Doc On The Run Podcast

One of my favorite podcasts is called The Not Your Average Runner Podcast.

I recently sat down with Jill Angie, who hosts that show. 

Self-criticism heals no wounds!

When you have an injury, and you …

I get questions all the time on social media from people who want to know if they can run, and at the base of their question is really, how long does it take for some particular injury to heal?

There…

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

"I am 30 with medium arches. No prior injuries. 7 months ago I began having left med …

This episode comes from a question from one of the Doc On The Run YouTube channel viewers who wanted to know about “bilateral bipartite sesamoid bones” and what that really means. 

I get these kind o…

This episode comes from a question from a runner, who wanted to know what it means when calf muscles are tight and you have metatarsal stress fractures. 

He wrote in and said, "Hey doc, I meant to in…

I was just doing telemedicine visit with a runner who has a red, painful big toe joint. 

Gout is an accumulation of painful sharp crystals in the joint. 

Gout certainly can cause your big toe joint t…

The other day I was doing a telemedicine visit with a trail runner who asked me, "Which is better, soft or hard trail running shoes?"

If you're thinking about getting some new trail running shoes, yo…

A runner with pain under the big toe joint said she was told she had a problem with the sesamoid bones in her foot. 

The doctor said maybe it was sesamoiditis, or a sesamoid stress reaction or possib…

A plantar plate ligament sprain can cause aching pain in the ball of the foot when you run. 

Plantar plate sprains are caused by excess stress applied to the ligament at the base of the toe. 

If you …

Shin splints and tibial stress fractures can feel similar when you run.

Most runners understand there is a huge difference between shin splints and a tibial stress fractures. 

I recently did a teleme…

I was just doing a telemedicine call with a runner with a stress fracture, and he had a really interesting question. 

He said, "Look, I just really want to know if I really have a stress fracture bec…

Raynaud’s Phenomenon is an interesting condition in which spasms of small blood vessels cause changes in the skin color of the hands and feet. Raynaud’s phenomenon can also cause pain in the feet. Fo…

When you get any stage of Achilles injury and you're a runner, you're trying to figure out what you can do to get it to heal as quickly as possible. 

The biggest concern with runners when they have a…

There are the three forms of stress that can affect you and the injured tissue when you actually get back to running after you've been injured and you feel like you've recovered.

I was just recently …

Just a couple of days ago I was doing a telemedicine call with a runner who wanted to know what it meant to have “thinning of the plantar plate ligament on his MRI.

He asked, "What does ‘thinning’ re…

When you break down the goal of running a marathon, it really only has 3 key elements. 

You are crystal clear on the distance, the starting point and the end point. 

All you have to do to compete the…

Metatarsal stress fractures are one of the most common injuries in runners. Unfortunately for runners, 4 weeks to 6 weeks in a fracture walking it boot is the common recommendation from doctors.  

Pa…

This weekend, I was giving a lecture at a medical conference that was specific to running injuries. 

During the question and answer period, one of the physicians in the audience asked a completely va…

Think back to the last time you really remember getting a second wind. Maybe it was 2 miles into your fastest 5K. Maybe it was mile 18 or mile 22 of a marathon.

Just when you felt you really couldn’t…

A few minutes ago I was on a second opinion telemedicine call with runner who was told he had an MRI showing an “osteochondral defect.” 

The doctor told him to stop running.

If a joint surface gets d…