Yesterday I was speaking to an ultra-marathoner who had a metatarsal fracture.
Fortunately, the broken bone has been healing well and she's back to running.
But during our discussion yesterday she revealed something interesting. She was running every day. Just 3 miles…every day.
During that discussion I was trying to help her understand how it is that running every day, even short distances, in fact, extremely short by her standards as an ultramarathoner, those every day runs could actually put her at risk of re-injuring the metatarsal fracture.
Today on the Doc On The Run podcast were talking about how you should skip a day to skip ahead in your injury recovery.
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How big is the plantar plate ligament?
How should I ramp up my mileage after injury?
Should I do proprioceptive retraining exercises before or after I run?
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Does a stress fracture always hurt when walking?
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What are the 3 types of bone edema on MRI in a runner with stress fracture
Always closely compare right foot vs left foot with a running injury
Doctor’s job vs. Runners job in healing overtraining injury
3 ways stress fracture in a runner turns into non-union
Can I massage the foot with plantar plate sprain
#1 most important action when you roll your ankle running
How to calculate amount of rest between running injury and a race
Compressive stress on plantar plate in runners
Fat Pad Displacement vs. Atrophy in runners with plantar plate injury
Difference between plantar plate stress and strain
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