#951 Can a percutaneous tenotomy for mallet toe cause plantar plate injury in a runner?

Can a percutaneous tenotomy surgery cause a plantar plate injury? Well, good question and that is what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.     I often get some questions that I never would have imagined you guys might think of, but I did get one from a runner who […]

#943 Does a mallet toe lead to plantar plate sprain in a runner?

Does a mallet toe lead to a plantar plate sprain in runners? Well, that is a good question and that is what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.     I often get questions about plantar plate injuries in runners, and this is a very common topic at medical conferences […]

#567 Can a mallet toe cause a plantar plate injury?

I just did a web-cam call with a runner who had a thing called a “mallet toe” deformity. He had pain in the ball of the foot when running.

He said he was reading about plantar plate sprains, and thought, “Maybe I have a plantar plate sprain because I got this funky toe.”

He wanted to know if a mallet toe could cause a plantar plate injury.

Can a mallet toe cause a plantar plate injury?

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