A few minutes ago I was on a second opinion telemedicine cal with runner who was told he had an MRI showing an “osteochondral defect.”
The doctor told him to stop running.
If a joint surface gets damage, you may develop a little soft-spot called an “osteochondral defect.”
Just because you have an osteochondral defect, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have to stop running, but you do need to figure out whether or not it’s actually a problem that could get worse if you don’t address it.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we’re talking about osteochondral defects in runners.
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A runner with a stress fracture just called me for a phone consultation.
He was concerned because he got an X-ray and saw a bulge in the bone.
The question was whether or not this bulging area of healing bone in the stress fracture was a good thing or a bad thing.
More than anything else he just wanted to know if the lump of bone on the x-ray was an indication that it was okay to start running.
Sometimes a lump of bone on your x-ray is good thing, but sometimes a bad thing.
Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we’re talking about whether or not a bulge in your metatarsal bone on an x-ray of a stress fracture tells you if it is healed enough to start running.
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Is there a difference in healing time when there is a crack in the bone visible on x-ray, compared to when a runner has a “stress fracture” with no visible crack on x-rays.
What do you think?
Would it take less time to return to running if you have a stress fracture with no crack visible on an x-ray than if you do actually have a crack visible on an x-ray?
The answer surprised many doctors a medical conference where I as just lecturing and it may surprise you, too.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we’re talking about how long it takes to heal stress reaction vs stress fracture in a runner.
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Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we’re talking about the only 2 reasons you should get an x-ray for a metatarsal stress fracture. If you are runner and you started having pain your foot and you concerned you have a metatarsal stress fracture, you may think you need to get an x-ray of […]
View Details »Subscribe: iTunes | Android Today on the Doc On The Run podcast were talking about how x-rays show metatarsal fracture healing. I want to remind you that if you have a running injury question that you would like answered as an episode of the Doc On The Run Podcast you can send it to me […]
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