Episodes

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

Friday Jan 10, 2025
Fibular Stress fracture and need to run in 25 days
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Today's episode comes from a comment posted on one of the videos on the Doc On The Run YouTube channel.
This was on the video that this person watched. It was called, “Can I still run after I heal a fibular stress fracture?” and in that video, I was trying to talk about how you can decide basically whether or not you can run after you have had a fibular stress fracture.
He said:
“Hello, I got a fibular bone crack while running and I have an army physical in 25 days. Please tell me the solution due to which I will be able to give my physical fitness test.”
I got a fibular stress fracture, and I have to run in 25 days. What should I do?
Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
53 year-old runner with plantar plate sprain advice?
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
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 Plantar Plate Sprain in Runners."
“Hi Doc, awesome help in all these plantar plate videos. I have been told by my podiatrist that I have a grade one possible border lane, grade two sprain/tear, and I am struggling to get it to heal while I keep running.”
What should a 53-year-old runner with a plantar plate sprain do?
That's what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

Monday Jan 06, 2025
Stopped sports for 2 months and got 2 more stress fractures
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Today's episode comes from a comment posted on a video on the Doc On The Run YouTube channel.
He posted a comment, and he said:
“This happened to me, I got a stress fracture on my right foot in the third metatarsal. I stopped all sports for two months and somehow ended up with two more stress fractures.”
Today on the Doc on the Run podcast, we're talking about somebody who stopped sports for two months and got two more stress fractures.

Friday Jan 03, 2025
Can a tibial stress fracture still hurt after 11 months?
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Tibial stress fractures can be serious, and seriously frustrating if you don't treat them appropriately and aggressively.
Today's episode from a question on one of the Doc On The Run YouTube videos. As you can guess from his question, I am sure Simon must be frustrated.
He asked:
Can a tibial stress fracture still hurt after 11 months?
Well, that is a great question and that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
3 Steps to run with a stress fracture
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025