Why the first days of running on a healed injury are so risky

The only thing worse than a running injury is a re-injury. Most of the runners who call me for a telemedicine visit are demoralized. You get inured. A doctor tells you to stop running so you can heal. You wait. You heal. You go for a run. And you get injured again. The cycle of running injury and re-inury is a result of being de-conditioned during the “healing” period. Going for your first run in that untrained state is risky and completely unnecessary. Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about why the first days of running on a healed injury are so risky.