This morning, I was on a second opinion call with a runner who had a couple of different injuries in his foot. 
The main problem keeping him from running was an injury to the collateral ligaments in one of his toes.
"The toe feels weak and unstable." He is understandably worried that the instability is going to cause a problem if he runs.
He was asking me:
“Well, can we surgically repair the ligaments?”
Should I have surgery to repair the collateral ligaments in my toe if I am a runner? 
Well, that is a great question and that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

<description>&lt;p&gt;This morning, I was on a second opinion call with a runner who had a couple of different injuries in his foot. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The main problem keeping him from running was an injury to the collateral ligaments in one of his toes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"The toe feels weak and unstable." He is understandably worried that the instability is going to cause a problem if he runs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He was asking me:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Well, can we surgically repair the ligaments?”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Should I have surgery to repair the collateral ligaments in my toe if I am a runner? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well, that is a great question and that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast. &lt;/p&gt;
</description>

This morning, I was on a second opinion call with a runner who had a couple of different injuries in his foot. 
The main problem keeping him from running was an injury to the collateral ligaments in one of his toes.
"The toe feels weak and unstable."...

This morning, I was on a second opinion call with a runner who had a couple of different injuries in his foot. 
The main problem keeping him from running was an injury to the collateral ligaments in one of his toes.
"The toe feels weak and unstable." He is understandably worried that the instability is going to cause a problem if he runs.
He was asking me:
“Well, can we surgically repair the ligaments?”
Should I have surgery to repair the collateral ligaments in my toe if I am a runner? 
Well, that is a great question and that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast. 

Can collateral toe ligaments be surgically repaired?

This morning, I had a conversation with a runner who had an injury. He has been getting a lot better and one of the things that really seemed to help the injury improve was wearing compression socks. 
His question was a really good one. He said:
“I had so much improvement with wearing compression socks, but with the injury I have, every time I take the socks off and on, it feels like I am moving the injured tissue now.  I am not really sure if I still need the compression.”
Do I need to keep using compression socks until my injury is really healed? 
Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

<description>&lt;p&gt;This morning, I had a conversation with a runner who had an injury. He has been getting a lot better and one of the things that really seemed to help the injury improve was wearing compression socks. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His question was a really good one. He said:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I had so much improvement with wearing compression socks, but with the injury I have, every time I take the socks off and on, it feels like I am moving the injured tissue now.  I am not really sure if I still need the compression.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do I need to keep using compression socks until my injury is really healed? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast. &lt;/p&gt;
</description>

This morning, I had a conversation with a runner who had an injury. He has been getting a lot better and one of the things that really seemed to help the injury improve was wearing compression socks. 
His question was a really good one. He said:
“I h...

This morning, I had a conversation with a runner who had an injury. He has been getting a lot better and one of the things that really seemed to help the injury improve was wearing compression socks. 
His question was a really good one. He said:
“I had so much improvement with wearing compression socks, but with the injury I have, every time I take the socks off and on, it feels like I am moving the injured tissue now.  I am not really sure if I still need the compression.”
Do I need to keep using compression socks until my injury is really healed? 
Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast. 

Do I keep using compression socks until healed?

If you get an overtraining injury like a metatarsal stress fracture or a plantar plate sprain or Achilles tendonitis, or peroneal tendonitis, a doctor might prescribe a fracture walking boot. 
Well, it is designed to hold you still so that you can hopefully walk on something like a fracture and still let it heal. 
  
The reason for this episode is this morning I was on a call with someone who has been wearing a boot and he is curious why all of a sudden, he is starting to have some aching pain in the boot in the morning when he first gets up and steps on his foot while wearing the boot.
What are the two reasons you might get pain when you have been wearing a fracture walking boot for a running injury?  
  
Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

<description>&lt;p&gt;If you get an overtraining injury like a metatarsal stress fracture or a plantar plate sprain or Achilles tendonitis, or peroneal tendonitis, a doctor might prescribe a fracture walking boot. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well, it is designed to hold you still so that you can hopefully walk on something like a fracture and still let it heal.
 
The reason for this episode is this morning I was on a call with someone who has been wearing a boot and he is curious why all of a sudden, he is starting to have some aching pain in the boot in the morning when he first gets up and steps on his foot while wearing the boot.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What are the two reasons you might get pain when you have been wearing a fracture walking boot for a running injury? 
 
Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

If you get an overtraining injury like a metatarsal stress fracture or a plantar plate sprain or Achilles tendonitis, or peroneal tendonitis, a doctor might prescribe a fracture walking boot. 
Well, it is designed to hold you still so that you can ho...

If you get an overtraining injury like a metatarsal stress fracture or a plantar plate sprain or Achilles tendonitis, or peroneal tendonitis, a doctor might prescribe a fracture walking boot. 
Well, it is designed to hold you still so that you can hopefully walk on something like a fracture and still let it heal. The reason for this episode is this morning I was on a call with someone who has been wearing a boot and he is curious why all of a sudden, he is starting to have some aching pain in the boot in the morning when he first gets up and steps on his foot while wearing the boot.
What are the two reasons you might get pain when you have been wearing a fracture walking boot for a running injury?  Well, that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.

2 Reasons for morning pain with a fracture boot

I was doing a second opinion webcam consultation with a runner who noticed a lump in the calf muscle.  
  
The knot in the leg wasn't limiting his running. In fact, when he was running, this lump in the calf muscle felt better, not worse. 
So, you have to wonder, could the knot "not" be a big deal? 
There are really 3 things a runner can do immediately after noticing a bump in the leg. 
  
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about the three steps you should do as the very first thing when you feel a weird lump in your calf muscle.

<description>&lt;p&gt;I was doing a second opinion webcam consultation with a runner who noticed a lump in the calf muscle. 
 
The knot in the leg wasn't limiting his running. In fact, when he was running, this lump in the calf muscle felt better, not worse. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, you have to wonder, could the knot "not" be a big deal? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are really 3 things a runner can do immediately after noticing a bump in the leg.
 
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about the three steps you should do as the very first thing when you feel a weird lump in your calf muscle.&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

I was doing a second opinion webcam consultation with a runner who noticed a lump in the calf muscle.  The knot in the leg wasn't limiting his running. In fact, when he was running, this lump in the calf muscle felt better, not worse. 
So, you have t...

I was doing a second opinion webcam consultation with a runner who noticed a lump in the calf muscle.  The knot in the leg wasn't limiting his running. In fact, when he was running, this lump in the calf muscle felt better, not worse. 
So, you have to wonder, could the knot "not" be a big deal? 
There are really 3 things a runner can do immediately after noticing a bump in the leg. Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about the three steps you should do as the very first thing when you feel a weird lump in your calf muscle.

First 3 steps when runners feel a lump in the leg

Today I am about to drive to the airport, get on a plane, fly to Wisconsin to give five lectures on running injuries at a medical conference.
As I was finalizing that talk on medical imaging strategies for athletes, I was thinking about a conversation that I had yesterday with an athlete who had a very frustrating course and actually called me for a second opinion. 
He had an injury that hass been going on for a long time. In short, he is trying to get a second opinion from me specifically because I have worked with runners.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about three things you should not tell your new doctor.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Today I am about to drive to the airport, get on a plane, fly to Wisconsin to give five lectures on running injuries at a medical conference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As I was finalizing that talk on medical imaging strategies for athletes, I was thinking about a conversation that I had yesterday with an athlete who had a very frustrating course and actually called me for a second opinion. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He had an injury that hass been going on for a long time. In short, he is trying to get a second opinion from me specifically because I have worked with runners.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about three things you should not tell your new doctor. &lt;/p&gt;
</description>

Today I am about to drive to the airport, get on a plane, fly to Wisconsin to give five lectures on running injuries at a medical conference.
As I was finalizing that talk on medical imaging strategies for athletes, I was thinking about a conversatio...

Today I am about to drive to the airport, get on a plane, fly to Wisconsin to give five lectures on running injuries at a medical conference.
As I was finalizing that talk on medical imaging strategies for athletes, I was thinking about a conversation that I had yesterday with an athlete who had a very frustrating course and actually called me for a second opinion. 
He had an injury that hass been going on for a long time. In short, he is trying to get a second opinion from me specifically because I have worked with runners.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about three things you should not tell your new doctor. 

3 things you should not tell your new doctor

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