If you are a runner with a plantar plate sprain, you may be really frustrated. 

Unfortunately, plantar plate sprains are difficult injuries to get better quickly. One key is to make sure it doesn't come back once you're running. 

When I do second opinions for runners with plantar plate sprains, they ask...Should I have a cortisone injection?

The short answer is there are only two times when it makes sense to get a cortizone injection around the plantar plate.

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast, we're talking about the only two times a cortisone injection makes sense for an injured runner with a plantar plate sprain.