Episodes

Monday Feb 03, 2025
The 2 worst things about inflammation with a stress fracture
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
When you get a stress fracture, the main thing you are trying to do is figure out how bad it is.
How much does it hurt?
How can you get it to heal as quickly as possible?
Although inflammation is an important part of the healing process, it can be very disruptive to two parts of your process of getting back to running.
What are the two worst things about inflammation when you have a stress fracture?
Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

Friday Jan 31, 2025
2 questions that prove your stress fracture grading is useless
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
One of the most useless obsessions I witness in runners is to focus on the grade a doctor uses to label the stress fracture.
You should care if you can run, you should care if you can work out, you should care if you have to sit around in a fracture walking boot and do nothing.
Most of the time runners call me and they are trying to get an answer from me on what they can do, I know their stress fracture grading is useless.
The reason for that is because I just asked two questions based on it and if you ask your doctor these same two questions, it will help you figure out whether or not you can start working out sooner.
Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we're talking about two questions that prove to me your stress fracture grading is useless.

Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
The only time a runner with a stress fracture should take ibuprofen
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Ibuprofen is a very popular medication among runners. I have seen ibuprofen tablets scattered on the course at every marathon and triathlon I have ever done.
Runners take it when they have aches and pains, or to get through races, but I can tell you that there is only one valid reason to take ibuprofen.
To me, the only time a runner with a stress fracture should take ibuprofen is when you have what I call a non-skippable race.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about the only time a runner with a stress fracture should take ibuprofen.

Monday Jan 27, 2025
6 step stress fracture framework simplified
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
If you are a runner, it is critical that you do not lose your running fitness while waiting for a stress fracture to heal. Because that puts you at risk of getting another stress fracture once you have recovered and start running again.
I am always trying to think about a way that I can simplify the explanations of what I do with runners when they call me because they are not getting better after a period of being in a fracture walking boot for way too long.
There are really six steps that I follow.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about my six-step stress fracture framework.

Friday Jan 24, 2025
2 most dangerous parts of a run with a stress fracture
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
After you recover from a stress fracture and you are getting back to running, there really are some details you have to pay attention to if you want to avoid a re-injury.
The name of the game is increasing your activity to the point that your metatarsal stress fracture can withstand the stresses you are applying to it.
What are the two most dangerous parts of a run when you have a stress fracture?
Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
MRI or X-Ray for large stress fracture callus remodeling?
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
When you get a metatarsal stress fracture from running, if you get a crack in the bone, it will eventually start to heal.
If you keep exercising, walking, running, doing elliptical training, and you are aggravating the fracture at all, the bone callus will get larger.
Over time, the bone callus will remodel, and that lump will get thinner. The lump of bone will get smaller.
But if you are having pain because you have a huge lump of bone in your foot, at some point you might want to take a look at it with medical imaging.
Should I get an MRI or an X-ray when I have a large bone callus after a stress fracture, and I want to assess the callus remodeling?
Well, great question and that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

Monday Jan 20, 2025
What is plastic deformation of a metatarsal stress fracture in a runner?
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Metatarsal stress fractures are something I talk about a lot because they are one of the most common reasons a runner has to stop running.
One of the reasons you would stop running is that you do not want something called "plastic deformation" of the healing metatarsal.
What is plastic deformation of a metatarsal stress fracture in a runner?
Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

Friday Jan 17, 2025
Only 3 reasons for stress fracture re-injury
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Friday Jan 17, 2025
If you get an aching pain in your foot when you are running, and it turns out it is a metatarsal stress fracture, you are not alone. Stress fractures are extremely common.
But the last thing that you need is to stop running, take all this time off, get it to heal, and then get re-injured when you start running again.
There really are only three reasons that I see in runners when they get re-injured after they have fully recovered from a metatarsal stress fracture.
Are there really only three reasons for stress fracture re-injury?
Well, yes, and that is what we are talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
5 causes of foot pain after metatarsal stress fracture healed
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
One of the most common causes of foot pain in runners is a metatarsal stress fracture.
Most of the runners who get a metatarsal stress fracture, complain of an aching pain in the middle, on top of the foot.
This episode is going to explain some of the reasons a runner may have pain after a metatarsal stress fracture has “healed” and you are starting to run again.
What are five causes of foot pain after a metatarsal stress fracture heals?
Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025