Doc On The Run Podcast
Running injury self-diagnosis and self-treatment. Strategies for rapid recovery of
running injuries.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 1000
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Does the plantar plate need to “heal” on MRI before I can run?
Plantar plate ligament sprains are a tough injury for runners. Plantar plate tears can cause a lot of pain in the ball of the foot. Unless you treat them correctly, that pain can persist for a long t…
How long should I use crutches?
Today's episode comes from a question posted as a YouTube video comment.
That video was explaining how using crutches for a short period of time can help injured runners.
I wasn't talking about mon…
Plantar wart treatment options in runners
WARNING: You may not want to listen to this topic while you're eating.
I'm going to tell you a story that goes along with dinner.
Believe it or not. One time we went out to a restaurantwith a bunch …
Bone bruise vs stress reaction in a runner
Whenever I speak to a runner who wants to know if they can run with a bone bruise, I get confused. If you were "diagnosed" with a bone bruise, you should be confused, too.
A bruise is a very simple t…
FHL tenosynovitis PRP injection vs. Cortisone injection
If you have pain at the bottom of the big toe joint, up along the arch, just above the plantar fascia, you may have been told that you have this thing called FHL tenosynovitis.
"Tenosynovitis" just m…
How pneumonia made my Kona dream come true
It's no secret that I enjoy Ironman triathlons. I did 15 of them, and the last one I did was the Ironman World Championships. That doesn't mean I'm fast. It just means I'm stubborn.
But when I was a …
What is subungual melanoma?
If you're a runner you may be wondering what in the world something like "subungual melanoma" has to do with running injuries.
There are a couple of reasons.
Subungual melanoma is commonly mistaken…
FHL Tenosynovitis vs Sesmoiditis
If you have pain under the big toe joint, it could be an injury called sesamoiditis. Sesamoid bones are like a pair of tiny little kneecaps under the big toe joint. They are about the size of kidney …
Don’t ask when can I run after an injury… Ask how I can run
Plantar Plate Sprain and Deep Peroneal Neuritis
An interesting runner called me for a second opinion. He had a couple of things going on that created a pretty confusing picture.
He had a plantar plate sprains (at least he was told he had plantar p…
Can I run every day on the Alter G treadmill?
I got a great question from a runner who wanted to start running on an Alter G Treadmill. What she said was:
"I've been getting out of the boot. I started running on an Alter G Treadmill, and everyth…
Can I run after a spiral fracture of the fibula?
Today's question actually comes from Elizabeth who explained she rolled her ankle, and sustained a fracture of the fibula bone. She wanted to see if she could get some advice.
She said, "I'm a 27-yea…
How your running shoe insert can show risk of plantar plate sprain
One of the worst injuries you can get when you're a runner is a plantar plate sprain. It's a stretching, a straining, a tearing of this tiny little ligament at the ball of the foot called the plantar…
How an injury happened is more important than what happened
During a recent call with a runner who signed up for a series of phone calls, we were trying to figure out exactly what happened to cause his foot pain.
The way that doctors are taught to think go…
The 4 worst traits of a running shoe for Morton’s neuroma
When is an MRI most reliable for a soft-tissue running injury?
If you have a soft tissue injury in your foot related to overtraining, you (or your doctor) may be thinking about getting an MRI.
If you have a ligament injury, plantar plate sprain, partial tear of …