Small hole on heel with a painful lump behind it. 
I have just discovered a small hole on my heel with a painful lump behind it. I haven't stood on anything as far as I am aware. I enjoy hiking and walking ...

Hard, painful lump to top of foot. 
I am a runner and for several months have noticed a hard, fixed, painful lump on the center of the top of my foot (around the "N" point). It appears brused ...

Heel pain underneath heel and back of heel 
Dr.
I read your article on bursitis, and your description of discomfort when sleeping on my back with the back of heel on the mattress, as well as the ...

Hard (bone like) painful bump on top of foot under the skin 
I have a small hard bump on the top of my left foot under the skin. It is very painful when I walk even without shoes on and sore to the touch. It almost ...

Pain on outside of foot at base of baby toe 
I have what appears to be an inflamed nerve on the outside of my left foot, just at the base of the baby toe. If I touch the spot it hurts and sometimes ...

Pain top of foot 
Hi,

I just recently went on a trip and drove for many constant hours two days in a row. The day that I got home my right foot was sore and tender when ...

stiff sore feet when getting up 
I am 20 years old and when i get up in the morning my feet and ankles are sore and very stiff and it also happens when i lay down just for a little nap....

capsulities of the mtp joint and possible the start of hammertoe 
Hello

i have been having this probelm for over two months now....I have terrible pain in the ball of my foot...the second dr i have been seeing put ...

Pain on the outside of my right foot 
Hi I recently started to run again, took about a year off to rest my body from chronic ankle injuries and two hand surgeries. I am 18 years old, a male ...

painful toe corn 
i wear covered shoes with a very painful corn on my pinky toe. what can i do to be more comfortable in my shoes?

Hi,
Why not have the corn treated ...

pain in the top of my foot 
About 5 months ago I dropped something on the top of my foot. It has been a little swollen and tender to touch. I had volleyball camp on it today and ...

numbness, redness and swelling in right foot, ankle and hand 
I was sitting at my desk this morning. After an hour or so, I noticed that my right foot was asleep. When I lloked down at it, I noticed that my foot,...

stinging and discomfort after removal of bone spur from second toe 
Since my surgery for the above condition two months ago, I am still having some throbbing and stinging on the toe. I had a cortisone injection two weeks ...

Burning and stabbing pains in a previously broken ankle 
Forty four years ago I broke my ankle in a car accident. I was driving and had my foot on the brake when I hit another car head on. I have pins in my ...

calcium on the heel 
my husband has calcium build up on his heel the result of an injury he is in a lot of pain what will his doctor do to fix this problem.

Hi Debbie,...

Extremely dry bottoms of both feet. 
Extremely dry and red/painful bottoms/sides of both feet. Fissures/cracks/peeling/thick skin on heel area mainly.very painful that itches a lot.i use a ...

had surgery on my ankel about 2 yrs ago.. 
about 2 yrs ago i broke my tibia and fibula in my ankle ... im originally from hawaii with warm weather now i am in Portland, oregon with COLD weather....

Feet hurt all the time 
I have waited and worked in restaurants for 30 years.
I groom dogs at home, so constantly on my feet.
A few months ago I got out of bed and when I ...

Gout? 2nd Toe Issues? 
I work out at gym 4-5 times weekly. I wear flip flops all the time in locker room. Father and older brother have some history of gout. I never knew ...

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,...

heel pain 
Three weeks ago I stood on a piece of wire that pierced my shoe and went into my heel. I am now on crutches, because I can't put any weight on my foot....

Fracture to fourth metatarsal 
I broke my foot about a week ago and now off and on it gets really cold like ice. It does not happen all the time but it is off and on. I dont know what ...

Two Neuromas 
Hi,

I have 2 neuromas in my left foot. They are very painful and I have tried the anti-inflamatory injections and the series of 7 alcohol injections ...

Healed Talus Fracture 
Three months ago I broke my talus bone. The doctor stated everything has healed fine. Im still having some minor pain and the swelling comes and go. The ...

Lump on top of foot, pain and tingling? Help.. 
I have been having problems with my right foot. I wore Danskos which might have contributed to this problem. Although it?s getting worse and I stopped ...

acute pain in left great toe 
For several months(6-9)I have been experiencing sharp pain in my left great toe specifically when laying down for the night. It suddenly appears out of ...

nonunion big toe, 2nd and 3rd toe 
I dropped an armoire door on my toes December 9th 2009. It hurt, minimal swelling, totally purple, color returned and went to foot doctor. Hew x-rayed ...

Foot pain/numbness following pregnancy 
Hello,

I have a nine week old baby. During my pregnancy I had severe edema in my feet, so painful that I had trouble walking towards the end. The skin ...

A lifetime of big toe/side pain only when wearing shoes 
Hi! I found out that pigeon toe runs in my family with the birth of my son. He's is getting therapy for his inturning. I have had footwear issues all my ...

Painful "knots"-not bunions-on the inner soles of both feet 
I am affected by RA from spine to feet. I have idiopathic neuroapathy in both lower extremities. For the last 4 yrs I have had severe-scale 10 pain when ...

The right diagnosis and fusing the toe info 
Hi,
I am a 37 years old and was a very active female. My podiatrist recommended fusing my big toe after seeing a 30-40% joint deterioration in my big ...

left foot dorsal-lateral surface hard painless bump seems to run along a tendon 
I am a 68-year-old female, quite physically active, do a lot of walking and moderate amount of hiking. Noticed this small bump about a year ago. Doesn'...

Ankle Pain!! 
I have recently developed a severe sharp pain in my left ankle that just comes out of nowhere and lasts for a 5-10 seconds. The pain is like someone taking ...

Ball of foot growth 
I had this problem before while I lived in Puerto RIco, they told me it was a bottom of the foot nail, a growth that went inward, they surgically removed ...

Right Middle Toes Stabbing & Burning Pain, worsens when shoeless... 
Hello,

I am a 49 year old Caucasian male. For several months now, if not a year, I have experienced frequent sharp burning and stabbing pain in my ...

Burning sensation in toes 
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 not ...

foot pain on left foot  
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 the ...

Warm Sensation In Toes 
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 describe ...

Foot pain under the pinky toe joint.  
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 something ...

failed fusion of 1st metatarsal big toe 
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 fused....

foot pain on the ball of my foot after bunion surgery 
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 bad....

Ankle Avulsion fracture ---migratory pain  
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 ...

Severe heel pain 
I've been having severe pain in my right heel and it moves into my ankle.The pain gets so bad that i can't walk on it,I can get out of bed in the mornings ...

Bump on second toe 
I have a "bump"on my second toe that's the size of a pea. It is on the joint and although it is not painful it looks quite ugly. I have been to a podiatrist ...

sudden sharp pains on the top of my foot 
i have been getting sudden sharp pains on the top of my left foot - about middle of the foot closest to the big toe(the top right side of my left foot ...

bruise under toenail 
This weekend, I was removing nail polish that had been on my toenails for a few months and I noticed what looked like a bruise along the left side of one ...

Pain and Burning in the lesser digits 
I had surgery 10 months ago to correct hammertoes on my left foot. The doctor put screws in my 2nd and 3rd toe but not in my 4th. He just released some ...

sharp pain in big toe 
I have a needle and pins pain in my big toe continually. Could this have anything to do with my spinal stenosis?

Hi Dode,
It may very well be related ...

Broken metatarsal and now have awful sensations in my foot. 
Seven weeks ago I broke my 5th metatarsal (right foot). I have been in a non weight baring cast which was removed three days ago. If I try to put any weight ...

foot pain at base of 5th metarsal 
my daughter hurt her foot over 17 months ago, an mRI was performed and shows a small non displaced fracture and a small area of bone marrow edema. The ...

Fribroid tissue/deposits on a heel bursa sac 
About 6 1/2 months ago, I experienced trauma to the bursa sac on my heel from overuse (walking/running on a non-cushioning treadmill). I woke up the morning ...

pain and soreness 
Pain in the foot at the base of the second and third toe . It really hurts to apply pressure or weight on my foot. It almost feels like the pain you ...

pain on right foot.... 
hiya!
Ok.. this is going to sound strange. I think I have two problems.
Firstly, on both of my feet I have suffered acute athletes foot. It has cleared ...

foot pain 1 yr after bunionectomy 
I still have much pain on the bottom (balls) of my foot while any amount of walking. It has been 1 yr since my austin buntmy, swelling, sharp burning ...

warm sensation on bottom of left foot 
For the last few week I have been ramdomly getting a warm sensation on the bottom of my left foot. Is this something common or is there something I need ...

Foot pain; no swelling, no bruising 
I am experiencing pain while walking/running. It is sharp, but comes and goes in severity, sometimes so bad that it causes me to limp, other times hardly ...

Lateral Foot Pain 
Hi,

I suffered a sudden onset of L lateral foot pain yesterday after playing tennis. I play 3-4x/week and have not had the problem before. It began ...

Feet look great, hurt like hell! Pain worse in bed 
My feet look normal and there is very little swelling, even at night after a long hot day at work. No corns, bunions, spurs, etc., I wear good shoes and ...

Broken big toe issue 
I feel almost two months ago and am fairly sure I broke my big toe. I was very painful for that a couple of days. I did the hot cold compress immediately ...

left foot swelling 
For no apparent reason my left foot has been swollen for 3 days,but not the right one. This has never happen to me in my life. I have no pain. I did ...

Sudden sharp stabbing pain in the top of one foot 
I'm a 49 yr old male. 5'6" & 165lbs. In very good health. I exercise 3-4 times a week and do good deal of walking as a part of my job.

After several ...

Left side of foot pain, heel and ball of foot pain 
Hello,

I am a 44 year old Pe teacher who has been experiencing foot pain since October. I have had numerous xrays, 2 MRI's and numerous injections in ...

Stabbing electric like pain in three toes of foot 
Beginning about a week ago, I had this stabbing pian in my big toe and the two adjacent toes of the left foot. This generally happens when the foot is ...

Severe Pain in my big toes 
In January of 2009 I noticed that the large joint located at the base of my big toe on the right side would hurt when I was running or would ache at night ...

Xray 
I am 14 weeks pregnant with baby number 2. I broke my foot on Friday and they gave me an xray today to see how bad the break is. I am now worried about ...

pain in middle broken toe after three months, MRI shows non-union 
Experienced a really huge "toe-jam" on a piece of furniture 3+ months ago. First podiatrist kept telling me it was a broken toe, and that the (extremely)...

foot pain, and ankle pain 
a couple of weeks ago the top of my foot, at the base of the two little toes became very tender to the touch. after a few days it was sore from top through ...

