#251 Sesamoid stress fracture surgery in runners

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about surgery for a sesamoid stress fracture in runners. If you're a runner and you start having pain under the big toe joint and you develop this thing called a sesamoid stress fracture, you may get really worried. In fact, if you go to see a doctor, you're probably going to get a lot more worried because the doctor's probably going to tell you these things can be very, very difficult to heal. Well, it is true. For years I've been lecturing to doctors at medical conferences about running injuries, and one of the things I often talk about is that sesamoid stress fractures are one of the very few problems a runner can get that really does warrant a serious dial back in activity to make sure that you can take the stress off of that sesamoid bone.