Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we’re talking about sesamoid stress reactions and the expected healing time. I got a question from an injured runner, and she wants to know about the amount of time it takes to heal a stress reaction in the sesamoid bone in your foot. Sesamoid bones […]
View Details »If you get a sesamoid fracture, you are probably worried. This is a scary injury if you are a runner.
Since stretching is one of the main components of physical therapy after many running injuries, you may think about stretching and why it might help your injury recover faster.
What is the single most important stretch if you are a runner who has had a sesamoid fracture?
Well, that is what we are talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
View Details »Today I got a question from a doctor who wanted to know what I would do with a runner after surgery to remove non-healing sesamoid fractures in both feet.
You have two sesamoid bones under the big toe joint in each foot. When one of them develops a stress fracture, it can break.
If it breaks into two pieces, it can be very difficult to get the broken sesamoid to heal completely.
If it doesn’t heal, becomes arthritic and turns into what we as doctors call a “sesamoid fracture non-union” your doctor may recommend surgery to take it out.
Today on the Doc on the Run Podcast, we’re talking about what to think about when a doctor is trying to rehabilitate a runner after tibial sesamoid non-union removal surgery in both feet.
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