http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/foot-pain-blog.html Various type of foot pain along with ankle and lower leg pain are discussed, in easy to understand language, by a podiatrist with over 25 years of clinical experience. en-us foot pain Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:25:45 GMT foot-pain-explained.com http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/heel-pain12.html I was playing basketball and it felt like someone hit me in the bottom of the heel with a baseball. 30 seconds later I could not put pressure on my Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:25:40 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/pain-tenderness-and-burning-sensation-behind-my-toes.html I have a LOT of pain, burning sensation and tenderness where my toes are connected to my feet. It also feels as if there might be a knots there as Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:23:01 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/burning-sensation-in-toes.html I am from Bangalore, INDIA. I am writing this with lot of pain actually, my mom is unwell due to the burning sensation and bad pain in her toes and Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:21:09 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/ankle-sprain1.html How long after a ankle sprain should you still have pain and swelling? I sprained my right foot in april and was in a walking boot and told to use Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:18:15 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/pain-in-ball-of-foot.html Developed seisamoiditis in right foot five years ago from treadmill. After staying off my foot extended periods of time, I never completely got rid Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:15:13 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/top-of-foot-pain-and-swelling-base-of-toes-bruised-after-fall.html Hi, Last weekend I was walking and I fell off a curb into a small pot hole( my foot was folded sideways behind me). I had tight knee high boots on and Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:05:09 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/toenail-hurts-when-touched-and-it-is-not-in-grown.html toenail hurts when touched even by my sock and it is not in grown Hi, Toenails can hurt even though they are not ingrown. A couple of things that Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:01:36 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/stabbing-pains-and-swelling-5-months-after-a-minor-toe-fracture.html five months ago i jambed my toe against the corner of a wall and broke it near the end of the toe. i buddy taped for a short period of time. doc Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:58:34 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/toe-turned-black-after-bunionectomy-and-hammer-toe-surgery.html After bunionectomy on left big toe and hammertoe surgery on the third toe on my left foot, the second toe on that foot has turned black. It has been Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:56:03 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/toe-feels-coldpainful.html The toe next to my big toe feels ice cold sometimes, especially when i drive or wear high heels. I am not even 100 sure whether what I am feeling is Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:54:05 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/fracture-to-2nd-metatarsal-base-not-healing.html According to my MRI, I have a small, incomplete non-displaced fracture to the base of my 2nd metatarsal (3mm low signal focus) along with a subacute Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:51:42 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/get-a-sharp-pain-in-my-left-big-toe-when-i-put-weight-on-my-foot.html When I stand and put weight on my left foot, I get a sharp pain in the big toe along with my 2 middle toes, the pain is bad enough to almost make me Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:41:35 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/sharp-pain-in-the-bottom-of-my-foot-when-i-lift-my-toes-back-specifically-the-ball-and-along-the-length-of-the-outer-edge-under-my-pinky-toe.html The problem started 5 days ago when I was at my job, I am a bartender and was loading beer into the drop cooler. You have to bend over to get into Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:39:20 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/foot-pain-on-left-foot.html Last Sunday morning when I woke up I could hardly walk. I had the worst pain in my foot on the left foot on the left side of the foot not far from Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:24:34 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/toe-pain2.html in the middle of my second toe I have had pain for 2-3 weeks. I do not have any swelling or bruising that I can tell. I have not stubbed it or had Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:15:28 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/sharp-pain-on-the-outside-of-the-baby-toe-on-the-left-foot.html I was stretching in bed one night and felt a sharp stabbing pain in the outside of my baby toe. I thought that a needle had punctured the skin. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:11:48 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/pain-on-the-bottom-of-my-left-foot.html First, I'd like to thank you for all the information that you provide on your website and the opportunity to write to you. I am a very active 49yr old Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:04:21 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/warm-sensation-in-toes.html Hi, lately (in about the last few weeks or so) I have been experiencing a warming sensation in my second & third toes of both feet. I was going to Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:53:57 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/foot-pain-under-the-pinky-toe-joint.html I have a callus under the joint in my pinky toe. It hurts to walk on it or put pressure on it. It almost feels like there is a small rock or Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:48:51 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/left-foot-gives-out.html My friend is 68 and has had osteoporosis and osteo arthritis. Last year her dogs pulled on the leash , causing her to fracture her hip. She also Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:46:58 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/sore-foot-afterduring-football.html When i first kicked the ball. The top of my foot and instep became very sore. Now walking hurts at various points during the day, the pain comes and Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:45:14 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/uncomfortable-pain-in-my-right-foot-ankle-and-leg-up-to-the-thigh.html Over 40 years ago, I stepped on a sewing needle. It appeared to have been embedded in the right ankle area. Several years later, two nursing student Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:43:22 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/electic-shock-in-feet.html 2 toes on my left foot suffer electic shock feeling.sore to touch wonder if a cortione shots would help. Hi Maureen, In general an electrical shock Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:39:20 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/nail-fungus-treatment-and-prevention.html On the foot: when I get superficial fungus on a nail, the OTC brush-on treatments alternated with tea tree oil have worked. I don't wear polish for 2 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:12:06 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/i-have-a-break-in-the-cubiod-in-a-fiberglass-cast.html The sweeling in the bottem of my foot is making my foot numb.Motrin is not touching it. I have Allopurinol for gout. Can I take it to help with this? Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:04:27 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/heel-pain11.html when i walk on my heel in hurts very badly and this started just a couple of weeks ago. When i am laying down for awhile and get up i can hardly walk Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:02:22 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/pain-or-numbness-in-4th3rd-toes-and-pain-on-ball-of-left-foot.html When either walking or standing and putting pressure on the ball of my left foot I have pain in the ball and numbness in the 4th and 3rd toes of my Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:59:54 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/pain-in-left-foot.html pain under arch of foot and just above it now swelling above arch of foot and up to the ankle, cannot put any weight on the foot. Hi Patricia, Go Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:57:15 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/my-big-toe-joint-always-swell-up-why.html my big toe joint always swell up, why? Hi, The most common cause would be from an arthritic joint, but there can be other reasons. You should have Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:55:14 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/failed-fusion-of-1st-metatarsal-big-toe.html I had surgery a year ago to fuse the joint. Two screws were use. I developed a surgical infection and septacaemia!! One year later the toe is not Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:52:28 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/big-toe-pain-persisting-months-after-jamming-it.html i jammed my big toe very badly about 3-4 months ago, it was swollen & bruised a few inches passed my toe even (just to explain how hard i hit it) i'm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:48:48 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/bump-from-the-screw-protruding-on-my-foot-after-bubionectomy.html I had a bunionectomy about 6 weeks ago . I had a screw fixation and I notice a bump an my foot where the screw is . I asked the Doctor and he said it Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:46:24 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/heel.html I had surgery on lower my back in 2007 (Nov.) for a herniated disc impinging on a nerve root. I re-herniated the same disc (L4-L5) after a car Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:43:12 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/second-toe-pain-when-i-walk-and-extreme-leg-pain-too.html I HAVE PAIN IN MY SECOND TOE WHEN I WALK. MY SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN MY BIG TOE. IF I TRY TO WALK ANY DISTANCE DURING THE DAY THEN AT NIGHT WHEN Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:40:02 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/left-foot-pain-and-swelling-near-the-first-3-toes-on-top-of-the-foot.html I stepped down hard on my foot and felt pain right after i did it now have swelling on top of my foot 3 toes over and back on my foot hurts to move my Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:36:02 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/swelling-post-ankle-ligament-repair.html I injured my lt ankle on 4/25/09. An MRI showed ATF complete tear and a partial tear of the calcaneofibular ligament. I had an ATF ligament repair Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:32:00 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/needle-embedded-in-toe-joint.html Podiatrist says that the needle has been in foot for soemtime. Located between second and third toe and seems to be going through toe joint. No Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:27:17 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/after-bunion-surgery-i-ached-in-every-joint-in-my-body.html Hi Dr., 6 yrs ago I had Bunion Surgery. 3 months after the surgery I called my Dr to complain about pain in all the joints in my whole body. I asked Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:03:25 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/painful-lumps-on-the-bottom-of-both-feet.html I've got lumps all over the bottoms of my feet and it hurts to walk. Hi Susan, I cannot make a diagnosis without actually examining you but the Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:57:55 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/i-am-having-a-very-cold-left-feet.html I broke my pinkey toe about two weeks ago and as of today it was getting more comfortable however i accidently step on a shoe and twisted my foot. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:33:37 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/foot-pain-on-the-ball-of-my-foot-after-bunion-surgery.html I had bunion surgery in June and still having problems walking on my foot.The ball of my foot and pain between the big toe and second toe is really Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:29:45 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/pain-in-the-ball-of-my-feet.html The balls of my feet hurt constantly, I know that it concerns my matatarsals and I should get orthotics but, I have no insurance, is their an over the Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:13:59 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/bone-spur-on-top-of-my-foot.html I had ankle surgery over a year ago and was experiencing pain in my ankle. I went to see my ankle surgeon and I had found out that I have a bone spur Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:11:14 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/big-toe-on-left-foot.html When I walk it feels like there is a pebble in my shoe under my big toe but there is nothing there. When I take off my shoe, it still feels like Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:08:30 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/electric-shock-frequently-on-ankle-i-broke-last-summe.html I had a green stick break on my right ankle last summer but recently I have had these breath taking elecric shocks that pulsate below my ankle. If I Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:05:54 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/itching-on-ball-of-foot.html I have a spot on the ball of my foot that itches almost constantly. You can not see or feel a thing but I have scratched it enough sometimes to cause Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:01:16 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/thickened-skin-on-top-of-second-toe.html I am 28 years old and I have thickened skin on the joint of my second toe. It's the size of a pea. It is not at all painful but is quite dark in Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:55:40 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/pain-whenever-i-bump-the-outside-of-my-pinky-toe.html For the last month or so, whenever I bump the outside of my left pinky toe, I get a sharp/stabbing, shocking, tingly sensation. I wouldn't say its Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:51:25 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/ankle-avulsion-fracture-migratory-pain.html I fell down some stairs 8 months ago and sustained an avulsion fracture of the talus and calcaneous bones. The doctor said I had a Chopart's sprain. I Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:47:39 GMT http://www.foot-pain-explained.com/the-many-uses-of-duct-tape.html I had a huge mosaic wart on the bottom of my left foot, it covered most of my heel and was starting up the outer side of my foot.--the doctor wanted Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:41:59 GMT