If you have been dealing with a sharp, burning, or tingling sensation along the inner knee, the medial side of the lower leg, or even into the inner ankle, and nobody seems to find anything definitive on imaging, you are probably familiar with the frustration.

If you've been told your knee and shin pain is "probably just nerve irritation" and left with little else, you already know how unsatisfying that explanation feels. Saphenous neuralgia — irritation or entrapment of the saphenous nerve, often after knee surgery, varicose vein stripping, or a direct blow to the inner knee — produces a very specific kind of pain: burning, tingling, or electric…