Doc On The Run Podcast

A few days ago I was doing a phone consultation for a patient who had a fracture in his fifth metatarsal. I was trying to help him understand how important it is to reduce inflammation to speed heali…

Discipline is the difference between choosing what you want now and what you want most.

The problem with discipline is that most runners often seem to perceive discipline and hard work are synonymous…

My ankles pop and click all the time. They have for years. I am going to help you understand whether or not you might have subluxing peroneal tendons and whether or not it’s a problem.

If you think y…

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we’re talking about peroneus longus tendonitis, and what runners can do about it.

Whenever I do consultations for runners who have peroneal tendinitis, they seem t…

In the earlier episodes we explained that peroneal tendinitis is just inflammation of one of two tendons on the outside of your ankle: peroneus brevis and peroneus longus. In most runners these are o…

If you are listening to this, you’re probably a runner and you probably also have pain on the outside of your ankle. You may have already been to see a doctor, or you may just be trying to figure thi…

I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Runner’s Connect to contribute my thoughts on peroneal tendinitis in runners. This live recording was part of the 4-Day Injury Prevent Summit where Ru…

In Part 1 of our series on Achilles tendinitis we talked about how runners with mild forms of Achilles tendon injuries can decrease the inflammation, decrease the stress and tension on the Achilles …

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we’re talking about how runners with Achilles tendinitis skip the doctor visit and keep running.

The Achilles tendon is the biggest tendon in the body. So when the…

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we’re talking with legendary orthopedic surgeon Kevin Stone, M.D. about runner’s knee and knee preservation strategies for runners.

Dr. Stone gets invited to trave…

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we’re talking about what a runner should do if you’re worried the pain under the big toe joint might be a sesamoid stress fracture.

Sesamoid stress fractures may …

Summer has a dirty little Secret…

If you get injured and wander into the hospital in the summer months you are more likely to end up with a bad result. Believe it or not, statistically, you are even …

If you’re a runner, the chances are good at some point in your running career you have had an aching, throbbing sensation in the front of your shins. And chances are also good if you talk to your run…

Is over-resting slowing your recovery? It might be. Sitting still is a killer for athletes. Not only does it bum you out, but a long period of immobilization can actually increase your chances of hav…

Let's face it, the primary tool used by runners are running shoes. Although we often think about heart rate monitors, GPS watches and all sort of fancy fabrics for our running clothes, nothing will a…

Whether you’re training for your first 5K, a half-marathon, Ironman triathlon or 100 mile ultramarathon, you have to put in lots of miles. To keep logging miles, increasing your speed and building yo…

This week I was invited to lecture on Runners Heel: Pearls for Podiatric Physicians at the International Foot & Ankle Foundation Meeting at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.

The atte…

The very first step in healing a plantar plate sprain is to make sure that you don't make the condition worse. Because it's a tiny little ligament and it's easy to make it worse!

In many cases you ca…