Doc On The Run Podcast

This episode comes from a discussion I had recently with a recovering runner during a telemedicine visit. She was asking me what to do. 

She is stuck in a cycle of getting frustrated, she gets better…

I got a call from a runner who asked me about staying fit while training with a femoral neck stress fracture. What is interesting to me is that this person has seen a qualified sports medicine orthop…

Recently I was interviewed on a television program about telemedicine, who it helps and who it doesn't help. I do a lot of telemedicine visits with athletes.

Meeting with a doctor via telemedicine ca…

This episode comes from a question sent in by a runner who was listening to the Doc On The Run podcast. 

This is a runner who had an Achilles tendon issue and was recovering and getting back to runni…

I was just doing a telemedicine consult with a runner for a second opinion. He has so much pain in his foot he actually can't even walk on the foot, much less run on it.

One of the questions I asked …

A bunion deformity is a really common problem, and a bunion is when your big toe moves over and starts pushing against the second toe. Over time that can get bad enough that the big toe actually sits…

I just did a telemedicine call with a runner who had a very interesting complaint. This  was heel pain and heel pain in itself is not really interesting, because most of the people who get heel pain …

I was doing a telemedicine, second opinion consultation with an elite triathlete who got a stress fracture and this is actually a very common sort of discussion that I have with runners who schedule …

A question came up during a recent telemedicine visit I was doing with a runner who has hallux rigidus. He wanted to know whether or not it was a good idea or a bad idea to inject the big toe joint w…

This episode comes from a question sent in by one of the Doc On The Run Podcast listeners, and she wanted to know whether or not it was okay to jump rope if she has shin splints?

Well, the short answ…

I was just doing a telemedicine call with a runner with a long history of plantar fasciitis, that has not been getting better. She had been doing stretches, icing, and even an injection of corticoste…

Just this morning I was interviewed on a television program about telemedicine.  Since I have been doing telemedicine for a little more than 10 years they invited me to come on as an expert to talk a…

This episode comes from a discussion I just had with a runner during a telemedicine visit where I was helping her figure out a second opinion and what to do about her hallux rigidus. So she was very …

This episode comes from a discussion I just had with a runner during a telemedicine visit. This person brought up a great idea that really seemed like it would make a great episode and something that…

On this episode, we're just giving you a quick tip on how you can actually reduce some of the stress and strain on the plantar fascial ligament when you have plantar fasciitis and you want to keep ru…

The number one question I get on social media is can I run with this injury? 

So the problem with this is that whenever I get this question, whenever somebody says, "Can I run?" what's really never d…

I just got off a telemedicine second opinion call with a runner who thought she had a stress fracture. She got an MRI. Then her doctor said she has “fraying” of several plantar plate ligaments. She w…

Is there any proof that you don't have to stop running when you get a metatarsal stress response in your foot? 

A lot of doctors and patients are really confused about the differences between a stres…

When a runner gets an overtraining injury and goes to a doctor, the doctor’s only priority is healing the injured tissue. Most runners also think healing the injured tissue is the highest priority.

H…

I just got off a telemedicine call with a runner who wanted to know why she sometimes feel popping and clicking in the ball of the foot after she runs.

She saw a doctor and was diagnosed with a Morto…