A plantar plate sprain is an overstretched, possibly even partially ripped ligament on the bottom of one your little toe joints in the ball of the foot.
When you get a plantar plate sprain, there are really 3 issues:
You have to address all three if you really want to get better quickly and get back to running.
Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we’re talking about how a runner can heal a plantar plate sprain.
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2 reasons stretching the plantar fascia is bad for runners
Which decision is missing in running injury recovery?
Is inflammation good or bad for plantar plate sprain
Doubt does the most damage to recovering runners
Sesamoid pain misdiagnosed as 4th and 5th metatarsal stress reaction
2 ways runners can tell an injury is improving
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