Doc On The Run Podcast

I just got off a telemedicine call with a runner and she asked me an interesting question, she said, "I just want to know, am I on the right track?”

When a runner calls me for a telemedicine visit, a…

Dr. Duane Scotti, host of the Healthy Runner podcast was one of the guest experts at the 2-Day Runner’s Rapid Recovery Summit. 

This replay is a recording of his session on Hip Pain in Runners is one…

I was just doing a telemedicine visit with a runner who needed a second opinion for a metatarsal stress fracture. 

She wanted to know if her healing timeline was accurate and if her estimate on getti…

If you're a runner who's been injured, recovering, and you feel like you're plateaued or you're not really getting anywhere, I have some very good news for you today. That's awesome! 

Most of the run…

Just for a moment I want you to imagine something. You made a decision to become a champion. And after years of continual effort and constant training you have won a World Championship.

Today you are…

One of the worst possible injuries you could get as a runner would be a rupture of the Achilles tendon.  

Because if you tear the Achilles, whether you have surgery to repair the Achilles tendon or…

Almost all runners who call me just need to take one step to change course. My job on that call is to help you identify and recognize the step you are missing.

Every run begins with one step. Right n…

This morning I was on a telemedicine call talking to a recovering runner, from my inner circle coaching private group. This guy was having some trouble and tenderness in his Achilles Tendon. 

We talk…

As an injured runner who wanted to run the worst piece of advice of I ever received from a doctor, was, “Go run and see how you feel.” 

Sometimes, we as doctors take what we think will work for most …

Earlier today, I was doing a telemedicine call with a runner who has been injured. She actually mentioned that she thought she might have started getting this injury back when the whole COVID shutdow…

"Time heals all wounds.”  Or at least that is the saying. 

The medically speaking I can tell you that is completely false when it comes to running injuries. It does take time to heal running injuri…

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about what is capsulitis in the big toe joint. Yesterday, I was seeing someone who is a long-time athlete and she had pain in the big toe joint and …

I just got a telemedicine call with a runner who had a question about neuroma treatment for somebody who likes to use minimalist shoes. And he had a really good question. 

He said he went and saw ano…

When pro runners get running injures, they get different treatment. 

Elite athletes and professional athletes all have, if not better medical care, they certainly have more consistent follow up, earl…

This past weekend, I was giving a lecture at a medical conference. It was the International Foot and Ankle Foundation Conference that was supposed to be in Las Vegas, but it ended up being an online …

The most difficult thing about being injured is not having a plan to follow.  

As Mark Spitz once said, “If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.” 

So if you're an injured runner and you're t…

I just got off a telemedicine call with a guy who has an Achilles tendon injury and called me specifically because he wanted me to do a PRP injection on his Achilles tendon.

This guy's a physician.…

I was just on a telemedicine call with a patient. We were doing a webcam call and she had been running on a trail, rolled her ankle, and had a really bad ankle sprain.

Her ankle was black and blue, s…