1032 Plantar Plate Sprain in Triathletes: Real Strategy Call With a Former Pro

A former professional triathlete and current coach discusses how he’s managing a painful plantar plate sprain while trying to maintain fitness during a real strategy call with Dr. Christopher Segler.

#1025 Understanding Plantar Plate Stress vs Strain vs Sprain in Healing Runners

Plantar plate pain in runners can be confusing. Learn the critical differences between stress, strain, and
sprain so you can make smarter decisions, protect your foot, and keep running without making the
injury worse.

#1011 Which weekday is best to add workouts for injured runners

This morning I was on a webcam call with a runner who had healed a fracture and started running again. He has been running every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with cross-training in between.

Now he is ready to add a fourth running workout to his weekly training schedule.

The question is:

“What day of the week is best to add an additional run, because I want to make sure I don’t overload the healing tissue and re-injure it.”

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we’re talking about which weekday is best to add workouts for injured runners.

#1008 Why runners get re-injured 1 to 2 months into healing

This morning I was on a consultation call with a runner at 4:30 a.m. and he’s been suffering from a plantar plate injury. But he’s been doing pretty well. He actually just finished his first run!

Now, what I asked him about was his plan for his next run. What he said, made me uneasy.

It seemed risky, and I started kind of squirming as he was describing his plan to me. It wasn’t really a bad plan. It wasn’t really a crazy plan. But based on all the experience I have working with injured runners, I knew it was riskier than it needed to be.

And this is why I decided to record this episode. Because it happens to almost every injured runner! So don’t let it happen to you!

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we’re talking about why runners get re-injured one to two months into healing.

#975 53 year-old runner with plantar plate sprain advice?

A 53-year-old runner with plantar plate sprain asked me for some generic advice. That’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.     Today’s episode actually comes from a comment posted on a video on the Doc On The Run YouTube channel. That specific video was entitled Best Exercise for […]

#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 […]

#927 Icing or NSAID’s better for an inflamed plantar plate in a runner?

Which is better for an inflamed plantar plate in a runner who wants to run? Icing, cryotherapy, NSAIDs, which one is going to help the most? Well, great question and that is what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.     The injury to the plantar plate is at the […]

#917 How does chronic hyperextension lead to plantar plate injury?

Today on the Doc on the Run podcast, we’re talking about how hyper extension can lead to a plantar plate injury.     If you are a runner, and you have pain in the ball of the foot, and you have self-diagnosed or been diagnosed with a plantar plate sprain, you probably already realize you […]

#910 How does chronic synovitis lead to plantar plate injury?

How does chronic synovitis lead to plantar plate injury? Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.     I was recently talking with a runner who had a plantar plate injury.  One of the things we were talking about was managing the inflammation in the joint where you […]

#902 Can I massage the foot with plantar plate sprain

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 musculoskeletal injury, and one any runner can do themselves, is massage.

A runner on webcam just asked me whether or not it might help her plantar plate injury recover faster. The short answer is:

Yes, massage can help as along as you do not injure the plantar plate ligament further in the process.

How does massage really help when you have an injury? Yes, there are a couple of ways massage can help, as long as that massage does not make the injury worse.

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we’re talking about the good and bad, or the risk vs benefits of massage with a plantar plate sprain.