Doc On The Run Podcast

#168 Should I add carbon fiber stiffening insoles to my running shoes?

Lots of running injuries are aggravated by bending of the toes. Plantar plate sprains, sesamoiditis, and Morton’s neuroma all get irritated when you bend the toes too much while you run. If you have any of these conditions it may help if you add some stiffness to your running shoe.

One way to add stiffness and help decrease pain in the big toe joint and the ball of the foot is too add a carbon fiber insert to the running shoe.

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we're talking whether or not you should add carbon fiber stiffening insoles to your running shoes.

#167 Signs you are heading for a running injury

When you get an over training injury, what happens? It's too much stress applied to one structure over too shorter time without enough recovery to actually let it fully heal before the next workout.

There are a few things that you can pay attention to that often signal the possibility of an injury that's coming on.

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we're talking about signs to look out for that may signal you are heading for a running injury.

#166 Choose The Best Running Shoes For The Run

Are your running shoes the best for your run today?

There are all kinds of running shoes, and they are all built for different runs, different foot types, and different runners. Every shoe has its place. 

Every runners longs the one perfect running shoe. Everybody wants the best running shoe…built just for you.

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we're talking about how to choose the best running shoes for the run.

#165 The worst running shoes for stress fractures

Are your current running shoes putting you at risk for a stress fracture?

One common reason for too much bone stress is that a runner didn't have enough cushioning because they were using a shoe that was too stiff, or wasn't padded enough, or soft enough, and they were running on concrete or asphalt. 

That run, in those particular running shoes, beat up the bone too much and then the bone started to crack and develop into a stress fracture. 

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we're talking about what the worst running shoes for stress fractures.

#164 What causes really stress fractures

I was recently at a medical conference and I asked all the doctors in the audience ... I said, "What causes stress fractures?"

A doctor raised his hand and the very first thing he said is, "Running too much." Well, that is not true. That's the default answer, but that doesn't make any more sense to me than telling you that not running will cure your stress fracture.

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we're talking about what really causes stress fractures.

#163 How much rest does your running body need?

If you really think about it, the number of hours that you sleep really has a direct correlation with your risk for running injury.

Running injuries never happen because you ran too far. They always happen because you loaded one structure too much, you beat it up too much, and you didn't let it recover enough before the next workout. 

You don’y have to run less. But you have to rest more. 

It’s not necessary to spread your workouts farther apart. But you must maximize the recovery. 

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we're talking about how much rest your running body really needs.

#162 3 Crucial Mistakes Runners Make with Stress Fractures

Metatarsal stress fractures are one of the most common running injuries. 

If you are runner and suspect a metatarsal stress fracture, you have to use some common sense, do everything that you can to heal it as quickly as possible and then get back to running.

But there really are three mistakes I see runners make over and over and over, even when I see runners with stress fractures.

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we're talking about the 3 crucial mistakes that runners make when they get metatarsal stress fractures.

#161 #1 mistake runners make with minimalist running shoes

Barefoot running injuries don’t happen to novice runners. 

Most runners who decide to run in minimalist running shoes or run purely barefoot, they don't take up running and decide to do that in minimalist shoes or barefoot right out of the gates. 

Most of the people I see, most of the runners I talk to, most of the runners who call me for a consultation and want to ask questions about their barefoot running injuries, they are experienced runners. 

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we're talking about the number one mistake runners make when running in minimalist running shoes.

#160 Can I run my race with broken toes

Broken toes are common, but they can really hamper your training when you're getting ready to run a race. If you break your toes a few weeks before a big race the question is always whether or not you will be able to run your race.

Today's episode is based on the questions sent in for a runner who fractured a couple of toes and wants to know whether or not she's going to be able to run her race in a few weeks. This episode will help you understand the questions to ask if you break your toes and you still want to run your race with broken toes. 

#159 When a fracture boot is necessary for a stress fracture in a runner

It's no big secret that I really don't like fracture walking boots for runners. 

I think doctors over-prescribe them.  When you use fracture walking boots for too long, it causes weakness, stiffness, decreased bone density, loss of neuromuscular connections, and a whole bunch of unnecessary increased risks where you getting another different overtraining injury when you're actually back to running and full training.

Today on the Doc On the Run Podcast, we're talking about the 3 times you really might need a fracture walking boot if you’re a runner with a metatarsal stress fracture.