#694 Andrea ran 3:09 in the Tokyo Marathon with calcaneal stress fracture!

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we’re talking with Andrea, and she just ran the Tokyo Marathon in three hours and nine minutes.     I know for most people, they’re going to think, “Wow, that’s really fast. That’s pretty impressive.” But what’s really impressive is that she actually did it with a […]

#679 Is stretching safe with a calcaneal stress fracture?

A runner with a calcaneal stress fracture has a problem. So we got on a call.

The problem with calcaneal stress fractures is not healing. The heel bone “heals” fast!

Runners with calcaneal stress fractures really have 2 problems:

1. How do I let the heel bone heal fast

2. How can I fix the scarring that happens during step 1?

I was recently doing a call with a real runner who had a calcaneal stress fracture. She was having some issues because she was returning to running. The problem was not the heel bone.

She noticed a lot of stiffness and irritation around the ankle joint, because she’d been immobilized and off of the foot for quite a long time. Anytime you use a boot or crutches, you get lots of indiscriminate scarring. You can’t run unless you fix that.

Is stretching safe with a calcaneal stress fracture?

Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

#665 Is fracture boot best for calcaneal stress fracture?

A calcaneal stress fracture is a terrible injury.

What is a calcaneal stress fracture?

“Calcaneus” is the medical term for heel bone. When you get a stress fracture in the heel bone, doctors call it a calcaneal stress fracture. When you run with a calcaneal stress fracture there is a risk the bone can actually shatter and break apart.

That obviously would be bad.

But there are three really interesting facts about the heel bone that you should think about.

Is a fracture walking boot the best thing when you have a calcaneal stress fracture?

Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

#537 Runner’s heel pain that might be plantar fasciitis or insertional Achilles tendinitis

Today’s episode actually comes from something I read in one of the running forums where someone actually was saying that they were confused. They had been to see a couple of different doctors and had a couple of different recommendations because they had heel pain. The heel pain was in a little bit of an unusual area, the heel pain wasn’t exactly on the bottom, the heel pain wasn’t exactly on the back and it was sort of in the middle, right at the back of the heel where it curves around and they wanted to know what to do. Is it plantar fasciitis or insertional Achilles tendonitis? That’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run podcast.