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Plantar plate surgery is a failure to act quickly

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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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Content provided by Dr. Christopher Segler. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dr. Christopher Segler or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

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.

  continue reading

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