Lump under ankle... 
Hi, I'm a 29 year old female. About a month ago, I noticed a small cyst or lump on the side of my right foot below my ankle. It feels a little bigger than ...

Pain and swelling on top of left foot that radiates down third metatarsal 
I have had this problem with my left foot for the past 4 months and I am getting frustrated. I have been prescribed an anti-inflammatory by my general ...

stubbed big toe now chronic pain and burning sensation 
I banged my foot on a step going up felt a pain it has been about a month now.Have pain behind big toe and toe next to it also feel a burning sensation ...

Sharp Pain in joint of big toe.  
When I walk or stand up, I have this sharp pain that I can feel on the top of my big toe joint. Its becoming more frequent. The doctor said it may be ...

foot, ankle pain, numbness swelling after back surgery and broken foot 
I'll try to make this understandable. In Jan/09 I had a fracture in my foot. At the same time I had a herniated disk and had to have diskectomy and lamonectomy ...

Pain on the outer lateral bottom of feet and lateral sides of both hands. 
I have been having foot pain for about a month. The pain involves bilateral feet and bilateral hands. The pain is on the bottom lateral side of feet. There ...

pain between toes as if stepping on a stone 
ive been having pain between my toes on my left foot as if i was stepping on a rock but there are no lumps, redness, etc. The first time i actually thought ...

My son has developed a bump on side of his foot after playing a lot of basetball. It is swollen and is red and tender to the touch. 
My son has developed a bump on side of his foot after playing a lot of basetball. It is swollen and is red and tender to the touch. He couldn't play ...

itchy little lumps on my foot 
Hi there, I have had these little lumps on my the ball of my left foot for a fair few months now. At first I thought it was a form of athletes foot, but ...

CROOKED SECOND TOES 
My problem involves my second (index)toes on both feet. They point at approximately a 45 degree angle toward the third toes. They don't hurt and don'...

morton's neuroma post surgery 
I had surgery for morton's neuroma 10 1/2 months ago. Surgery was done from the top. I'm still experiencing stinging pain (it feels like tiny electric ...

pain like an electic shock in my left toe  
my left top toe gets a dart pain its like an electric shock in my left toe and it only happens every now and last for a few minutes but its a strange sensation....

Isolated Itchy Spot on bottom of foot 
i've had an isolated itchy spot on the right side under my foot, 2 inches below my second to last toe for a few years. I had this oval-ish spot the size ...

The third toe on both feet are swollen and red at the second tarsal joint for 2 months now.  
I am a 50 year old female and post menapausal for almost 1 and 1/2 years.
Aproximately 2-3 months ago I noticed that the third toe on my left foot was ...

numb feet and swollen ankles 
I had surgery 5 years ago on my peroneal tendon in my right ankle, a broken left ankle and fibula 3 years ago, and lumber spinal fusion last May. My feet ...

ball of foot hurts, bunion and neuroma 
I have bunions and have no arches. the balls of my feet hurt and I also have a neuroma between my big toe and second toe. I have had 2 cortisone shots ...

swelling and intense pain while trying to walk 
I had triple athrodeis 2/11/09 2mos hard cast 1mo. walking boot. I was released to go back to work on 5/7/09,went to work same day. I'am a car saleman ...

pain after right fusion 
I have had a broken foot and 3 surgeries on it to try to get it ti fuse. I have a lot of pain yet and use a bone stimulator and take lortab 10/500 q 4 ...

Pain in bottom of heel and toward arch after soccer 
My daughter has played baseball and basketball for the last 2 years and has had no problems with her feet. This summer, she has started to play soccer,...

shooting pain after Lisfranc surgery 
I had surgery for Lisfranc injury 10 weeks ago. I am still having sharp, shooting pain in my foot. Am still in air boot. Are these healing pains of ...

Can't find proper fitting shoes lifetime 
I am a 38 year old male & I don't have any bunions . I started wearing orthotics recently for the ankle & foot pain. Ever since I can remember I had trouble ...

burning and swelling of toes and metatrasal area  
6 months ago i had surgery on removal of bone spurs from four of my toes including bunion removal hoping for relief of burning and painful foot after standing ...

ankle pain and tenderness after 2 year old sprain 
I am a 20 year old female. I sprained my ankle about 2 yrs ago jumping off a stage and landing on my boyfriends foot went to the dr a week later and the ...

nerve pain in the top of foot 
I developed a severe burning pain in the top of my left foot. At the onset(about a month ago), it only hurt to push in the clutch of my car or point my ...

Foot pain after bunionectom/ repair. 
I am a very healthy 31 year old cosmetologist. So my feet are very important to me! I had what was suppose to be a bunionectomy in Dec.2008, I have recently ...

Pain in both feet (top and bottom) 
I have been having foot pain in both feet (top and bottom) for almost 4 years. I am a 54 year old female but my feet feel like they have declared war against ...

Multiple pains in bottom of feet 
About two days ago a few spots on the bottom of both my feet became very sensitive and have seemed to be getting worse. It feels as if there is something ...

injured big toe 
On 4/22 I jammed my big toe into a wooden box. Can hardly walk on the foot. Bruise on top of knuckle and underneath of my big toe. It is swollen as well ...

Running leads to stress fracture? 
Hello Marc,

In Nov/08 I overdid it while getting back into my running routine at the gym. I felt a pain in my right foot while on the treadmill and ...

What do I do with a broken middle toe? 
I broke my middle toe 7 months ago. Even though I followed the advice of what to do with a broken toe, today it is still painful and still looks swollen....

Pain in the top of foot due to accident 
Was slamming on the brakes when I rear-ended vehicle, and as a result, I have pain in my right foot. The pain is on the top of my foot, and it is very ...

pain after foot fusion 
My problem is I still am having foot pain after a fusion and a revision
and having some hardware took out. My Dr said that I still have a non-union and ...

titanium screws or removable pins 
Am 65 yr old, very healthy female with upcoming severe type bunion surgery. am not comfortable with suggested titanium screws (permanent) with concern ...

ligament or nerve pain on top of ankle 
I've had a herniated disc in my L4/L5 for a while now. I've received steroid injections and been doing stretches for a few years now. I have had radiating ...

Pain in foot after stress fracture 
Back in July, 2008 I received a stress fracture on the distal end of the third metatarsal of my right foot. I have had pain on the top of my foot, mid-...

Delayed diagnosis of matatarsal stress fracture 
I broke my middle toe a year ago, and because of continued soreness and occasional swelling they took another x-ray that showed a partly healed metatarsal ...

Hammertoe? Claw foot? 
Approximately 8 months ago I started to develop a callus on the ball of my right foot. I had no previous foot pain ever. Orthotics were tried as well as ...

Stress Fracture not healing? 
Hi. I have had a "stress fracture" for over 6 weeks. I first started feeling pain about 7 weeks ago. It went completely away for a week then came back....

Had too large hardware removed from first metatarsal joint 
Two months ago I had the third surgery in the same place to remove hardware that was too large for the area ( four screws and a plate) and had been in ...

numbness, tingling, cold foot 
Last November, I sustained a stress fracture on my left foot of the neck of the 5th metatarsal. The first doctor I saw treated it with an air-cast walking ...

Flat cyst under the skin of the ball of my foot -- no pain 
There is no pain involved (yet), but I have a very strange sensation whenever I stand up and walk barefoot after sitting for a while. It feels as though ...

Ball of feet pain radiating to other parts of body. 
I have had this for many years. Its getting worse and the pain is unbearable.
I have hard callouses on the balls of both feet below 2cd and 3rd toes....

Pain post-bunionectomy, hammertoe surgery 
I had bunionectomy, hammertoe correction 6 days ago. I have been using a walker and hopping around. I have 3 pins in my foot which should be removed in ...

Inside ankle pain 
I had an extreme injury to my ankle in Sep of 2007, I had surgery to repair ligament damage on the outside of my ankle in Jan 2008. I got pregnant and ...

lump on my small toe 
I have been told that what I thought was corn on my small toe, is
probably a small bone growing out, as my toe is turned under and is
taking all the ...

Foot goes numb 
When I go to bed at night, my right foot goes numb to about my ankle-my ankle feels stiff--when I change position it sometimes helps, if I stand up out ...

Pain on Top of Foot 
I have a big concern. I’m really worried that I am wearing out my feet and will have to stop playing basketball, which is a great passion of mine. I'm ...

stiff feet 
I am finally coming to an end with a severe episode of Plantar fasciitis but it is still lingering after 10 months!! I am going to physical therapy twice ...

"Wind- sweept" toes; what type of surgery can correct this condition? 
The 2nd and 3rd toes sway toward the 2nd toe. This causes my shoes not to hold my foot properly; the heel goes off to the right side of the foot (this ...

severe stabbing pain at top of toe where joins foot 
I am experiencing every night about 2 to 3 hours after retiring a very severe stabbing pain on the top of the toe next to my little toe, The pain is specific ...

discoloration of big toe on both feet 
I had spinal surgery a few years ago due to a tumor on my spinal cord from c-2 thur c-4. The tumor is wrapped in and around the spinal cord. The surgeon ...

Swollen red toes 
Two weeks ago my 2nd, 4th and especially my pinky toe of my right foot became red and swollen. There is also a small dark discoloration on the nail bed ...

sharp pain in inside of left ankle 
I was woken during the night by a really sharp pain, like i was being stabbed in the ankle by a needle. It hurt so much I tore my bed apart looking for ...

swollen second toe 
My second toe has been red and swollen for about 2 weeks and does not seem to be getting any better. It started out with my big toe and spread to the ...

post bunionectomy pain 
Three months ago I had surgery to remove a bunion and straighten two hammer toes.
The surgeon cannot tell me what proceedure he used but cut bone in ...

sprained ankle with torn Achilles tendon 
My husband sprained his ankle on Nov. 9, 2008, his family doctor told him to do the RICE treatment and to come back in 2 weeks.He could not step on it ...

curved middle toes on my childs feet toward big toe 
I had noticed before but thought it was just their little toes growing but now Im concerned. On my 7 year old daughter and my 4 year old son on both their ...

Heel pain 
I have been experiencing burning and stabbing pain in my right heel which had initially surfaced 10 years ago and has gotten progressively worse over time....

burning pain in the balls of my feet 
For the last few years I have been experiencing foot pain that is hard to describe. The pain is like a burning, stinging pain that radiates into my toes....

my right big toe keeps going numb 
Every five or ten minutes, my right big toe start to tingle. A few seconds later, it goes completely numb!! I can still walk on it, but it feels kind of ...

