A turbine blade that may include a tip shroud, one or more cooling cavities formed within the tip shroud, and at least one discrete structural element defined within at least one of the cooling cavities. The discrete structural element may include an element that structurally connects a floor of the cooling cavity to a ceiling of the cooling cavity that does not originate from, terminate in, or connect to an interior wall of the cooling cavity or an outer edge of the tip shroud.