Doc On The Run Podcast

Plantar plate injuries are one of the most difficult injuries for runners. 

The reason is that they can take a long time to get better. Every time you take a step, you're applying direct pressure to …

I was on a call with a marathoner who had a cuboid fracture.

He was getting better, and he was trying to figure out how he could start running.

The cuboid bone is an irregular bone at the base of the…

I don't like it when I hear a doctor said, "Don't run." 

What the doctor should say is, "Let's figure out how you can run." 

And if you're injured, that's what you should be thinking about too. 

Not,…

Today I got a great question from a runner who had a 4th metatarsal stress fracture while training for a marathon. He wanted to know how likely it was to get a setback, or re-injury, if he is running…

Today's episode comes from the question-and-answer period when I was lecturing at the International Foot & Ankle Foundation Medical Conference in Las Vegas. The talk was Conservative Management of An…

All injured runners realize it's a problem.

You're not working out when they get an overtraining injury. You're told to sit still. But the problem is not that you're going stir crazy because you feel…

I just got a great question from a runner with a cuboid fracture. He signed up for four weekly coaching calls as he was returning to running. 

He just wanted to make sure that he didn't make the frac…

I got a question on one of the Doc On The Run YouTube channel videos about insertional Achilles tendinitis.

Kevin asked:
 
“For a few weeks, I had insertional Achilles tendinitis. I have read that do…

When I see a runner who's had a sprain or a trip or a fall or something, the #1 concern is to make sure no bones are broken. 

Most of the time, what I do is I take a portable ultrasound unit with me …

I was just on a webcam call with a runner who signed up for an initial consultation and then decided to get a few weeks of additional coaching where we just check in every week to make sure that he's…

Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of foot pain that might keep you from running. 

But some treatments that help "normal" patients may cause lingering trouble in runners. 

It seems like most …

Today's episode comes from Olivia who asked a question on the Doc On The Run YouTube channel: 
 

“I believe I'm dealing with an interstitial tear. Would supplementing collagen help the healing proces…

Compression socks are a useful tool when recovering from a running injury.  Just a little compression can gently squeeze all that inflammatory fluid out of your foot, your ankle and your leg. 

I was …

If you got injured, but you're trying to get back to running, one of the most important decisions you can make is which doctor you choose to see. 

And it is entirely your choice. 

I just got off a ca…

Today's episode comes from one of the Doc On The Run YouTube viewers.  

Casey wrote in and he said, 

“This year I suffered from this problem after switching to zero drop running shoes and I was final…

I get lots of questions about "sinus tarsi syndrome" in runners.

It seems like most runners who call me don't even really know what it is. 

The sinus tarsi is not a structure, so much as a space.  

T…

I had a question on one of my YouTube videos in which I was trying to explain the procedure for broken toes called "closed reduction."  That's the fancy term for popping the broken bone back in place…

Today's episode comes from a second opinion discussion with a runner suffering with a nagging plantar plate ligament injury. 

She was considering surgery for a plantar plate sprain.

Truth is, her pla…