If you’re a runner, the chances are good at some point in your running career you have had an aching, throbbing sensation in the front of your shins. And chances are also good if you talk to your running buddies they would quickly explain to you that you have a case of shin splints.

Shin splints may be common, but they can also be confusing.

As I have said in many other episodes, you have to know what you are treating, before you can treat it correctly. If your doctor has misdiagnosed your condition, or if you have misdiagnosed yourself, you may be using the “right treatment” on the “wrong problem.” Of course if you do that, it’s unlikely you will improve.

In this episode we are going try to eliminate some confusion so you can know what to do if you get a case shin splints that doesn’t seem to go away.