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Fracture walking boots are one of the most often prescribed treatments for running injuries such as stress fractures and tendinitis. But runners have a much higher price to pay for immobilization. In this episode we are going to explain why fracture walking boots are one of the worst treatments possible for an injured runner. https://www.docontherun.com/fracture-walking-boot-one-of-t/

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we are at A Runner’s Mind speaking with Dawson Alexander, who is a wicked fast runner and a bona fide running shoe expert. In this interview you get the dual perspective which will combine Dr. Segler’s knowledge of running injuries with Dawson’s experience and knowledge in running form analysis and running shoe selection. Together they will help you understand how your running form and proper running shoe selection can help you continue running even if you have plantar fasciitis. https://www.docontherun.com/a-runners-mind-on-plantar-fasc/

Felicity Joyce is a well known inspiring endurance athlete. She was the youngest female to win the Australian National 24-hour Track Championships and earned the young Australia Rising Star Award from Athletics Australia and Sports Person of the Year. She also knows how to overcome injuries. Early in her career she had a terrible bike crash that left her almost crippled and unable to walk. Yet she was still able to qualify for the 70.3 World Championships in 2011 and 2012. Then in 2012 she won her age group at Ironman Louisville and qualified for Kona. Felicity shares her experience and mindset in racing, coaching and getting back to racing shape after injury. https://www.docontherun.com/ironman-champion-felicity-joyc/

Barbara Peterson’s story is truly inspirational! Less than a year after she broke both heel bones (bilateral calcaneal fractures), she was out of her wheelchair and on the starting line in Hawaii at the XTERRA World Championship where she won yet another title. Today she shares how that experience shapes her approach in racing, life, and her work with other athletes. https://www.docontherun.com/interview-6-time-xterra-world-/

Metatarsal stress fractures are common in runners, and so are the myths that surround them. Do I really need X-rays? Do I really have to stop running to get a stress fracture to heal? Does it always take 6 weeks? Can I keep training? Doc On The Run debunks the metatarsal stress fracture myths. https://www.docontherun.com/metatarsal-stress-fractures-si/

Ice is often used by runners to decrease inflammation. Learn best strategies for icing and how Doc On The Run uses specific contrast bath, routines to remove swelling from the foot and ankle and speed healing after a running injury. https://www.docontherun.com/best-way-runners-ice-plantar-f/

If inflammation is part of the problem, why not take ANTI-inflammatory drugs? Learn why, when and how runner’s use anti-inflammatory medications to get reliefand perhaps even more importantly, when runners should NOT take these drugs. https://www.docontherun.com/runners-use-nsaids-plantar-fas/

Plantar fasciitis may be the most common cause of runner’s heel pain, but it is not the only cause. Many runners think they have plantar fasciitis but they actually have another condition entirely. As a result, they may not get better. This podcast explains the main reasons runners with heel pain don’t get better, even when they think they have the correct treatment. https://www.docontherun.com/runners-plantar-fasciitis-neve/