Episode #35: What a runner should think about when diagnosed with Metatarsalgia?

If you are a runner and you start having pain in the ball of your foot, you might be worried that you have a stress fracture. So you have a couple of choices. One option is to go see your local orthopedist or sports medicine podiatrist. The second option is to stop running and see if the pain gets better.

​​​​​​​If you’re listening to this podcast right now you are likely not very interested in option number two. After all, most runners want to run. So you might try to figure out a third option such as trying to treat the problem yourself. Although I believe it is truly possible and reasonable for most runners to figure out the problem and attempt to address it themselves, this episode is going to discuss what happens when you actually go to a doctor with pain in the ball of your foot and you are diagnosed with a condition called “metatarsalgia.”