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 […]
View Details »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 […]
View Details »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.
View Details »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 ligament in runners.
I got a couple of questions about that and one of them was specifically about how to tell whether or not that is really a problem and one person wanted to know if they had a dropped metatarsal if that might be contributing to this issue of compressive stress.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we’re talking a little bit more about compressive stress on the plantar plate ligament in runners.
View Details »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 plate is a very small ligament. It takes very little to aggravate or stress the plantar plate, to irritate it, to stretch it, strain it, or injure it further when you are running.
I had a patient who asked a really interesting question. He said:
“Should I expect to have pain as soon as I start running?”
I basically said, “Well, if you do, you are doing it wrong, because if you are having pain, you are stretching and straining the ligament in the way that is predictably going to re-injure it.”
Should I expect to have some pain when I return to running after healing a plantar plate sprain?
Great question and that is what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
View Details »I know. You don’t want plantar plate surgery.
But if your plantar plate ligament doesn’t repair itself, or your doctor doesn’t help it repair itself, you might get talked into surgery.
If you have plantar plate repair surgery, you may spend a lot less time running over the weeks following surgery…because you have to let it heal.
There are really three mistakes that I see runners make when they’ve had a plantar plate injury. This episode will help you avoid them.
What are 3 big mistakes runners make that lead to plantar plate surgery?
Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
View Details »There are three ways that a doctor might convince you that it’s really time to have surgery and fix that plantar plate ligament that’s been making you miserable when you’ve been trying to run.
To you, it may not seem that bad. It kind of aches. It kind of swells. It kind of bugs you. But then the doctor suddenly says, “Look, it’s not getting better, let’s have surgery.”
Well, how does the doctor convince you that it’s time for surgery? What are the things a doctor does, that might actually lead you to believe that it really is time to have surgery?
What are the three ways that a doctor might convince you that you need surgery if you’re a runner with a plantar plate injury?
Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
View Details »Most of the runners I see who have pain in the ball of the foot from a plantar plate sprain rarely start out with a completely torn plantar plate tear.
More often, runners ignore the pain from the plantar plate sprain and it evolves into a full thickness plantar plate tear.
Surgery is only needed when the plantar plate is torn in such a way that the plantar plate ligament cannot be expected to heal without surgery.
But there are some mistakes that could lead a runner to the operating room.
Plantar plate surgery is a failure to act quickly.
That’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
View Details »I recently did a consultation with a runner who had gotten a plantar plate injury. He had been getting better by using some of the tricks I teach in the Plantar Plate Course For Runners.
He got better, he was protecting it, he reduced the stress and strain on the ligament, and he got back to running. He was doing great.
But then he had a setback when he went to the synagogue. He was dressed up and wearing some fancy dress shoes, and he started to get plantar plate pain again.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we’re talking about how dress shoes with a long toe box can actually work as a lever against your plantar plate.
View Details »If you’re a runner with a plantar plate sprain, I can understand why you’re frustrated.
You have some minor vague aching pain in the ball of the foot, and you’re trying to get back to running, but you’re getting lots of conflicting advice.
In my experience, it’s very rare that a runner gets a plantar plate injury from what I call “overtraining.”
Plantar plate ligaments don’t get sprained because you ran way too much, or ran too many miles. It doesn’t really happen that way. But they do get injured by workouts designed to support your running fitness.
What are three running drills that might lead to a plantar plate sprain?
Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
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