Sprained toe? 
I was at gymnastics when i was running for warmup and kicked the corner of a low beam. As much as it hurt i kept on running. I soon discovered that during ...

Foot numbness after ankle surgery 
Hello, I'm a healthy 45 yr old female with no diabetes and in good shape. I'm 13 days post ankle surgery. Had primary ATFL ligament repair after a bad ...

runner with pain on top of big toe and underneath big toe 
I have pain on top of my right big toe as well as underneath it. Heres background info. I had bunion surgery around 1994. It got stiff had corizon shot ...

foot pain after fusion 
I appreciate the reply I got from Dr. Mitnick. I have done therapy but it seems
like that the pain is just very rough at times. I can't walk but hobble
...

bottom of the foot pain (all over) 
I have a kidney transplant, type 2 diabetes as a result of the transplant and high blood pressure. About a year ago I was diagnosed with plantar faciitis....

pain after foot fusion 
I fell 12-25-07 and broke over 20 bones in my rt foot. I had one fusion
done. This did not take. I then went in on June 17 08 to have a revision
done....

discoloration, itching, burning in ALL toes 
Hello everyone,

I am a 25 year old graduate student finishing my doctorate in physical therapy this May. I live in Illinois, where it is most definitely ...

Custom-orthotics disaster 
I decided to get fitted for orthotics as a preventative measure prompted by my boss and an orthopedic surgeon who both swear by them. Other people I know ...

Recovering from surgery after repair to tailors bunion 
Hi my name is Ronnie, I Rohad surgery to remove a tailors bunion, I had a ex-ray done on my second visit after the suregary and the doctor tells me that ...

numbness in the right big toe 
The whole left side as well as the tip of my big toe has been feeling numb for about 4 days now. About a month ago, I switched from from an office job ...

Pain in toe during the winter. 
Here it goes again. This is the third winter in a row that the minute the cold weather hits.......my toe next to my pinky toe begins to swell twice it'...

Purple-Blue toes 
I have been going to a podiatrist for Plantar Fasciitis and slowly I am recovering. My doctor noticed my purplish-bluish hue to my toes but wasn't there ...

No feeling in my big toe. 
Hello,

I am 29 years old. I have lost feeling in my big toe on my left foot.
Nothing I do helps circulation or anything. the toe looks good and moves
...

Left lateral plantar foot pain 
Hello,

I have had this left lateral plantar aspect foot pain x's 4 yrs. Have had fasscittis ruled out. Its mid area from 3rd medatarsal between heel....

twisted ankle/plantar fasciitis 
Me twisting my right ankle seemed to have had a domino effect which is quite confusing to me. Six months ago I simply twisted my r ankle trying to avoid ...

Burning pain on top of foot and toes 
This has been going on for about 2 months or so. I was born flat footed. My feet have gotten worse since I've gotten older. I am 52 year old women. But ...

sharp intense pain in second toe 
sharp intenese pain in second toe on left foot. feels like someone is stabbing it. it started aprox. 2 weeks ago. did not stub it. but when the pain hits ...

Numbness of 3rd & 4th toe on right foot 
About a week ago, I woke to numb toes on my right foot. It improved a bit during the day, but was back again the next morning. Now it seems to be almost ...

bunion 
I've had a bunion on my right foot (photo attached) that first became noticeable when I was in high school (ran track and cross country but noticed bunion ...

Warm feeling at bottom of left foot 
My husband, 47 years old, has a constant warm feeling in the bottom of his left foot, although the foot is not actually warm to the touch. He has recently ...

plantar fasciitis 
I have been struggling with plantar fasciitis for the past 5 months and had it both feet. It started in my right foot and progressed in my good foot...

Tailor's bunion 
Hi

I have bunions on both feet, though they cause infrequent pain or trouble. However, on my left foot, I also have a tailor's bunion that flared up ...

sudden night-time pain in same foot of my 9 year old 
My 9 year old daughter has struggled with foot pain for several years now. This started around age 5 or 6 and was intermittent so I called it "growing ...

rough hole with sharp burning pain in heel of foot 
i have a rough spot on the ball of my foot, it feels like i have something with it burns and sharp pains in it. i picked at it with a needle and opened ...

Have a old piece of glass in my foot? 
I have a piece of glass stuck inside my foot on the arch and now it is itchy and tender is it trying to come out? Been in my foot for over 30 years.

Hi ...

swollen 2nd toe 
Back in May, I stepped on a small pebble which had gotten into my shoe. I removed it quickly, but it was still sore. I didn't think much of this until ...

Not happy with the TightRope fixation procedure 
Hello Doctor, my name is Michele and I am a healthy, active 29 year old female. I began having pain in my foot a little over a year ago. I went to a few ...

Shooting pain starting from mid top of foot and up leg 
For the past few weeks I have been experiencing a shooting pain from the top of my foot that goes up my leg. It only occurs when I try to bend over (like ...

ankle foot pain 
hi. I work on a drilling rig in the gulf of Mexico. I have 2 week on and off schedual. When I am at work my left ankle will hurt about an hour after I ...

painful purple foot 
4 weeks ago I had a lapidus bunionectomy with a hammertoe repair and an Akin ostometry. The toe next to my big toes cracked when the doctor put in the ...

burning on top of foot below little toe 
I have recently (4- 6 weeks) started getting intermittent burning sensations on the top of my left foot just below where the little toe is attached and ...

Response to Pain after Bunion Surgery April 4, 2008 
Hi,I read your comment and have had the hardware removed last Friday, Oct 10. I have a big staple, screw and a smaller staple removed. Only a small staple ...

Baxters Nerve Entrapment 
I have been experiencing severe pain in the arch of my foot.(this has been going on for over 2 years, I badly sprained my ankle and it has never recovered)...

chronic feet pain of unknown etiology 
I've contacted you once before regarding my pain. I'm a nurse on a high acuity unit. I started experincing pain in my left foot and it steadily worsened ...

Bump on side of left foot 
I am a 35 year old female. I have what appears to be a cyst on the side of my foot... just diagonal from my ankle. I actually had a cyst on the same foot ...

Dry dark area on top of big toe 
Hello
I have a dark patch on the top on one of my big toes, which has been there for at least a month. The patch is about 2-3cm in diameter and there ...

Pain after Bunionectomy on April 4, 2008 
I have been having persistant pain in the ball of foot for well over a year when I had surgery on April 4, 2008. I had an Austin/Akin procedure with a ...

left ankle pain after 8 months 
Feb. 2008 I fell from a step going out of my front door. I recieved a sprained ankle with 2 partial torn ligaments. My outside ankle and along the outside ...

top of left foot hurts 
the top (around middle) part of my foot just started hurting yesterday. it hurts when i move my toes up and when i press it or walk. i have flat feet, but ...

midtarsal fault with nerve entrapment 
I have this problem and have read your explanation of this. Is there any type of surgery that is less invasive than joint fusion (which has been recommended ...

Foot Pain 
I have had 3 L5 Laminectomys and fusion of the L4/L5 in recent years. I had also been diagnosed with plantar fasciitis and tendonitis of my left foot/...

Buning pain in ball of foot. 
I am training to participate in a marathon early next year. I plan to speed walk the event. I am currently walking 7 miles per day 5 days a week. I ...

sharp pain up in the heel of my foot 
A pain shoots up the heel of my foot, last for one minute but it is so intense and very painful.Nothing relieves the pain, I have to wait for it to subside....

nonunion toe fracture 
I broke my toe several months ago, pinky toe, by stubbing it. I buddy taped it, but it never seemed to heal correctly. I finally went to a podiatrist, and ...

I am scheduled for surgery for Morton's Neuroma 
I'm not sure I have a neuroma, please help. I explained to the doctor I have terrible pain on the bottom of the foot down the middle when the widest part ...

foot pain 
For several months now I've been having pain in my foot that has spread through my whole body which I think is RSD. Over a year ago a pallet jack with ...

big toe toenail pain on both feet 
I was hiking three days ago on a steep rocky trail. On the way downhill the big toenail on both feet began to hurt. My toenails are a little above the ...

Angioleiomyoma 
I have pea size bump on my leg w/ burning pain when pressed. I had it removed before 4 yrs ago diagnosed as an benign angioleiomyoma. Should I have it ...

glass in foot? 
My daugther has autism, she will not let anyone touch her foot. My older daugther thinks she has glass in her foot, or it could be a insect bite. Is their ...

ball of foot growth? 
My sister is 60 years old and slightly overweight. She has developed a growth on the bottom of her foot (in the ball). It looks like a risen but has no ...

big toe spasms upward 
Hello,

My 82 year old mother is having nightly bouts of spasms in her big toes (usually one at a time) in which the toe bends straight up & she can'...

big toe is itchy and cuticle is weird 
i've never had an ingrown nail or athlete's foot but i've shown my problem to people and seen pictures and it is not either of those. i dont have insurance ...

Sharp Pain in Big Toe and Burning Pain in Ball of Foot 
I broke my big toe ( Right Foot ) in '04. Toe healed fine and did not bother me until '08 while on a treadmill. I was walking on the treadmill for an ...

Aching feet 
When I was pregant 8 years ago, I would wake in the morning and I could hardly stand on my feet as they ached so bad. This continued for a few months ...

whole foot 
I stepped on a piece of glass quite a few years ago and i have had 4 surgeries since then. I have also been through physical therapy 3 times and undergone ...

swelling and tenderness at the base of the second toe 
I have swelling and tenderness at the base of the second toe on my right foot. The swelling is also on the top of foot mainly between the big toe and second ...

persistent pain and soft lump on incision site of plate and screw insertion after ankle break 
Its been almost 3 months since I broke my ankle (tri-malleolar), dislocated it, and had surgery to insert a plate along the outside of my ankle and 8 screws ...

Top of Foot Pain 
I am a 42 year old female health teacher. I have had over the past week and a half right foot pain and swelling right below the third and fourth toes....

Wart-like bumps on bottoms of feet 
I went to the podiatrist with what I thought were plantars warts. I have 6-8 wart-like bumps on the right foot, (located where arch meets heel, and where ...

Severe pain in the balls of both feet both while standing and at rest 
My husband started with pain in the balls of his feet several years ago. He was diagnosed with Morton's neuroma and has had 7 individual surgeries on ...

peroneus longus tendon(????) pain that comes and goes 
For about 8 weeks, I have had pain on the side of my foot. In looking at your diagram, it is the same area where the peroneus longus tendon is located....

pain down left side of left foot. 
Hello!

