"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.” -Henny Youngman Over the next few weeks, your patient schedule will fill with young runners dealing with shin pain, trying to save their cross-country season before it starts. "Shin pain" can mean many things, with drastically different recommendations and treatments depending on the pain generator Today, let's focus on differentiating between "shin splints" (i.e., MTSS/LIMP) and a tibial BSI. What's...

"The fish would be the last one to discover water"-Marshall McLuhan One of the biggest assets clinicians bring to patients is an unattached perspective. If you ever have the chance to be a patient, I'd recommend it. (I promise I don't wish anything bad to happen to you). When you move to the other chair in the room, you realize how disorienting it can be to manage a health problem. Disoriented and confused, you grasp for anything. You (yes, you!) find yourself down a social media rabbit hole...

"I know that I know nothing."-Socrates Most patients do not need imaging. A simple plan focusing on exercises, pain guidelines, and sensible training progressions is enough to get them back to training without needing further information. It has become common for sports medicine physicians to discuss how asymptomatic findings are present in all types of athletes. BSIs in pain-free runners Rotator cuff tears in athletes Asymptomatic herniated discs in football players But there is a trend now...