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.
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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.
The Walk-Run Routine is likely the most overprescribed and least understood plan for returning to running after an overtraining injury like a metatarsal stress fracture for a plantar plate sprain.
But the commutative forces that result from that specific routine may put your foot at unnecessary risk of re-injury. Understanding how and why those unique stresses happen may help you make better decisions about your first few runs after you feel your stress fracture or plantar plate sprain has healed enough to resume running.
Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we’re talking about the worst thing about walk run routine after running injury.
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If you are a runner who has an overtraining injury like a metatarsal stress fracture or a plantar plate sprain, you are probably doing everything you can to keep the rest of your running body strong, while that one injured part heals. Kettlebell workouts can be a great way to maintaining strength, even if you have a running injury. But, you have to pay close attention to form and technique. Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we’re talking about Kettlebell mistakes and modifications for injured runners.
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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 »How long before I can start running after a plantar plate sprain? Well, that is what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast. One of the most common runners’ injuries that I see as a second opinion is when people call me, and they have a plantar plate sprain. […]
View Details »Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we’re talking with Dr. Ralph Gonzalez about running UTMB Mont Blanc after recovering from a plantar plate sprain and Achilles tendinosis. Specifically, he’s here to talk about his path from injury to crossing the finish line at UTMB Question #1 How did you first […]
View Details »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 […]
View Details »Which is better, running more or doing exercises that make you stronger like planks, push-ups, and burpees? Well, that is a great question and that is what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast. When you have a plantar plate injury, it can be frustrating because you have got […]
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.
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