Running injury self-diagnosis and self-treatment. Strategies for rapid recovery of
running injuries.
If you're a runner with a running injury, you need to listen up.
The biggest problem with running injuries is not that you have a broken bone, not that you have a sprained ankle, and not that you ha…
I was recently doing a presentation about how runners go wrong.
They know all of this stuff about training, running biomechanics, running form and nutrition. And that's not enough.
Runners still get…
This episode comes from Amanda who wanted to know how to tell the difference between contact dermatitis and athlete's foot.
It's summertime, she's been running, her feet sweat a lot, and she noticed…
This episode actually comes from a visit with a runner where I was asked to check her foot.
This runner happens to also be a physician.
She assumed that she was having plantar fasciitis because she…
I know blisters are not really an exciting topic.
But I can tell you one thing for sure, if you're running a marathon and you get a blister, it is going to wreck your performance.
You cannot perfor…
I just spoke with a runner during a telemedicine visit who has been having some pain that is flaring up in a couple of different workouts.
He's now a little worried that he's going to wind up with so…
Today's episode comes from a recent group coaching call for recovering runners. All of the runners on these calls have been injured and they're getting back to running, and today's call will help you…
I had a recent group coaching call for recovering runners, and the main point of this episode is that you've got to do more frequent follow-up. Even if you manage that follow-up recovery process on y…
This episode comes from a live group coaching call where recovering runners get to ask me anything they want.
Today on the doc on the run podcast we're talking about whether or not you can get a stre…
Today's episode comes from a live Q&A. We hold these sessions for runners enrolled in the self-diagnosis courses, and those in group coaching sessions, who just want to make sure that they're staying…
This episode actually comes from a recent live Q&A I did with recovering injured runners and during these calls you can come on and you can ask me anything that you want about your specific situation…
I recently did an episode where I was talking about the causes of black toenails in runners after long runs, and I got a lot of comments and questions about, "Well, what should I do?"
We did talk abo…
I just had a discussion with a runner during a telemedicine second opinion.
She rolled her ankle and went to the emergency room. They gave her a brace to stabilize the ankle and an ACE wrap to compre…
Today's episode comes from a discussion during a recent television fitness segment interview where I was actually asked about black toenails in runners.
If you've been running for a long time, undoub…
This was a great question from a runner enrolled in the metatarsal stress fracture course. She wanted to know whether or not a bone stimulator would really be helpful.
Can a bone stimulator help a s…
I was just on a telemedicine call with a recovering runner. He asked me about different forms of training that he could do to maintain his running fitness, while he fully healed the injury.
He asked …
This episode actually comes from one of the live Q&As I did with course members who are actually enrolled in courses like the Plantar Plate Sprain Course for Runners or the Metatarsal Stress Fracture…
This is a question sent in by a listener to the Doc On The Run Podcast and this is someone who's had a stress fracture, and it's now turned into what the doctor called a delayed union.
She said, "My …
The anti-inflammatory medications you can get over the counter at the pharmacy do a great job at decreasing musculoskeletal healing, but there is a little bit of a problem.
There's some research that…
I was just having a discussion with a runner about the things that she could do to accelerate her running injury recovery.
She has been yo-yoing through a cycle or workouts and short runs when she fe…