I have a pain that runs down the left side of my left foot. It's not on the bottom or top of my foot. It runs right down the side of it along ...

severe pain at heal and arch of right foot 
I have been suffering from this pain for over 3 years.At first I was tested for Lyme disease but that was not it. I've been tested for arthritis and tested ...

post op bunionectomy/hammertoe surgery 
I am 4 weeks post op (McBride) bunionectomy and hammertoe surgery. I was NOT allowed to bear weight for 4 week due to the pins protruding out of my toes....

sesmoid 
I was seen by a podiatrist who upon x-rays told me that the sesmoid bone in both my feet was in two pieces. He gave me a cortisone shot. Less than a ...

Swollen Red Toes 
Four days ago my two toes starting to get red. I had not bumped them, cut them, nor anything else I could remember. By the next day they looked red (almost ...

Red soles 
Dear Doctor

The souls of my feet are bright red. At the back part of the foot the redness bleeds up into the heel this also goes for the outside of ...

Stumped toe 
I stumped my toe about 7.30 this morning and it is vey painful. It is now swollen and turning black and blue, as well as the foot area around it.

Does ...

toes get hot ,red and burning sensation in the toes 
Five years ago I was diagnosed with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Sonce then I have been having problems with my toes getting red,hot feeling a burning ...

Pain on top of foot, hurts to bend foot when walking 
I have high arches and significant supination of my feet as a result of metatarsus adductus, conditions I've had my whole life but not diagnosed until ...

Chronic left top of foot pain 
When I was a child - I was on a figure skating team. After three minute routines I would come off the ice in tears because my feet hurt. My family doctor ...

Infrequent stabbing pain in my heel 
Recently I have begun to experience a very sharp stabbing pain in the bottom of my right heel. It began a few months ago and does not bother me all the ...

Numbness 
Hiya,
I have total numbness in left big toe, which tends to feel like it is spreading over the whole foot sometimes. It is the same sensation as when ...

Plantar Fibromatosis 
Hello! I have a confirmed case of plantar fibromatosis. I have been trying the 15% verapamil cream since March. I have been very faithful in its use. Yes,...

sharp pain in three middle toes without apparent initiating trauma 
Without apparent provocation, I get sharp pain in my middle three toes sometimes lasting as long as 12 seconds. It hurts (about an 8 on 0-10 scale) and ...

foot pain 
My son plays soccer and while playing his feet hurt. The pain is on the bottom edge on the outside part of the foot. He also jogs and as long as he is ...

heel pain 
heel pain that radiates bilaterally on bottom and sides of foot. pain is a stabbing pain which feels like you have stepped on a stone and your heel is ...

never ending pain in foot 
I have had xrays,and they dont show anything wrong.But for the last year I have had constant aching in my foot,and its at the point now ,where I rarely ...

Discoloration on top of feet, some discomfort 
Hello. Two days ago, I was feeling tired, so I decided to take my shoes off and relax for a bit. When I removed my socks, I was suprised to notice a lot ...

I have horrible itching on the bottom of my foot  
It happens mostly at night but on the rare occasion at other times as well. It wakes me up. The itch is so intense I can't stand it. I also can't scratch ...

talus avulsion fractures 
I have 3 avulsion fractures of the right talus. I am seeing a foot doctor. He has put me in a boot cast (brace)and I have had to use crutches for the ...

Big toes' numbness 
Both my big toes went partially numb about a week ago and have stayed that way since. The right toe a bit more spread than the left toe and in both it ...

Painful knot on bottom of my foot! 
the knot was smaller about 1 week ago, now it has become a little bigger. it hurts to wear heels because of the location of the knot...when i push hard ...

Lump Under Second Toe 
Hi I have a lump the size of a large pea under the skin on my second toe, at the base before the toe joins the foot. It isn't painful to touch but has ...

Foot pain on top near ankle 
About three four ago I just woke up one morning with a pain on the top-edge of my right foot near the ankle. There is no swelling or bruising, just the ...

bottoms of feet hurt 
I have started wearing pre-made inserts that I got from my pedorthist. The pedorthist has padded the sesamoid area as well as the sulcus (?) (I was told ...

Discoloration after surgery 
How long after you've have foot surgery does that initial discoloration resolve? I am 4 months post op from a bunionectomy and I still have a purple foot ...

A lump/growth on the top of my right foot 
i have growth/lump on the top of my right foot about one and a half inches from the middle toe. i have had this for the past 6-7 years.it was a soft and ...

ongoing pain and tenderness on top side of R foot . 
I have been experiencing extreme tenderness and pain (even bed sheets are to much touch)on the top of my right foot from just behind the toes to begining ...

strong burning sensation in middle three toes of right foot 
About once every couple of weeks I get a strong burning sensation in the middle
three toes of my right foot. Today it hit me as I was driving. I had ...

big toe pain 
I have sudden, terrible pain when putting any weight on the ball of my left foot--when I step down on the big toe. It almost feels like the bone is dislocated....

Lump or lumps on bottom of feet 
This happens every now and again. I will get a lump on the bottom of my foot and it will show up from my toes to anywhere on the bottom of my feet. It ...

Increase in pain after bunionectomy 
I'm 4 months post op from a bunionectomy. In the last week I have noticed an increase in my pain instead of a decrease. I had been doing pretty well,...

sharp shooting pain on the outside of my right ankle 
For several months now I have been experiencing a severe and sudden sharp pain in my ankle. The pain is sporadic with no pattern to the re occurrence....

tarsal tunnel-baxters nerve entrapment 
I have endured over 2 years of pain in my left foot/ankle. The pain occured after a gastro recession surgery for a torn peronial longus tendon. The surgery ...

Foot pain, outside edge, left foot 
Have had plantar fasciitis in both feet that shots pretty much cured. This pain is different. Left foot, outside edge, not quite half way between my heel ...

brown spot on bottom of foot 
ater going to foot dr. about 2 yrs. ago. he discovered that i had a brown spot that looked like melanoma, he biopsied it that day & it came back negative....

foot pain 
I have pain in my left foot, on the bottom of my foot, right below the toes. It feels as though I am stepping on a stone when I walk. It doesnt look ...

Heel and ankle pain in right foot 
I am a 48 yr. old female with sharp heel pain in my right foot. It lasted about 2-3 weeks and then got better with little pain left. All of a sudden it ...

Pain at the base of the third and second toe 
I am having pain at the base of the third and second toe on both my left and right foot. It started on both feet back in December and I had cortizone ...

Pulsating pain/ache near arch on bottom of foot, swelling 
I have periodic pain in my right foot that started about 5 days ago, after returning from a vacation where were did a lot of walking, especially stairs....

Ankle pain 
Alright I am a 19 year old female..I sprained my ankle the day before thanksgiving in 2007 which was a wednesday by jumping off a stage trying to touch ...

Foot pain on ball of foot 
A few weeks ago I started to have foot pain in my right foot. The pain is localized in the ball of the foot and seems to be directly connected to a small,...

Sporadic pain at base of second toe 
I am a 47-year-old woman. I do not wear high heals because I have a history of intermittent back pain. I wear prescription orthotics and usually wear very ...

blue and purple feet and toes, severe pain  
Hello and thank you in advance for taking the time to listen.

I am going to try and be as specific and brief as possible. This is for my wife,...

Foot pain 
i have pain at the bottom of my foot at the base of my toes, more so at the base between my big toe and the next one. Occasionally while walking i have ...

Swollen ball of big toe 
You've been so helpful with your responses to my questions...more so than my own doctor. I have one more question...I didn't find anything similar already ...

very painful lump on bottom of foot center of arch almost to heel 
After standing for longer periods than normal in slippers, I have this lump appear on the arch of my foot close to heel base. It is very painful to touch ...

Foot Pain..... 
I have several things going on and have no clue whats related if anything. Please help.
I started having foot pain this morning when I woke up and a sore ...

Burning Toe Pain in Middle 3 toes 
Yesterday I walked roughly a mile or more, in comfortable shoes and was doing good, but as I neared the end, all of a sudden I got this severe burning ...

top of foot pain 
I woke up yesterday with pain that radiates in waves from the center of my foot. I did not do any specific activity; nor drop anything nor fall. It is ...

MRI says no Plantar Inflamation 
Hi,

I am writing for my wife. She has had Plantar Fasciitis like pain for 1 1/2 year (text book Sx : pain with first steps of morning, pain after standing ...

Pain in my right foot 
All night last night I had a dull toothache-like pain in my right foot, it felt as if it had something to do with 3rd and 4th toe. But in the morning ...

pain on bottom of foot on lateral side when walking/bearing weight 
3 Sunday's ago i ran for 3 miles and then i went swimming and then I went for a walk and during that walk I suddenly felt pain under my foot and caused ...

Pain base of 2nd toe 
I'm 49. Over the past few years have occassionally experienced pain in the ball of my right foot while playing hard-court sports. Felt kind of like a ...

pain on the top to my toe on my right foot 
I had very bad pain in my foot and some swelling went to the doctors--first he said it was broke on the under side of my big toe fit me for a boot--then ...

electric shock feeling in toe 
I get this painful electric shock feeling in my second toe on my right foot. It is very painful and last for maybe 30 sec. to a minute. Is it a nerve from ...

inflammation and red, tender areas up the sides of the feet as well as bruising and pain in the heels. 
My problem started out as heel pain. The pain progressed to the outsides of my feet and became inflamed red spots that are hot to the touch that go from ...

Possible Plantar Fasciitis ?? 
I developed foot pain 1 1/2 years ago. Went to a podiatrist, had custom orthotics made and was told to rest my feet for 2 months, which I did. No relief....

Toe Bone Spur 
I have a bone spur on the top (off to the side) of my middle toe. I thought it was a corn or wart until I showed it to my PC doctor. I had been using ...

top of feet cramps 
I have occasional cramps in the top of my feet that are not associated with an outside source (as far as I can determine). They occur at night more often ...

deep blister on heel 
My husband has planned a hike in Napal in 5 wks and has been having trouble with his heel. He has had xray which showed no bone involvement, MRI which ...

Pain in the top of my foot 
I cannot remember any trauma to my foot, but the top of my foot has been paining for about a week now. It has gotten worse too. Whenever I bend my foot ...

Constant pain in both feet. Doctor's are unable to diagnose. 
I have constant pain in both feet. Doctor's are unable to diagnose.
I am 41 years old and I am 5'4" and weigh 125 pounds. I've never had any major health ...

itchy sore feet 
I have recently been experiencing severe itching on the bottom of my feet followed by sharp stabbing pain in the bottom of the feet. It is an itch that ...

