Doc On The Run Podcast

Just this morning, I was on a second opinion call with a runner who had an issue.

He said, “It is only going to take a few minutes. I would not even use the entire time because I have a simple proble…

Every time a runner calls me who signs up for a consultation and they want a second opinion, they have already seen a doctor and they are often very frustrated. 

They are very frustrated because they…

One of the most common injuries I see in runners is a stress fracture. 

All overtraining injuries in runners are stress induced injuries and a stress fracture of course implies too much stress applie…

Anything the runners does to heal faster will get the runner back to running faster.

Even simple things you can do at home can help change the course of an injury.

On of the oldest treatments for mus…

Runners who have rolled their ankle often have trouble figuring out when to get back to running. 

Mostly they seem to be worried about a subtle fracture or delayed ligament healing.

If you think it i…

I know if you call me for a consultation, it is not because you want to talk to me because you watched a YouTube video or listened to a podcast, it is because you have a race and everybody else is te…

I recently posted an episode that was talking about four different kinds of stress and strain that can be applied to the plantar plate ligament that might slow down the healing of that little bitty l…

If you have a pain in the ball of the foot, underneath the base of the toes, that is right where your fat pad cushioning is located. 

There is a lot of misunderstanding about what fat pad atrophy rea…

I know I talk a lot about how necessary it is to reduce the stress and strain on the plantar plate ligament when you are a runner, especially if you are trying to get ready for a race while healing. …

I am going to make a statement and see if you agree with me. 

“Rest is bad, and exercise is good.” 

Do you agree? 

Almost every runner who calls me for a second  opinion consultation has been injured…

I was just on a call with an injured runner who has been healing from a plantar plate sprain. If you have had one of these, you know they're problematic. 

The thing was that he asked me a question th…

Let me ask you to read 4 words and see how they land on you.

Skinny, weak, atrophy, neglect. 

As a runner, would you want any of those words used to describe you?

When the fat pad cushion between the…

I was just giving a lecture at the 46th annual International Foot & Ankle foundation meeting at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.

A foot surgeon in the audience asked a great question during the…

I was recently working with a runner who had really bad sesamoid issues.

She was taping it to try to decrease some of the motion around the big toe joint that could have been irritating the sesamoid …

I was on a call with a runner, and he has had a long history of plantar plate trouble. He had a whole bunch of different treatments, done time in a fracture walking boot and then got worse when he st…

If you get an aching pain under the big toe joint, it might be an injury to one of the two little bones called the sesamoid bones. 

The sesamoid bone injuries make me super nervous. If you are a runn…

I was just on a second opinion call with a runner. He is a triathlete, and he has had a long course of foot trouble. He was diagnosed with a plantar plate injury, but was not getting better. 

We figu…

If you get a sesamoid fracture, you are probably worried. This is a scary injury if you are a runner. 

Since stretching is one of the main components of physical therapy after many running injuries, …

One of the most difficult running injuries is a plantar plate injury. 

I know, because I have had a plantar plate sprain myself. 

Plantar plate sprains are really frustrating because the plantar plat…