Foot Pain Blog

Having pain in your foot, ankle or lower leg? Evidently you are either trying to find out what you have and what to do about it, or you have been to a doctor and are trying to reinforce what he told you. Either way you have come to the right place. I discuss various types of lower extremity problems in an easy to understand manner; (You do not have to be a doctor in order to understand the doctor). This site is constantly being updated as I continue to discuss different subject matter and add to the existing subjects already present on my site. Since I am constantly reviewing various medical sites I also include items of interest that may not be related to the lower extremity but are important enough that I would like to share with my readers.

Mar 7, 2010, foot pain

I have a sore spot on my left foot looks kinda like a blister but its not and it have a red line coming out from it going toward my leg Hi William,

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Mar 7, 2010, Toe numbness

This started a few months ago. All except the big toe on my right foot go numb from time to time when walking. I ignored it but after leave I was at the

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Mar 7, 2010, Black spot under big toenails

I have a black spot under my toenail that I noticed about 3 months ago after removing nail polish that I had for probably about 4 months. It started out

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Mar 7, 2010, Pain beside Right big toe

I've never had an ingrown toe nail, and I don't think this is one, as my toe nail is fully grown out and manicured. I have a small knot (a little red)

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Mar 7, 2010, a pain in my left heel only when i put it on the ground

I have this pain in my heel a while, before christmas I gave up running for about 9 weeks in order to see if it would be ok but in actual fact it got worse,

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Mar 7, 2010, My feet hurt when I walk.

When I wake up in the morning and stand up from the bed, my feet hurt. They hurt until I walk around for a while. When I stand up from my chair at work

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Mar 7, 2010, base 5th metatarsal fracture

i recently fractured my left base of 5th metatarsal. I have gone for surgical fixation whereby a screw was inserted last week. I would like to know what

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Mar 7, 2010, I broke mmy toe and have an aircast... can i get crutches?

i went to the doctor and he didnt say anything about crutches. He gave me an aircast for my toe. it goes to my ankle. Can i get crutches if it STILL hurts

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Mar 7, 2010, gout

i was told that if i take medicine my gout would go away in three or four days but it has not gone away but has gotten worse now my whole foot is red and

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Mar 7, 2010, Corns on my toes and the dark spot that covers it

My problem is since I been a little girl and now 31 years old,I have corns on my toes.I never wore sandles and would like to wear them this summer.What

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Mar 7, 2010, The Child's Way

When I was 11 years old, I got a wart on the ball of my foot. I started using Dr. scholl's one step corn removal. After a week, it hade only become worse

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Mar 1, 2010, pain, bleeding

OKay two years ago a corn looking thing popped up on my foot. Well I keep picking it and now two years later it's as round as half dollar and bleeds when

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Mar 1, 2010, heavy object fell on foot

I was working in my home when a piece of drywall fell on my left foot it become swollen so fast it looks like I have an egg inside my foot. It's not broken

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Mar 1, 2010, Foot and Toe pain

Have had pain and swellingin the top rightfoot, expecially at base of toes,radiating out to whole of toes. Whole of the top right foot is painful and

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Mar 1, 2010, my left foot is darker in color than my right foot.

also my left foot is not as flexible to bend as my right foot is. do you know why? Hi, Usually a difference in color is due to a circulation problem.

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