Pain along outer side of right foot - near the bottom 
I am a runner and began experiencing this problem several weeks ago. It occurs after I run. The further I run, the longer the pain lasts. Resting the ...

can bear weight, but hurts to walk 
Several months ago I slipped on the ice in our somewhat steep driveway. My left foot slid down while my right foot rolled under my body. There was lots ...

Underfoot pain when walking or load bearing 
Hi. A pain has developed when walking or putting full weight onto my left foot. The pain is located almost exactly where the arrow on the "bottom of foot ...

fell re injured bunionectomy 
hurts on and off numming i had surgery 15 days ago should i go to the hosp?had screws put in fell yesterday.

Cheryl,
I do not think there is any question;...

random paralysis and pain 
Completely randomly, and out of the blue, my foot will suddenly contort. Seems like the bones connected to the biggest toe and the next one or two in ...

Top of the foot pain 
I am 36 years old and in fairly good health. I am 5'10" and about 210 lbs and consider myself to be in reasonable shape.

I was walking on vacation ...

top of foot pain into big toe 
I have severe pain in the top center of my left foot. The pain radiates to my big toe. I feel a bump there so I'm curious if it could be a bone spur ...

Bump on top of foot 
Hi there,

I have had this smaller sized hard bump on the top of my foot for about 4 months now. If you look at your foot and flex the bump seems to ...

Pain in my arch. 
I have been having a sharp pain the the inside arch of my right foot. It feels like a pin poking me. At first I thought there was something sticking ...

Pain where my foot and leg meet, on my right side. 
When I walk fast, I have pain in the front, (where my foot and leg meet), on my right side. I don't know what that area is called. I walk outside, 1 mile ...

Foot Pain 
I am having pain in my foot, it only hurts when I'm walking, after my heel has left the ground and I'm on the ball of my foot. The pain is on my left foot,...

ARE PODIATRISTS REAL DOCTORS? 
THEY CALL THEMSELVES DOCTORS BUT THEY ARE NOT PHYSICIANS. THEY DON'T GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL RIGHT?

Hi,
The best way to think of podiatrists is in the ...

severe continue foot pain 
I had a spur removal surgery on my foot last December. It was small grow near the big toe on my right foot. It bothered me when I used some shoes but I ...

a nickel sized hard mass of the lateral aspect of my heel 
This mass has probably doubled in size within a years time. It is only painful when I bend my foot for normal gait. It is approximately 1cm from the ...

Pain between/round the Talus and navicular 
My 8 year old son for the past 4 years has had this pain on the top of his foot between/around the Talus and navicular. Over the years I always thought ...

Pain between heel and arch 
I fell forward on a flight of stone stairs in mid-January. I think my toes caught the upper step and my heel slammed back on the previous stair as I tumbled....

plantar fibromatosis 
I was going to order a pair of your suggested orthotics, however, how can I make sure that the orthotic doesn't hurt the fibroid more???? I have tried ...

foot pain and sore muscles all over body 
The tops of my feet have been sore and when I get up to walk after lying down for a while, they seem stiff and achy. It's not really a tingling feeling ...

soles of feet are red and painful 
My son, who is 14, has pain, redness, and swelling of the soles of both feet. He was previously diagnosed with sever's disease, but this is nothing like ...

persistent foot pain even after two surgeries 
Dr. Mitnick, Thanks again for your reply. Sorry if I'm not explaining this really well. I first went to the dr. because of the terrible bunion pain. The ...

trauma induced bunion 
in Jan. 2007, I was in a head-on collision. I was trapped in my vehicle with multiple broken bones. Specifically, the left femur, left fibula, center 3 ...

persistent foot pain even after two surgeries 
Dr. Mitnick, thank you for your reply. The MN surgery I referred to was surgery to remove a Morton's neuroma from between 3rd and 4th toes on left foot....

persistent foot pain even after two surgeries 
I have had terrible bunions for 25 yrs. I had left foot bunionectomy and osteotomy 9/06 and left foot MN surgery 12/07. The problem is I still have the ...

top of foot pan 
I am a runner, use orthotics, and have hammer toes...hope that helps. I am having great pain on the top of my foot. The bone at the top of my right foot ...

high arches, inflamation 
After doing some research, I can not find foot problems such as I have. I have high arches, bunion, arthritis and ankle pain, and over the past couple ...

Sesamoiditis - I think 
Hello, Dr.,

I am 48 yo female, former dancer (ballet and tap) who, except for a bout of achilles tendonitis a few years ago, have never had foot problems....

pain in the middle of the lower foot twards the back 
my feet have hurt for years. I got an xray the other day and the tech showed me a bone horn that is growing from my heel forward. First question she asked ...

constant pain in the ball of my left foot located directly under the big toe 
I am having constant pain in the ball region of my left foot, located directly underneath the big toe. The problem first started about a month ago. The ...

Hard bump on toe located next to big toe 
recently I have a bump that is on both feet on the toe next to the big toe. It is hard and feels like a part of the bone. It sticks out and doesn't hurt ...

Toe swelling/redness/numbness 
This morning my toe was fine, and i haven't knocked or injured it in any way. Toward the middle of the day i started to get a sensation on the middle toe ...

numb + painful big toes 
the outer Half of both big toes is completley numb on the outside & aches on the inside. there is somtimes a strange itching sensation. im having trouble ...

my third toe on my left foot is smaller than my 2nd and 4th toes 
hi, on my left foot my third toe is way to small compared to my 3nd and 4th toes and it makes it look weird. is there anything i can do to make my 3rd ...

foot pain 
I am having foot pain on the outer side of my left foot. It is stabbing and is very difficult to step on. The pain is the the middle part of the outer ...

bruised sesamoid 
Left foot ball below the big toe joint, No redness or bruising evident on skin, however very painful. Began two days ago with pain in centre of foot, moved ...

The TOPS of my feet hurt. 
The tops of my feet hurt. When I walk it sometimes feels as if the bones in the tops of my feet are going to break. I can walk normally at times and ...

pain on bottom of foot 
I have constant pain in the bottom of my foot, sometimes more severe than others, especially when im on my feet alot, as i usually am. I originally thought ...

both of my feet hurt, all over, most of the time 
Both of my feet hurt. My heels are really sensitive. if I take a long walk or use my feet too much, my feet will hurt all over that evening or the next ...

sudden onset of pain on side of foot 
Hi. A few days ago I suddenly began experiencing severe pain on the right side of my right foot about midway between my toes and my heel. I think there ...

toe/foot pain 
My second toe next to my big toe has a burning pain. If you bend the toe under and toward my end toe it has a bruised pain if you bend it over and in ...

Sore and stiff feet 
Both the tops and bottoms of my feet are very sore and stiff, especially after I have been sitting for a period of time or in the mornings. Even the ankle ...

Pain in the top of the foot 
The pain started 2 weeks ago and extends from the base of my 2nd toe (beside the large toe) into the top middle of my foot. My foot is not red, bruised,...

foot pain on the sole 
Hi,

I am having pain on the sole of my foot, on the lateral portion of the foot, distal to the heel but not to the toes. I find that I cannot palpate ...

Freckle on bottom of foot - biopsied found to be "weird". 
In February 2008 I had a biopsy on a freckle on the bottom of my left foot that I discovered a year and a half ago. The PA removed, or "punched" 5mm in ...

Toes 
Hello. I have a problem with crooked toes as you can see on the picture but I want to avoid surgery. A member of my family has after her fot surgery more ...

ankle pain 
I fell and missed a step a day ago and must have somehow landed funny on my ankle, my ankle isn't swollen, or discolored It does make a loud clicking noise ...

foot pain  
My right foot is swollen on the top by the nerve in my foot. It is very painful what could cause this pain and swelling?

Hi Annisa,

The two most ...

cold but sweaty feet 
hi there..i live in maine and my floors are very cold in the winter...i walk around mostly in socks, and my feet are cold but if i use my slippers or sneakers ...

Pain on the outside of the foot below the ankle? 
I woke up maybe 1-1.5 months ago in the night to visit the bathroom and was surprised when I stepped on my left foot. There was a very sharp pain on the ...

left foot - pain on the outside edge of my foot 
I have heel pain as well as pain on the outside edge of my left foot. My ankle also gives me pain sometimes and feels like it "goes out". My left knee ...

severe pain under second toe feels like a toothache 
my pain feels like some one is putting a knife and turning like a toothache but it is on my feet mainly beneath the second toe, right foot. pain last about ...

cold feet causing foot pain 
When my feet or legs get cold, my toes "lock up" and something in the arch of my foot gets very hard and. I have to rub my arch or pull on my toes to ...

Top of foot pain and swelling 
My fiancee's right foot swells and has pain for about 3-4 days every other month. The pain is on the top, starting just below the ankle. It began in ...

top of foot pain 
Hi there.
I have read your website and I have to admit that I am amazed at all the information that is on here. I have learned more than the three years ...

Cellulitis on toes? 
I am a 28 yr old female, 7 1/2 mo. pregnant. A few months ago I began to have some redness with very mild itching/burning on the toes of both feet, but ...

foot stiffness 
When I wake in the morning my feet are extremely stiff radiating to my achilles. I have only had this condition for the last two months. I eat a well balanced ...

tiny little bumps under skin of toes  
Several tiny little bumps almost like the beginnings of a pimple, but not. These little bumps are in all of my toes, and a couple of fingers. Ive had ...

Pain on outside of foot 
About 1/2 way down on the outside of my left foot, I am experiencing some discomfort. It is not due to footwear that is too tight, and it is tender to ...

Severs Disease 
My sons pediatrian diagnosed him with Severs Disease. We have been icing it and doing some stretches at home. He is on travel ball for baseball and on ...

burning pain under big toe when walking since foot surgery 
had bunions removed from both feet one year ago,there is a screw in each big toe. one foot has severe pain and burning espically when walking. the other ...

RED SWOLLEN PAINFUL TOES 
Hello! I'm a 34 year old female in fairly good health. About a week ago i started to experience pain in my toes. I figured it was from the cold. My ...

missing toenail 
Hi: I had a toenail torn off on middle toe of left foot - is there a splint available to cover the toe to protect it against possible contact? What is ...

Inner ankle pain 
Hi

I get a lot of pain on my foot (usually right one) that feels like I sprained my ankle althoughI did not. I was told that a bone on the inner side ...

Aching and numbness of feet in the morning 
I am a 53 years old woman, don't drive so probably walk more than average, do not smoke but do drink alochol, am not overweight and have a profession that ...

