Football and injury go hand in hand. Preventing football injuries is done throguh pre-season strength and conditioning and wearing proper equipment during the game. Still injuries will occur. Traumatic injuries like ACL and MCL tears often require a trip to the emergency room while less traumatic injuries like muscle and joint sprains and strains do not. Both however may keep you or your child on the sidelines. Many of the less traumatic injuries that sideline many players can be fixed if treated properly. Injuries such as plantar fasciitis, achilles tendontis, knee pain, calf and hamstring strains, hip pointers and lower back pain are treated quickly and effectively by Dr. Runco and his staff. "It really bugged me during the 2010 San Diego Chargers season that Antonio Gates was sidelined with plantar fasciitis during the Chargers playoff run. We barely missed the playoffs in some part due to Gates's inability to play with his injured foot. I help marathon runners with plantar fasciitis every day usually reducing the foot/heel pain significantly within 2 weeks and allowing them to run thier marathon. I seriously could not understand why the Chargers medical staff could not fix Antonio's foot, at least well enough for him to play."
"Doc, I had gotten some orthotics made by a kid at Road Runner Sports. They ended up causing me ridiculous arch pain. I got rid of the insoles but the arch pain would not go away, especially in the morning. I came to you for help. You examined my feet, showed me 2 simple stretches to do and promised me it would feel 10x better the next morning as long as I did them just how you said. This morning I wokeup and stepped out of bed PAIN FREE for the first time in 6 months. I cant' believe it but you were right."
