Plantar plate surgery is a failure to act quickly
Apr 22, 2024•3 min•Ep. 864
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Episode description
Most of the runners I see who have pain in the ball of the foot from a plantar plate sprain rarely start out with a completely torn plantar plate tear.
More often, runners ignore the pain from the plantar plate sprain and it evolves into a full thickness plantar plate tear.
Surgery is only needed when the plantar plate is torn in such a way that the plantar plate ligament cannot be expected to heal without surgery.
But there are some mistakes that could lead a runner to the operating room.
Plantar plate surgery is a failure to act quickly.
That's what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
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