Medial ankle pain 
Hi,
I recently began running on the treadmill doing about 3 miles each time 5 days a week. The last time I ran, my ankles hurt and I attributed it ...

2nd toe pain 
Problem with 2nd toe pain right foot. Started recently when I started walking outside. Exercise regularly at the gym with trainer and/or individualized ...

Hard bump on bottom of foot 
When I was about 12 or 13, i noticed this bump about the size of a dime on the bottom of my foot. it is on my left foot, under my pinky toe, but closer ...

Plantar fascia 
Hi there,
I have been diagnosed with Plantar Fasciitis last September (07). I used to visit podiatrist who used dry needling for this condition. I also ...

i have a burning sensation on the top of my right foot near the ankle on the outer side of the foot, it also feels like it is bruised 
my foot has a burning sensation on the top of the right foot on the outer side of the foot near the ankle, i have had surgery for mortons neuroma about ...

pain in my foot 
I am haveing terrable pain in my left foot. I will wake up in the morning and be fine , but as the day whears on I will have pain. Its located in the ...

pain in left foot on the outside about the middle of the foot. 
The pain started 3 going on 4 wks ago and has continued to worsen. The pain is pretty much constant and sometimes gets real sharp. The bone is very sore ...

Have had Plantar Fasciitis for 5 months now. Now bottoms of feet turn red after walking? 
My Plantar Fasciitis if getting better after 5 months, all though I still can not stand still for long, without pain, and I can't walk for long periods ...

I have sharp pain on the outside of my right foot when I walk or apply pressure. 
I have sharp pain on the outside of my right foot when I walk or apply pressure. The pain is not diffuse, but on one specific spot, it bad enough to impaire ...

dry,scaling,cracked,itching feet 
for the past three months my feet on the sides are peeling the skin right off,it is very dry and scaly to the point if i scatch the area it takes the scaly ...

numbness & pain in back, legs, and feet 
If I sit or stand a few minutes later my legs and feet start to get weak and painful to the point it hurts to walk. Mostly on my left side. It gets worse ...

Heel Pain 
Hi,

I am 51 years old and am reasonably fit, I swim and play soccer I have had knee surgery on at least 7 occasions, torn anterior & posterior cruciate ...

Daughter is having pain on inside of her right foot, 
Hello,

My daughter jumped off something high and hurt her inside of her Right foot. She limped for two days then seems to be ok but she said it hurts ...

pain on the outside of the foot 
I am having pain on the outside of my foot that radiates to the ankle sometimes. It hurts to walk sometimes as well as hurting when I rotate or turn my ...

Inner side foot pain 
I have been starting to train for a 5K. Last week my left foot in the middle on the inner side started to hurt when I ran/walked on it. I have been told ...

foot  Not rated yet
i have two problems with my feet. first its that they blister really easily . and secondly by big toenail falls off often. i play rugby and without the ...

pain ful bump on side of big toe  Not rated yet
There is a painful bump or knot (IT IS VERY SMALL) on the side of my big toe. It is not at the joint but on the side of the toe, I would say exactly halfway ...

left foot heal pain, toes numb and top of foot hurts painful to walk  Not rated yet
have had left foot pain over 1 year,with treatment but no better. i felt a painful pop on top of my foot just above big toe then the inside of big toe ...

Foot tingling/pain when walking  Not rated yet
My feet have been tingling for months. It was not constant. It would happen when I would sit on them(my feet) while giving my kids a bath or getting up ...

Pain when walking and wearing my shoe.  Not rated yet
I had my 2nd hammertoe and bunion surgery on the left foot back in December 2009. To date, (Aug. 2010), I am still having burning and sensitivity where ...

bruising, swelling, mild pain  Not rated yet
I was walking down steps last week, and I accidentally skipped the last one or two. I landed on my knees. My sandles flew off. I was able to put them ...

Aircast versus hard cast, swelling.  Not rated yet
Four weeks ago, I broke my ankle, not a clean break, but not a hairline either...a fx of the distal fibula. No surgery recommended. I went to the doctor ...

Severe pain on the ball of my foot, feels like i am walking on a pebble or marble  Not rated yet
For the past month I have had pain on the ball of my foot between my pinky toe and the next one over. It hurts very bad whenever any pressure is put on ...

tendonitis in my foot which extends up my leg (or vice versa!)  Not rated yet
I've had problems with foot neuropathy for maybe the past 10 years, and thought this current problem (for about a year now) was just a continuation of ...

Ankle instability and plantar fasciitis  Not rated yet
I work as a horseback riding instructor at a therapeutic riding center, so sometimes have to run alongside a trotting horse carrying a child. The riding ...

Foot pain when running  Not rated yet
Whe running this morning after 4 kms I had a sharp pain through my foot starting from the mid underneath through to the inside ankle. It was quite painful....

Toe Joint Replacement  Not rated yet
I'm 70 years old and had big toe joint (Swanson silastic w/o grommets) 2 weeks ago. The surgeon has recommended that I stop playing tennis (doubles) or ...

crooked middle toes  Not rated yet
My 14 yr.old grandson has crooked middle toes. As he grows these toes get longer and
more crooked. The deformation starts at the top joint. When he ...

Second Matatarsal not aligned  Not rated yet
Seven weeks ago, I placed my left foot on the edge of a consul organ fixing a ceiling tile, it tipped and as I fell back, instinct found me kicking the ...

MY DAUGHTER IS 32 AND HAS A BUNION TOE AND IT IS GETTINGWORSE.  Not rated yet
ON THIS SITE I READ A LADY'S HAVING PAIN AFTER THE SURGERY SO I AM CONCERN NOW.
MY DAUGHTER HAS A BUNION TOE. SHE IS IN HER EARLY 30S. MY QUESTION IS ...

bunion  Not rated yet
Where is the tightrope bunion surgery being done? Is there anywhere on the east coast where this procedure is available?

Hi Laura,
You would have to ...

pain on outer part of leg just above ankle  Not rated yet
on aug 7th a full can of paint tipped and hit the outer area of my left leg just above my ankle. i had swelling and pain.

on aug 12 i went to my dr....

heel/ball of foot pain and some warmth in righ foot/calf  Not rated yet
I broke my fourth and fifth metatarsal 10 weeks ago. I had percutaneous surgery on the fifth metatarsal and had a pin put in (the fourth metatarsal was ...

recurrent bruising to top of foot after hammertoe surgery  Not rated yet
Surgery 5 weeks ago. 2 piece fixation device implanted 2nd toe. The toe was shortened. Incision was lateral and hidden between 1st and 2nd toes and is ...

supposedly healed fractured right tibia in ankle  Not rated yet
I had 2 surgeries as first indicated inserted pins were separating, that being unacceptable, second surgery resulted in stainless steel plate with 8 screws,...

pain and swelling in ankel  Not rated yet
i fell down the stairs a week ago and had pain in my ankel area and some slight bruising i could walk on it it just hurt when i would bend my foot to walk ...

foot pain - lateral, mid-foot area - sharp pain during running  Not rated yet
On a long (20M) run last Saturday I had a fairly sharp pain in my foot. It was along the lateral side, approximately mid-foot, kind of on the bottom edge ...

foot  Not rated yet
I was sitting on the back of a golf cart and my foot was dangling off the side and we were reversing when another golf cart came full speed and ran into ...

Pain on the top of both feet...  Not rated yet
In June this year I started having pain on the top of my right foot. It didn't go away, so after a month I went to the hospital, they did an x-ray and ...

pain in left top foot near middle toe  Not rated yet
I have a pain in my left foot at the top near my center toe area. Fells like I jamed the toe or it's broke and never healed. has been like this for many ...

Numb on top of left foot  Not rated yet
Two days ago i had my foot slammed in a door just above teh left ankle. The top of my foot went numb and I still cannot feel it.

Hi Kristi,
The numbness ...

severe pain and sudden bruising underneath and the sides of my big toe  Not rated yet
was standing and felt as if i had trodden on something and then experienced severe pain and as if my toe was swelling underneath and was unable to place ...

feel like pinky toe is shifting under the 4th toe and it is painful  Not rated yet
my husband had hammertoe surgery to his pinky toe about 1 and 1/2 years ago. it is still swollen and when he walks with shoes on that is when the most ...

left toenail pain at night  Not rated yet
I am a female 40yrs old not on menopause as yet. I was woken up by a throbing pain in my left big toe nail. I had an op in 1997 to remove ingrowing toenail ...

Metatarsalgia  Not rated yet
I ordered a pair of the walk fit arch support in April. I wore them every other day until I got use to them. I went on vacation for a week , when I came ...

top of foot pain radiating to ankle  Not rated yet
my 7 year old just had football practice 5 days in a row, Yesterday he started limping and said the top of his lift foot hurt and kind of in the ankle ...

warm sensation on the bottom of my left foot.   Not rated yet
For about one month now, I get this warm sensation on the bottom of my left foot. this feeling comes and goes. It's not painful, but the feeling is strange ...

Stinging in the heel after 5th metatarsal surgery  Not rated yet
Had surgery 6 weeks ago - 5th metatarsal had to be wired and screwed. Went to Dr. yesterday - fracture is healing well. I am still wearing my boot, but ...

Numbness and sometimes tingle in big toe  Not rated yet
Hi, about 4 days ago I went skating for the first time in years. I did it for 2-3 hours. Afterwards my left big toe has felt numb and sometimes has a tingle ...

Pain when standing on feet - diagnosed as plantar fibromatosis  Not rated yet
My job requires me to be on my feet continuously. I have been having debilitating pain in both of my feet. I went to the doctor and he said that I have ...

top of foot pain  Not rated yet
I slammed the top of my foot into a metal step of my camper yesterday it immediately swelled up so I iced it, today it is still swolen it does not hurt ...

Cold feet  Not rated yet
My feet are always cold, year round, they have been this way for as long as I can remember. Its 100 degrees outside and my feet are cold! A few years ago ...

Pinky toe is red, swollen and warm to the touch.  Not rated yet
My daughters pinky toe is red, swollen and warm to touch. The top of her foot is also swollen and warm but the pinky is twice as red. We are not sure ...

Non pitting edema on top of right foot and non weight bearing pain.  Not rated yet
Hi, My right ankle was reconstructed about 30 years ago after the bone crumbled. As the Ortho said, it was like a fractured egg shell after so many fractures ...

soft lump on bottom of foot behind 3rd and 4th toe  Not rated yet
I suffer from numbness in both feet due to an old back injury but have recently had more pain than usual. Upon examining my right foot I discovered I ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
I have been treated for neuroma between 2nd and 3rd toe for past 9 mo.
It is now clear to my orthopedic foot surgeon, that the conditon is actually
a ...

