Extensor tenosynovitis is one of these things that doctors don't often talk about because it's a relatively rare condition.


If you go to most podiatrists websites, you'll usually find things about plantar fasciitis and shin splints and some more common things like that, but extensor tenosynovitis is one of the things that can affect runners and it can be really painful and oftentimes it's actually misdiagnosed either by doctors or by the runners themselves as a stress fracture.

A lot of times, it kind of forces you to take time off of running unnecessarily.

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about three foot types that are prone to extensor tenosynovitis.