Doc On The Run Podcast

I just got off a telemedicine call with an injured runner who has pain and swelling in her foot. We were on a recovering runner coaching call talking about all of the little things that can help you …

Today’s episode comes from a runner named Gordon who asked a question during a live webinar entitled “Am I Ready to Run? How to tell if its safe to start running again.” 

He asked, “Is it okay to run…

Every day, all day, I help injured runners get back to running. 

I have noticed runners consistently make crucial mistakes in each of the three phases of injury recovery. 

These are simple avoidable …

One of the biggest problems when you get a metatarsal stress fracture is deciding when it's safe for you to go to the next level of activity.

I just got a great question from a high school cross coun…

What does it mean when your doctor says you might be able to run in 3 weeks, depending on what your x-rays shows?

If your doctor guesses that in three weeks, you're going to have something appear on …

A runner broke her ankle and foot in five places and had surgery. She wrote in and wanted to know if she might run again: 

“I’m 34 years old. I had a bike accident 4 days ago. I broke my tibia bone a…

Everything about the process of training is inherently inspiring and aspirational. It is all positive, and with each step of the process we get the opportunity to make a conscious decision to move fo…

I was recently watching the Wizard of Oz with my kids.

There’s this one scene, where Glenda tells Dorothy that she already had has all the ability to get home. That all she has to do is click her hee…

There's nothing worse than being in a race, and you feel like your stomach is upset. You're sick to your stomach and you're keeping on pace, but then suddenly, because you literally have an upset sto…

Earlier today I was talking with a runner who felt some pain in her foot during a run yesterday. So she got worried she might have a metatarsal stress fracture in her foot. So she booked a consultati…

A partial rupture of the plantar fascia can be a truly debilitating injury for a runner.

It's much worse than plantar fasciitis. You take time off. It starts feel better. Then you run and it starts…

Whether you are conscious of it or not, when you are recovering from a running injury you are probably a little bit gun shy.

Every runner who has ever had to cancel a race or abandon a training pla…

Yesterday I was speaking to an ultra-marathoner who had a metatarsal fracture.  

Fortunately, the broken bone has been healing well and she's back to running. 

But during our discussion yesterday…

In the pursuit of any running goal you really are only in competition with yourself.

When you become injured, you immediately give yourself an underdog status.

You start to think about all of the…

Can you get faster by not running? 

Can get stronger by not working out?

If you're a runner and you’re listening to this my guess is that you're clear answer to both of those two questions is “NO!”

A…

Healing after a hard workout and recovering from a running injury are basically the same process.

But when a runner gets an over training injury everything goes sideways. 

We become confused about wh…

I was just invited to give a lecture at the International Foot & Ankle Foundation’s 42nd Seattle Seminar. I was asked to give a lecture entitled “Potential Complications of Returning Athletes Back to…

Your identity as a runner is crucial to your running goals. You cannot run a four hour marathon if you cannot imagine it, cannot visualize it and cannot believe it is possible.

You must believe to ac…

Sesamoid injuries can be serious and can keep injured runners running.

Sesamoids are small fragile bones and if they become inflamed and turn into a stress fracture they can crack, break and become p…