Three of my little toes are numb on left foot  Not rated yet
About a month ago I experienced my left side go numb, after this occured my three little toes remained numb. And then out of nowhere different parts of ...

pain at the ball of the foot and slight pain on top  Not rated yet
A week or so ago, while running in minimalist shoes, I stepped on a pretty big stone. The ball of my foot under the 2nd toe hurt immediately but as the ...

My toes are starting to curl under  Not rated yet
Recently my pinky toe on the left foot has curled to the right and is going underneath the other toe. That toe (the toe to the right) Is also starting ...

pain in both feet on outer sides of feet  Not rated yet
I have been having pains in both feet for approximately 8 months. The pain generally occurs on the outer side of my feet. I have had no accidents and ...

Big Toe is Numb  Not rated yet
I was doing a lot of squatting while tiling a floor, and now my big toe has been numb ever since. Its been about a week now, and it is still the same ...

severe pain in my toes, bottom of feet, and feel like swelling underneath my toes.  Not rated yet
I have the same problems as Linda. Severe pain when walking and even sitting. Sometimes I will be sitting quietly watching TV and I get terrible pains ...

Top outside part of left foot stretching/burning sensation...?  Not rated yet
Dr., recently I have experienced a strange sensation on the top part of my foot directly below my last two toes down further to the middle-left side on ...

left foot and calf swelling  Not rated yet
My left foot is swollen and painful to the touch--all up through the calf area as well. The only thing I've found to relieve this is elevating foot. When ...

Pain on outside of left foot that worsens when standing and walking.  Not rated yet
I am a female in my late 20's. I am a runner and have been for 2 years. I run 4-5 days a week about 4-6 miles. Yesterday while walking through a store ...

Numbness in my big toe  Not rated yet
Ten days ago I was getting into the driver’s side of the car and caught the tip of my toenail on the brake. It ripped my toenail up and I had to have the ...

pain in both of my feet and arches  Not rated yet
when I excerise and walk for a long time my feet start to hurt. I had volleyball camp at Western Michigain and thats when he pain started. The trainer ...

toe dislocates   Not rated yet
My second toe on the right side dislocates on its own. My husband has to pull it back into place. It is extermely painful when it happens. Can you explain ...

side of foot pain, similar to bunion?  Not rated yet
Hello,

I am having some "bunion" issues that were caused by trauma. I was in a relatively minor skateboarding accident in early April. I landed on my ...

Pain after Fusion  Not rated yet
I had a 1st MTP fusion on January 25, 2010 and am still having pain. The pain is on the plantar area below big toe. My doctor (a foot and ankle OS who ...

pain and swelling in ankle  Not rated yet
I've started working out at the gym and running on a treadmill has become my warm up. However as I have increased speed and incline I feel as though I ...

sharp intense pain on top of right foot  Not rated yet
i have type 2 diabetes and heart disease. the pain lasts 3 seconds and then repeats after 3 seconds. feet are stiff and veins in right foot are swollen....

Pain and numbness in 4th toe of right foot  Not rated yet
I can feel a snap when I put my 4th toe in certain positions like a tendon moving back and forth. The 4th toe will feel a hot pain when this happens. Overall ...

foot and ankle swelling and dark viens   Not rated yet
I have had lumbar spinal fusion 1 year ago. Resently I have had a lot of pain in my low back and right leg . The past few days my ankles and feet have ...

Continuing rolled ankle issue  Not rated yet
I was walking across the living room about 8 months ago and my ankle gave out. I went to the doctor and they gave me a lace up brace. No xray or MRI. After ...

ball of foot pain/2 toes swollen  Not rated yet
second toe numb and swollen,esp at base of it and third toe as well.painful with or without shoes,but more so with.50yr old male,normal wgt,on bp and chol....

swelling of feet  Not rated yet
just had heal surgery feet are now swelling what can i do?

Hi,
Your best bet would be to speak to your surgeon as I am sure he or she would be interested ...

large growing lump on instep of foot  Not rated yet
My husband has a lump which is growing and is now about size of nickel on the bottom of my foot. Should he be concerned? I have asked him to get it checked ...

Foot Pain  Not rated yet
The top front part of my foot is slightly swollen in whatever shoe I wear. The pain when I walk is very strong. The foot also feels very stiff all of ...

Sprained or strained ankle?   Not rated yet
I ran a 5K two weeks ago. The shoes were old and I had some knee and ankle discomfort after the race. The following week I ran two 4-milers. After the ...

metatarsal pain with a lump on bottom of foot  Not rated yet
I have a lump you can feel when you rub thumb across lower part of fat pad. It feels like walking on a large stone and throbs and burns when off it. Also ...

FOOT PAIN ON WEIGHT BEARING BONE IN LEFT FOOT  Not rated yet
I get a pain in the weight bearing bone area of my left foot. I've tried over the counter orthodics in my shoes. I've had an x-ray of the foot to determine ...

Numbness in little toes  Not rated yet
I had accidentally stepped on glass this past Wednesday and had to have surgery to get the glass out of my foot (near the arch, but deep in the tissue)...

i stepped on glass a few months ago, now my toe hurts  Not rated yet
a few months ago i stepped on glass. the small piece of glass is still in my little right toe. i went to doctor, and the doctor said that its no big deal....

Sesamoid Fibromatosis recurrence?  Not rated yet
Hello,Doctor.
In 2006 I finally saw a podiatrist about a growing bump under the sesamoid bone of my right foot. The pain had become too much, including ...

Bone hurts  Not rated yet
When I was playing soccer, I got hit in the back of the leg, but it started hurting the front of my feet and my ankel has swollen and the biggest problem ...

Burning pain between 2nd and 3rd toes  Not rated yet
During the day,I work in construction,while my mind is busy on measurements and such,I don't really notice the pain but when the day is done,I feel pain ...

Injury  Not rated yet
I was moving furniture and the top part of my big toenail popped up what should I do.

Hi Yolanda,
Wash the toe with soap and water, apply an antibacterial ...

capsulities hammertoe  Not rated yet
Hello Dr.

In my previous post I asked about capsulities and hammertoe.. You stated that if it is rigid the camsulities will never go away. Or will it ...

Big toe on left foot bruised, swollen to the top middle of foot  Not rated yet
My adult son stepped on my foot two weeks ago. The nurse at work thought my left big toe is broken at the middle joint. The toe is swollen, bruised on ...

big toe sharp pain that radiates up top of foot and lumbar back pain  Not rated yet
I wake up in the middle of the night with lower back pain and numbness in feet. Also, sharp pain in big toe that radiates up top of foot and leg. What ...

pain in BOTTOM OUTSIDE HEEL when I bend forward  Not rated yet
Sharp burning pain in BOTTOM OUTSIDE HEEL when I bend sharply forward without bending my knees. I can do calf stretches (leaning against wall with legs ...

LEFT OUTER 3 TOES FEEL LIKE ELECTRICITY HITTING THEM WHEN I WALK ON FOOT.  Not rated yet
LEFT OUTER 3 TOES FEEL LIKE ELECTICITY SUDDENLY HIT THEM WHEN I WALK ON FOOT .LAST ABOUT 2 DAYS. IF I TAKE IBRUPROPHEN IT HELPS. IF I WALK ON IT HITS ...

Severe pain in my left heal  Not rated yet
I am 48 years young, I have a constant pain in my left heal, when I get off work at night if I sit down for a bit upon rising I have severe pain when walking ...

8 year old daughter has painful bunions  Not rated yet
Hello Dr., My 8 year old daughter has bunions on both of her feet. She has had them now for about a year and a half. I took her to a podiatrist last year ...

One foot seem to be getting darker than the other, no pain  Not rated yet
I have been a diabetic for about 25 yrs, and have had several diabetic issues, but remain relatively healthy. However, I noticed lately that one foot was ...

spiral fracture 2nd toe  Not rated yet
how long is the healing process ?

Hi,
In a healthy individual, with no complications and proper immobilization, about 6-8 weeks.
Marc Mitnick DPM
...

6 ligaments torn in ankle and foot  Not rated yet
I STEPPED WRONG 5 MONTHS AGO AND JUST RECEIVED A MRI. MY DOCTOR SAID I TORE 6 LIGAMENTS IN MY FOOT AND ANKLE. I HAVE BEEN IN A A BOOT AND OFF OF IT AS ...

bone spur  Not rated yet
I had the middle joints in both my little toes removed 20+ years ago because of bone spurs. I now have a bone spur on one of the same toes, are there new ...

Toenail infection persists after nail partially removed twice in three weeks  Not rated yet
My wife's infected toenail was initially treated with three different courses of antibiotics, but to no advail. Three weeks ago, a doctor removed ...

pain on top of foot  Not rated yet
I am having alot of pain on the top of my foot where my leg joins my foot. I have not injured my foot, nor have i dropped anything on it. It just started ...

painful spasms in big toe and ankle--white hot pain  Not rated yet
I am an otherwise healthy 41 year old. For the past 4 1/2 years I have suffered from severe spasms (white hot pain) in my feet including my toe sticking ...

Pain on the top of my foot  Not rated yet
A few days ago I developed pain on the top of my foot. I went to the doctor and had an X-ray, which showed no fracture. The pain increases while I am ...

10 Year Old Daughter having pain on top foot/ankle occasional for 2 years  Not rated yet
My daughter is complaining of pain occassional pain in her ankle and foot so much she can't walk for a few minutes. She's not doing anything specific ...

Bulge and pain on outside of right foot  Not rated yet
I have a bulge on my right foot. It is between the heel and the little toe. It is tender to the touch and very painful if I bump it into something. Feels ...

Foot, ankle, heel pain & swelling  Not rated yet
Five years ago I had an accident where I did compound farctures of both the tibula and the fibula, I dislocated the ankle and crushed the calcanious. After ...

hardware-related pain in ankle  Not rated yet
On Jan 19 2010, I broke and dislocated my right ankle. After my doctor reset my ankle and then performed O.R.I.F. later that evening which resulted in ...

broken ankle with chronic pain  Not rated yet
Car accident 5 months ago, had surgery now presenting with chronic ankle pain and loss of range of motion. Doctors do not believe me. I am waking up and ...

Post operative bunion surgery  Not rated yet
It has been 14 weeks since intial surgery. Pin are still embedded. I have had minimal pain until the last few days. Foot is swelling, red and warm now....

healing without cast  Not rated yet
I was hit by car while biking and fractured my foot. For a couple of days I followed RICE but then I went to work. My foot started to swell and I went ...

