Doc On The Run Podcast

One of the most useless obsessions I witness in runners is to focus on the grade a doctor uses to label the stress fracture. 

You should care if you can run, you should care if you can work out, you …

Ibuprofen is a very popular medication among runners. I have seen ibuprofen tablets scattered on the course at every marathon and triathlon I have ever done. 

Runners take it when they have aches and…

If you are a runner, it is critical that you do not lose your running fitness while waiting for a stress fracture to heal. Because that puts you at risk of getting another stress fracture once you ha…

After you recover from a stress fracture and you are getting back to running, there really are some details you have to pay attention to if you want to avoid a re-injury. 

The name of the game is inc…

When you get a metatarsal stress fracture from running, if you get a crack in the bone, it will eventually start to heal.

If you keep exercising, walking, running, doing elliptical training, and you …

Metatarsal stress fractures are something I talk about a lot because they are one of the most common reasons a runner has to stop running. 

One of the reasons you would stop running is that you do no…

If you get an aching pain in your foot when you are running, and it turns out it is a metatarsal stress fracture, you are not alone. Stress fractures are extremely common. 

But the last thing that yo…

One of the most common causes of foot pain in runners is a metatarsal stress fracture. 

Most of the runners who get a metatarsal stress fracture, complain of an aching pain in the middle, on top of t…

Today's episode comes from a comment posted on one of the videos on the Doc On The Run YouTube channel.

This was on the video that this person watched. It was called, “Can I still run after I heal a …

Today's episode actually comes from a comment posted on a video on the Doc On The Run YouTube channel. That specific video was entitled "Best Exercise for Plantar Plate Sprain in Runners."

“Hi Doc, a…

Today's episode comes from a comment posted on a video on the Doc On The Run YouTube channel.

He posted a comment, and he said:

“This happened to me, I got a stress fracture on my right foot in the t…

Tibial stress fractures can be serious, and seriously frustrating if you don't treat them appropriately and aggressively.

Today's episode from a question on one of the Doc On The Run YouTube videos. …

If you have a second metatarsal stress fracture, and you want to stop stressing the second metatarsal, so it can heal faster, you must take stress off that bone. 

If you apply more pressure to all me…

One of the most common runners’ injuries I see for second opinion is a plantar plate sprain. 

A plantar plate sprain happens usually on the bottom of the second toe. It is a little bitty ligament tha…

The navicular bone isn't a big bone, but is a critically important one. A fracture of the navicular is one of the most frightening things that I see in runners. 

If you get a navicular stress fractur…

I get lots of questions from injured runners about stress fractures. 

As a consequence, one of the most common questions I get is, "How long before I can run if I get a second metatarsal stress fract…

Today on the Doc on the Run podcast, we're talking with Dr. Ralph Gonzalez about running UTMB Mont Blanc after recovering from a plantar plate sprain and Achilles tendinosis.

Specifically, he's here …