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#147 How much stress reduction does your foot need to heal and run?

Any over-training running injury is caused by too much stress applied to that one structure. Once it starts to heal and you are trying to return to running, you have to keep the overall amount of stress applied to that one healing structure low enough so it can continue to heal even while you ramp up your activity.

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#146 Why injured runners should avoid out and back runs

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we’re talking about why injured runners should avoid the out and back. In this episode we’re going to talk about why injured runners should really avoid out and back runs. Right now I’m training for an ultra marathon. Of course, that means that I have to run […]

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#143 How a marathon mindset can predispose you to injury.

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast we’re talking about how a marathon mindset can predispose you to injury. For runners there are really only two types of running injuries. A traumatic injury happens as result of some accident. It might be that you roll your ankle or you trip and fall. You cannot […]

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#142 The One Goal when you have a running injury.

Today on the Doc on the Run Podcast, we’re talking about the one goal you should have when you get a running injury. There is really only one goal you need to have when you get a running injury. Now just this week, I was speaking at the International Foot & Ankle Foundation meeting in […]

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#138 Fracture in the ball of the foot. Getting back to running with Coach Craig Moss

Today on the Doc on the Run podcast, we’re talking about a fracture in the ball of the foot and what it takes to get back to running with Coach Craig Moss.

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#137 There is no accidental healing for running injuries

You get a running injury because you made a mistake in over-training. You tripped over something. You did just a little too much in your workout. Something went wrong. It was an accident.

But healing does not happen by accident. Healing a running injury has to be intentional, just like your training.

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#136  If you’re not moving, you’re actually getting more injury-prone

If you got an over-training injury from running, and you’re not moving, you are even more likely to have another over-training injury when you resume running.

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#135 Runners fast forward healing

Faster means “faster.” It means making decisions quicker. Forward means you and your doctor are making decisions more frequently so you can shorten the recovery time and make it to your next race.

So how does that really work?

Runners fast forward healing today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

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#133 Last week’s healing won’t heal you today.

How does healing change on a weekly basis? Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we’re talking about how last week’s healing won’t heal a running injury today.

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#132 Why runners heal faster.

If you get a running injury, you can draw strength from your running fitness. The same process that builds your running fitness primes your physiology to heal faster.

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