Doc On The Run Podcast

A runner just asked a great question about when runners should get a plantar fasciitis injection so she can run.

If you've signed up for the Runner's Heel Pain Course, or you've listened to the podca…

Look, if you get injured, you're going to need help and if you want to maintain your running fitness and you really want to get back to running as quickly as possible, sometimes you've got to talk to…

I got a question during a telemedicine second opinion consultation with a runner over webcam.

He was worried that he had some fat pad atrophy in his foot and was getting heel pain as a consequence of…

This is a great question from one of the people I was just working with on a telemedicine visit.

Does running really make me nicer?

She actually said, "It's been really tough being injured, because i…

This is a great question from one of the YouTube viewers. 
Can I do calf raises with hallux rigidus?

He wanted to know whether or not calf raises might cause more damage to the big toe joint. He want…

This morning I was interviewed as a guest expert on a television program for a health and fitness segment. We were talking about how running shoes are really your only piece of injury protection equi…

This episode comes from a question actually from a YouTube comment on one of the plantar plate videos in there, on the Doc On The Run channel and the question was, "Can I do leg presses with a planta…

This episode comes from a podcast listener who is training for the High Lonesome 100 mile race.

Kate wrote in to ask:  

I rolled my foot at my child's field day. I heard a crunch and immediately saw …

I was speaking with a runner who had an over-training injury and she wanted a second opinion. And the reason she called was that she went to see a doctor and the doctor recommended a specific treatme…

This episode comes from a house call I just did with a runner who actually has some heel pain. It wasn't plantar fasciitis. 

Haglund's is a problem where you get inflammation and irritation at the ba…

I was just doing a telemedicine visit for a second opinion with a runner who's had a longstanding plantar plate sprain. These can be very frustrating injuries because if you don't treat them appropri…

What does Goldilocks and the Three Bears have to do with running shoes? 

This morning I was doing an interview for a television program explaining some basics about running shoe selection based on yo…

When you're recovering from a running injury, the most important thing you can track is your pain.

Changes in pain level is what tells you whether or not you should move from one activity level to th…

How is it that a runner can actually have a stress fracture that was never even broken in the first place? 

Well, this is a real-world situation that I had with a runner who called me for a second op…

The number one question I get on social media from runners, whether it's a direct message or an email, or even a comment on a YouTube video is:

"My doctor said I can't run. Is it okay for me to run m…

This episode comes from a medical conference last week.

I was asked to give a couple of different lectures on running injuries at the International Foot and Ankle Foundation meeting in Sonoma, Califo…

No runner wants pain. 

However, when injured and trying to recover, pain is actually one of the most useful tools at your disposal.

I often tell injured runners and doctors at medical conferences som…

This episode comes from a lecture I was giving at a medical conference just last week.

One of the lectures was on the differences between stress response, stress reaction, and stress fractures in ath…

There is no hope on a downward slope. 

I know that sounds really negative and terrible, but it's true.  

A recovering runner recently called for a called me for a second opinion telemedicine visit. H…

In the last week alone I had telemedicine calls with two different runners with different types of stress fractures who asked what it means when they have no pain, but an MRI that "shows a stress fra…