Doc On The Run Podcast

The worst thing you can do after you've been healing with a stress fracture is to re-injure the bone.

Obviously when that happens, you have a huge setback, you've just lost weeks of training, you're …

If you think about most of your runs, you do a warmup, you do the body of the workout, and then you do a cool down. 

One thing that is interesting is I have recently noticed a number of runners who h…

I get calls all day from people who do a lot of stuff and push the limits a little too far on the weekends. But if you do some simple things to accelerate your recovery right after those big running …

Once your injury is clearly improving, you will want to run. I know you want to run. You are runner!  I get it!

Many recovering runners blow it and get a set-back just because the very first run is t…

When you get a metatarsal stress fracture, and you want to get back to running, you have to make an assessment on how bad it really is. The only other options is to stick with the standard treatments…

Resting is not all healing. If you rest too much, you’ll get weaker. 

If you want to get back to running, as soon as you're healed, you need to do something to prevent all of the changes that can slo…

The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in your entire body, and if it gets injured, you've got a real problem. 

The Achilles tendon is what allows you to pull your heel up, off the ground, push of…

I received and email from a runner who wrote, “I ran today and my foot hurt when I ran. What should I do right now?" 

You want to take the quickest course of action that you can when you get an injur…

As an athlete I'm sure you know that it's important you believe you can accomplish your goal.

What's interesting to me is that many patients, many injured runners don't really think that much about h…

There are lots of things that you as an injured runner may hear in a doctor's office that really can be false evidence. Something that the doctor presents to you, that you then accept as fact. 

"All …

“First, do no harm.” This basic idea is at the foundation of medicine. Doctor’s are sworn to the Hippocratic Oath, and they want you to get better. Even if that means preventing you from harming your…

Two very common causes of foot pain in runners are neuroma and capsulitis. Some treatments help both conditions. But some treatments will only help one and not the other. 

If you have pain in the bal…

Running injuries aren't caused by running too much! 

Running injuries are caused by applying too much stress to specific structures when you're running on a slope or changing direction.

If you want t…

Which is more likely to cause an injury....running fast, or running slow?

Explosive speed workouts can put you at risk of injury. Running at your limit can put you at risk of injury. But believe it o…

Morton’s neuroma is a common cause of pain in the ball of the foot in runners. Doctors often tell runners to stop running when when they get a neuroma. 

But don’t be confused. Runners should always f…

Lots of running injuries are aggravated by bending of the toes. Plantar plate sprains, sesamoiditis, and Morton’s neuroma all get irritated when you bend the toes too much while you run. If you have …

When you get an over training injury, what happens? It's too much stress applied to one structure over too shorter time without enough recovery to actually let it fully heal before the next workout.

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Are your running shoes the best for your run today?

There are all kinds of running shoes, and they are all built for different runs, different foot types, and different runners. Every shoe has its pl…

Are your current running shoes putting you at risk for a stress fracture?

One common reason for too much bone stress is that a runner didn't have enough cushioning because they were using a shoe that…