Doc On The Run Podcast

What is primary repair plantar plate ligament surgery?

What exactly is primary repair of the planter plate? Well, that's a surgery where we actually go in and sew it back together. We fix it. We repair it. We do something to actually make it strong and hopefully heal again, so you can get back to running.

But we're going to talk about three different methods for actually doing that and some of them are kind of similar.

They're different approaches and they have different risks and benefits.

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we're talking about three different techniques for primary repair plantar plate ligament surgery.

Get back to running in 30 days with Jill Angie Not Your Average Runner

When other doctors ask me what I do, I tell them rather simply I help runners figure out how to stay fit, hang onto their running fitness and get back to running as quickly as possible.

The other day I was talking to a woman, who wanted my help and wanted to schedule a consultation, and she committed what I call the cardinal sin of runner-self-criticism.

She said, “I know you only work with runners. I only ran 2.65 miles yesterday, and so I am not really a runner."

When she said that, I not only immediately thought of Jill Angie from the Not Your Average Runner Podcast…but I found myself quoting her!!!

The very next day I asked Jill if she would come back on the show to share some of her insight, wisdom and glowing energy with all of you today.

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we’re talking about how you can get back to running in 30 days.

Why bone surgery for Plantar Plate Repair

I have talked about this before in other episodes where you basically have four kinds of structures that you could consider having surgery on.

You could have bone surgery, you could have ligament surgery, tendon surgery, or joint surgery and of course, when you have an injury to only the ligament, the plantar plate ligament, you might be wondering why in the world would the doctor want to do surgery on the bone as well?

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about why you might need bone surgery for a plantar plate ligament repair.

Waiting for x-ray of stress fracture miss the window

The worst runner to call me for a second opinion is someone who has been in a fracture walking boot or not running for 12 weeks or so.

Why is that so bad?

Well, they're extremely aggravated. They've seen at least one doctor, probably a bunch of times. They've probably had several x-rays.

They've been waiting and waiting but they're not getting better and they're very upset about that.

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we're talking about how waiting for an x-ray can cause you to miss your window with a stress fracture. 

Tendon surgery for Plantar Plate Repair

If you are a runner and you're thinking about surgery, you're probably maybe thinking about a second opinion, but maybe just doing your initial research, but some doctor has probably already suggested the idea of surgery to you.

This is one of the four categories is tendon surgery and we're going to talk a little bit about that, about what it means, what tendon is actually operated on and what the procedures really entail so that you can understand that a little bit better.

Today on the Doc on The Run podcast, we're talking about tendon surgery for plantar plate repairs.

 

Stress fracture wishes as fodder for facts

In this episode we're talking about stress fractures and we're talking about what happens when you as a runner, wished something to be true and it's not a fact.

It's really important that you understand this.

Some of the wishes are things like, well, I want to run. The second one is I don't want there to be a crack on my x-ray. Some facts are, well, my podiatrist took an x-ray and there was no crack.

So what does that do?

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we're talking about stress fracture wishes as fodder for facts.

2 joint surgeries for Plantar Plate Repair

In today’s podcast we're talking about two different joint surgeries that are commonly performed as a component of plantar plate repair in injured runners.

This is a really important thing to understand. There's two different kind of procedures. They both have different risks and benefits, and we're going to talk briefly about them so you at least know what they are.

So if your doctor tries to sell you one of these procedures, you can at least know what you're buying.

Today, on the Doc On The Run podcast, we're talking about two different joint surgeries for plantar plate repair.

How to avoid bias during running injury second opinion

In today’s episode we're talking about bias and bias, of course, is where somebody is already kind of made up their mind about what should be going on with you.

They're biased, they've got a slanted opinion and that opinion is based on something other are than exactly what is going on with you.

When you get a second opinion, bias is the worst possible thing, because it's very difficult for a doctor to change their mind once they think they know what's going on.

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we're talking about bias in second opinions for runners and how you can avoid it.

4 surgical procedures for torn plantar plate ligament

In today’s episode we're talking about the four classes of procedures that affect four different anatomic structures in your foot when you have a plantar plate injury.

I think t's really helpful if you're really frustrated, you're really demoralized and you're in this very vulnerable place where it'd be easy for a doctor to talk you into surgery without you really understanding what's going on.

That's what we're going to talk about today is give you a basic understanding of the four different kinds of surgeries that are offered to patients with these injuries so that you can make a better decision when you talk to your doctor.

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about the four types of procedures you might get offered as surgical correction for a plantar plate sprain.

No Proof No Permission to Run

I get questions all the time, daily almost, where somebody will send me a message and they'll say, "Well, I saw a doctor and they said I had this injury, and they said that I couldn't run for six weeks. Would you let me run?"

Well, the answer is no.

There's a reason doctors don't give you permission to run, and there are really four ways that you can tell, ways you can get permission.

I think it's important to talk about these four ways that you can actually get permission to run.

No proof, no permission to run. That's what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run podcast.