Doc On The Run Podcast

When you are sick or injured, you may feel like you are helpless. 

You think you can’t run.

You think you can’t build your running body. 

You think that you can’t do anything to help the situation. 

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Many runners seem to be surprised when they get an overtraining injury.

However, once we start talking about the injury, they almost always know something is wrong days or weeks before they actually …

Every time you go out for a run you deliberately damage the muscles, tendons, bones and ligaments just enough to stimulate healing response that makes them stronger.

An overtraining injury is nothing…

If you are runner trying to get down to your race weight, you may be considering a new diet.

If you are a runner trying to build more muscle, or build tissue faster after workouts to recover faster, …

Fracture walking boots are over-prescribed and often worn for way too long by many injured runners.

Nobody who's a runner wants to be injured or wants to have to wear a fracture walking boot. 

It's r…

Running injuries are not random. 

Over training injuries are actually very predictable.

Runners get injured as a result of too much stress, applied at the wrong time.

Certain life circumstances can c…

Endurance athletes are uniquely prone to self-sabotage. 

Ironically the destruction rises out of the very skill that lends us the strength to finish a race like a marathon.

Success comes from being s…

Destination races hold a lot of appeal. Awe inspiring scenery. Amazing cultural experiences. Fast, flat courses.

We spend countless hours and significant sums of money just getting to some of these d…

Every runner in training tracks progress to monitor for improvement. 

Heart rate, wattage, mileage, pace, and perceived exertion are all commonly tracked by athletes in training.

So many athletes pre…

A torn plantar plate can be one of the most frustrating injuries for a runner.

A runner who has been following many of the suggestions regarding ways to reduce the stress and strain on the plantar pl…

A runner and a listener to the podcast recently sent in a question regarding how long it takes to heal an old fracture versus a new fracture.

There are many risk factors for developing problems with …

I recently got  a question from a runner with a partial tear of the plantar fascia who asked,

"I am struggling with a partial tear - going on 6 months of pain with running.I’ve tried everything - PT,…

Is there a difference in healing time when there is a crack in the bone visible on x-ray, compared to when a runner has a “stress fracture” with no visible crack on x-rays.

What do you think?

Would i…

Oxidative stress is something that normally occurs in all runners.

But we know free radicals and the consequences of an imbalance of oxidative stressors can delay tissue healing.

Anytime you have an …

When you decide to sign up for a race, you start training. 

You follow a specific plan that you know will get you stronger and stronger, day-by-day.

You make a plan to get to your race, prepared to a…

If you're a runner and you get injured, you're certainly going to be bummed out, and it is really, really easy to get frustrated.

In my experience when working with injured runners when I do consulta…

Stress fractures are a common overtraining injury in runners.

But if you want to run on a stress fracture, you better be sure that choice is not going to ruin your ability to run in the future.

You h…

If you get a stress fracture your first question is probably whether not you can just keep running.

Before you can answer that question, you have to figure out whether or not the particular stress fr…

Shin splints are a common overtraining injury among runners. That aching pain in the front of the leg can be really annoying.

Some common questions from runners with shin splints are…

Can I run with …