Doc On The Run Podcast

A calcaneal stress fracture is a terrible injury. 
 
What is a calcaneal stress fracture? 
 
"Calcaneus" is the medical term for heel bone.  When you get a stress fracture in the heel bone, doctors c…

Today I went out for a run, but truthfully I wasn't really excited about it. It was cold, it was pouring rain, and I had a lot of stuff to do. I could have easily justified not putting on my running …

I just got a great question from a runner who had been using a thing called a dancer's pad. 

A dancer's pad is sometimes used to help an injury to these little bones under the big toe joint called th…

If you're a runner and you are listening to this, you probably have some kind of injury that's doing one of two things. 

Either it's keeping you completely off of your feet and you're not running at …

In this episode of the Doc On The Run Podcast we have a real treat for you. Kate is someone I met through the Grand Canyon R2R2R Run Group and she has an amazing story!

If you are not familiar with w…

I just got a call from an ultra-marathoner I have seen a number of times over the years. 

He is not a wimp. He's a tough guy. He's very smart. He knows his body really well, and he got what we suspec…

Imagine this scenario. You are out on a long run. You have been training hard for your race. But near the end of your run, your foot starts to ache a little bit.

The next day when you wake up, it hur…

Achilles tendinosis is one of the worst injuries you can get as an injured runner.  It is chronic, it's hard to get rid of, and the tendon feels noticeably different. 

The tendon gets thicker and it …

If the top of your foot hurts because you have extensor tenosynovitis, it can cause a lot of pain. But the condition is not complicated.

The extensor tendons run down across the top of your foot. The…

All of us want to get better when we have a running injury. 

We just want to run. But when you go to the doctor, things can start getting confusing.  The doctor may tell you what you need to do, but …

Any time you get a running injury you are facing a tremendous task. 

You might think that your job is to get help and heal the injuries quickly as possible. 

But that would only be partially correct.

If you are a runner who thinks you have a tendon tear, ligament tear or other overtraining injury, you may want an MRI. In fact, you may be convinced an MRI will give you a crystal clear picture of w…

I got a call recently from a runner with a torn plantar fascia. It was a unique situation, but truthfully really not that rare.

Any time you have an injury and you want to run, you have to make some …

Most runners understandably feel like a victim of an over-training injury.

They say something like, "Well, I was feeling strong, I was feeling ready for my race, I was really feeling great, and then …

Today's episode actually comes from a comment and a question sent in by one of the viewers of the Doc On The Run YouTube channel. 

This was Jean, wrote in and she said, 

"Hello, Dr. Segler. I had a f…

I was just talking to a runner over webcam who had been researching metatarsal stress fractures, but heard something about a "malunion" and knew that a fracture malunion was a really bad thing. 

He h…

Many years ago when I was first in practice, I met someone who was a doctor, and who was a runner herself. She liked to treat runners and she happened to make a lot of money. A whole lot of money!

I …

Today's episode comes from one of the YouTube viewers Doc On The Run YouTube channel who had watched one of the videos on fractures. He asked a great question.

This is from Saif. What he said was, 

"…

Today's episode actually comes from a question sent in by Melissa. 

She signed up for the Plantar Plate Masterclass and she asked a very specific question.

She asked:

Should I run with a pad for a pl…