for awhile when I was taking it a little easier.
Yes apparently a bump on the tibia can be the result of a stress fracture when the bone structure repairs itself denser and thicker. But I can't imagine it would go down in size...
Often, the bone will hurt when it is tapped near the damaged area, and occasionally a hard nodule will appear on the surface of the bone at the trouble site.