Pain is a guide but only if you read the signs

I was just lecturing at the IFAF meeting in Lake Tahoe and I was giving a couple of different lectures on running injuries, and one of them was about the protocols that I use with injured runners so that they can maintain their fitness, stay fit, stay active, and keep running. One of the doctors asked me about how I make these decisions and I explained to them was that the worst piece of advice I myself ever received as someone who was injured was when this doctor told me, "Just let pain be your guide." How can you as an injured runner use pain as your guide? Well, that's what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run podcast.