Researchers use sound waves to treat shin splints

By Larissa Nicholson
Updated May 19 2014 - 10:28am, first published April 20 2014 - 3:00am
Assistant Professor Physiotherapy Phil Newman and Professor Physiotherapy Gordon Waddington with the Storz Medical Duolith SD1 machine being used to treat Shin Splints. Photo: Jay Cronan
Assistant Professor Physiotherapy Phil Newman and Professor Physiotherapy Gordon Waddington with the Storz Medical Duolith SD1 machine being used to treat Shin Splints. Photo: Jay Cronan

IT IS A painful condition, which plagues runners, but an effective treatment could be within reach, a Canberra researcher says.