Custom orthotics also known as custom insoles or even custom foot beds are commonly prescribed and used in the treatment of running and other athletic injuries involving the lower extremity. Your lower extremity consists of your hip, thigh, knee, leg, calf, ankle and foot. Custom insoles can be us [...]
I have been treating calf injuries in runners for 10 years. I thought I had seen it all, in addition to the usual suspects like Achilles tendonitis and tendonosis I have successfully treated ruptured Achilles tendons, Soleus tendonosis and Haglund’s Deformities (pump bumps) the size of walnuts. I [...]
Hey Doc I need your help. Everytime I start a running program I develop pain on the inside of my shins. It always gets worse and I have to stop running. My doctor and physio are stumped. Now I have started to try anything because I am so desperate. Please help! signed "Sammy the Shin" I doubt a [...]
Pain in the butt/Gluteal pain is common in long distance runners as well as in the non-running population. When a patient presents complaining of pain in their butt/Gluteal pain it is extremely important to do a thorough exam and rule out any and all other possibilities. There are usually 6 possib [...]
There are two types of hip bursitis. Ischial Bursitis which is a swollen bursa near where your hamstring attaches on your Ischial Tuberosity (SITS bone) and Trochanteric Bursitis which is where your Gluteal muscles attach on the greater trochanter located on the side of your femur. Bursitis can oc [...]
Stress fractures are common in runners. Typically stress fractures are seen in newer runners or in runners that increase their weekly mileage too quickly. Recently I saw a patient that experienced a stress fracture in his lower left shin (tibia) after an extended break from running. This particula [...]
Dr. Allen I was hoping you could help me with my Achilles Tendon Injury! See my history below. I've had a very long-standing Achilles Tendon Injury (since April 2012), coinciding with a piriformis/gluteus issue on the same side (chiropractors have seemed to suggest that this messes up my gait and m [...]
I had this Leg Length Discrepancy since I was a toddler with chronic knee pain that would wake me from my sleep. The only relief was to run scolding hot water in the bathtub over my knee until I wouldn't feel anything. I have been to all kinds of Dr.'s including going to Shriners in Chicago, also wa [...]
Hi Dr. Allen, I run regularly, about 10km most nights on road and have developed severe metatarsal pain. I have a severe hallux valgus left foot. Insidious onset left foot pain over dorsal surface, around head of met 2/3 possible into tarsal bones too. Nothing visible to see. Hurts when running but [...]
A person with chronic foot pain wrote to me recently asking if custom orthotics would help her chronic foot pain. Please see my responses in italics I am currently 52 years old and have suffered with foot pain for 20 years. I used to do quite a bit of running in my 20's and 30's. After pain develop [...]
