3 ways a doctor convinces you you need plantar plate surgery

There are three ways that a doctor might convince you that it's really time to have surgery and fix that plantar plate ligament that's been making you miserable when you've been trying to run.  To you, it may not seem that bad. It kind of aches. It kind of swells. It kind of bugs you. But then the doctor suddenly says, “Look, it's not getting better, let's have surgery.”  Well, how does the doctor convince you that it's time for surgery? What are the things a doctor does, that might actually lead you to believe that it really is time to have surgery? What are the three ways that a doctor might convince you that you need surgery if you're a runner with a plantar plate injury?  Well, that's what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.   

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