Purple foot!  Not rated yet
I had a reduction and realignment of 4 metatarsal joints in my right foot 8 weeks ago,apparently healing well. However, when I stand for more than a moment ...

bad foot pain  Not rated yet
I have a 4-foot metal cane and it tipped over and hit the top of my foot just above that boney bump.
Now the top of my foot and my ankle are very swollen ...

Stabbing pain in heel and arch that radiates into the leg  Not rated yet
Years ago, I tore most of the ligaments in my right ankle in an accident. Over the past few weeks, my foot has been swelling throughout the day, but there ...

heel spur pain  Not rated yet
been to two DR. both said i have heel spur now i need to know the best surgery to have
thanks jim

Hi Jim,
You would be foolish to consider surgery ...

sharp pain in ankle  Not rated yet
I broke my right leg above my ankle with a spiral fracture. I didn't have surgery just a cast for several months..took awhile to fully heal. Now over a ...

swollen right ankle  Not rated yet
i broke my right ankle 5 year ago.it was the fibula.i neva had any surgery and now i keep getting pain and swelling in the right ankle could you please ...

Foot pain in second toe; toe next to big toe  Not rated yet
I have had pain in my second toe. The toe next to my big toe. It hurts to move it and when I walk it feels like I have a lump under that toe. The pain ...

Pain in ball of foot  Not rated yet
Over two months ago I was trying to catch a gecko that was in my dorm room and somewhere between running around, stepping on and off chairs, etc, I injured ...

mild pain and swelling in my toes and forefoot after a 5th metatarsal head fracture  Not rated yet
5 weeks ago I fractured the 5th metatarsal head on my left foot... Doc gave me a walker boot to wear to help the pain and healing... it all seemed to work ...

foot problem  Not rated yet
I had a stress fracture in my second meta-tarsel from too much barefoot running, i quit running and its been about a month and a half since ive ran, iv ...

Problems from a previous surgery an mulitiple infections.  Not rated yet
About 1 year ago my husband started noticing spots on the bottom of his feet and his right leg began getting puffy, warm and red. The redness grew quickly ...

Toe hurts  Not rated yet
A week ago I hit my right foot on a door. Pain spread over three toes and I couldn't walk properly. The next day I hit the same foot on a metal table. Since ...

A burning sensation and pain in the toe   Not rated yet
When I wear certain shoes, my toe that is next to my baby toe gets a burning feeling and hurts, after several hours. If I take off the shoe after awhile ...

toe nail problem  Not rated yet
A week ago, I had my nail drained to relieve pressure after dropping a piece of plywood on it. They used a tool that burnt the hole. I would like to ...

Pain across all my toe's in both feet  Not rated yet
I have bone spurs (Hallux Rigidus) in both of my big toe's. Instead of pain just in the big toe's, I get pain that spreads across the entire top of my ...

Pain in the bottom of my foot between my heel and arch  Not rated yet
the pain is very sharp and has been going on for two weeks. I massage nightly with aspercreme but no help no relief at times pain can be more intense ...

Hammertoe surgery  Not rated yet
In 2004, I had surgery to correct a hammertoe on my right foot. It was the toe next to the smallest toe and now the toe turns blue and white. The toe ...

my ankle is swollen about the size of a golf ball and it hurts bad  Not rated yet
A concrete block fell five feet scrapped the side of my leg ankle and foot. Landing on my ankle and top of my foot it has been 36 hours it sweells to the ...

swelling in my ankle and toes  Not rated yet
I had surgery on 5/11/10. I broke my tibia and fibula had to have orif to fix it. I keep my foot elevated but I have sat and tried to cook dinner, I ...

Severe Pain in Foot  Not rated yet
I have had several surgeries since I was 3 years old. I had Bilateral Club Foot, But since the last few years I notice alot of pain in my foot. I can hardly ...

foot numbness/tingleing  Not rated yet
last night at work i dropped a metal sheet acrosss my foot and it hurt like hell, i didnt go to the doctor, and now my foot is bruised and swollen and ...

swollen second toe  Not rated yet
I have been diagnosed with gout and first it was in my big toe near where you would get a bunion. it then went to my second toe where the pain was unbearable....

Pain in the right foot starts in the early morning.  Not rated yet
I am woken in the early hours by a severe pain only in my right foot.
I am unable to put any weight on it.
The foot itself not the ankle becomes very ...

burning sensation and pain in third toe  Not rated yet
About two and a half months ago my third toe on my left foot started to burn. It is slightly swollen and red and has been that way the whole time. The ...

ball of foot pain two years after bunion surgery  Not rated yet
Two years ago I had bunion surgery on both feet. They cut, moved and pinned bone in the big toe on both feet. They also removed the middle knuckle of the ...

Numbness in Big Toe  Not rated yet
I fractured (non-displaced) my 5th metatarsal about 9 weeks ago while running up a flight of stairs. I was in a walking boot for 8 weeks but while at home ...

Tendon pain?  Not rated yet
I've broken several toes several times through the years. Every now and then when drying between my toes, especially the pinky toe, if I pull to hard upward ...

lower back pain, Degenerative disc disease, arthritis  Not rated yet
have a planters wart on bottom of my right foot for 15yrs, any link with abnormal walking and now newly developed lower back pain?

Hi Jim,
The short ...

lump on top left side of my foot.  Not rated yet
I hit the top of my foot off of a doggy gate a couple of weeks ago. It hurt really bad so I went to the ER to see if I had broken anything. The Dr. said ...

Etching burning pain in left second toe at night only.  Not rated yet
This has happen now the 3rd time in about 8 months. The etching burning pain wakes me up at night and only at this happens and it stays with me for a long ...

possible broken toe swellling after 3 weeks  Not rated yet
It's been about 3 weeks since I jammed my bare toes on steel exercise equipment.
I think that the little toe was broken, but was told by a nurse at my ...

swelling and pain  Not rated yet
im 31 weeks pregnant and for last 4 days my left leg an foot have been swelled so bad i can't wear a sock or shoe an i have a throbbing pain from my foot ...

having surgery again on one of my hammertoes  Not rated yet
after having my hammertoes repaired with pins, two years later one of the toes is turned under again. my surgeon is going to remove the tip including ...

my daughters foot is sore and red  Not rated yet
My daughter came to me with the bottom of her whole big toe and the part under her toe very red and sore...she says it is hard to walkon it. when she first ...

ankles swollen badly  Not rated yet
For the past three months I have had terrible problems with pain in my feet(heavy and numb sometimes) My ankle,and calf are now swollen,and the pain is ...

Bumps (wart like) on toe  Not rated yet
I woke up several months ago with a wart like bump on my third toe. It is not painful. It's the same toe I had a small toe ring on. So I thought maybe ...

Sharp pain on inside ankle bone  Not rated yet
I had surgery to repair osteochondrosis dessicans in September of 2008. The doctor drilled 4 holes in my tibia bone to regenerate bone growth. Post op ...

Top foot pain near the bend of the foot/lower leg...where the foot and leg meet  Not rated yet
I've been an avid runner running namely on a treadmill and once in a while outside in the street...at first i had pain running from the top of my foot ...

bottom of foot hurts  Not rated yet
I have a cut on the heal of my foot. I am not sure how I got the cut, it has been two weeks and will not close up. As time goes on it hurts more and more ...

Foot pain after ganglion cyst removal  Not rated yet
I had a ganglion cyst removed almost three years ago, and I still have a lot of trouble with my foot. I can only wear certain foot wear, and it hurts ...

tender knots in arch of the feet  Not rated yet
I wear customized foot levelers insoles and teach many college activity classes. I have developed tender red knots on the insoles of my arches. Therapy ...

broken foot not healing  Not rated yet
broke foot 8 weeks ago.orthopaedic dr. says not forming bone. foot is purplish and so is leg half way up. is that something i should call dr.to discuss ...

feet pain  Not rated yet
I am a 49 year old woman. I have had foot pain for about 20 years now. It is worse now and I can't go very long on them without it hurting and I have to ...

Pain in arch of right foot.  Not rated yet
I always tend to go barefoot the moment I get home. Recently, I started experiencing pain in the arch of my right foot. It happens particularly if I ...

pain on the top of my foot when I walk  Not rated yet
I have always walked for aorbic exercise but now have a problem where the joints are wearing away on the top of my foot. I try to avoid going up and down ...

Lump On 2nd toe  Not rated yet
I have had this lump on my toe for around 5 years. It has not given me any pain at all and around a year ago the dog stood on it and the lump went soft ...

arch pain  Not rated yet
about 6 months ago, I suffered a severe ankle sprain. I dealt with the discomfort and swelling for a long time. X-Rays were done on 2 occassions and ...

gap between second and third toe  Not rated yet
I have developed a gap between the second and third toe that is more pronounced on my left foot, however it's on both feet. I also feel some numbness ...

foot pain   Not rated yet
well i was chasing my lil puppy around the house and my pinky toe got cought on the wall and i didnt realize it and i ran and it kinda snapped and my foot ...

pain in big toes on walking  Not rated yet
The bottom outside edges of both big toes have developed thickened skin, which I do remove regularly, and try to soften with moisturiser. However, they ...

Complications after having Lapidus Bunionectomy in January 2010  Not rated yet
I had Lapidus Bunionectomy on 1/21/10. I had a second procedure/surgery done on 1/25/10, because I got an infection in the wound. After reopening the ...

stabbing pain in the center of my heel.  Not rated yet
Stabbing pain in the center of my heel whenever I walk on a hard serface.

Hi Bonita,

Read my sections on "heel pain", "bursitis" and "heel neuroma"...

Pinky Toe  Not rated yet
I wore new shoes the other day and have a blister on my pinky toe, however last night I was in so much pain, its all swollen and I can't walk that well....

foot pain for 13 years  Not rated yet
in 1987 I taught in London England and walked many miles in that exciting city each day. After a few months I began to awake during the night with foot ...

swolen top of my foot  Not rated yet
had 2 xrays that say my foot is not broken, but from my toes back my foot keeps swelling when I stand on it very long. i had it steped on 2 times several ...

stiffness and pain in the feet  Not rated yet
i am 37 years old and female i was diagnosed with gout 3 months ago (high uric acid) i have hypothyroidism (5 years) when i wake up no matter what time ...

Throbbing bilateral foot pain  Not rated yet
I am a pharmacist and spend too much time on my feet. I have been in this field for 13 years but just recently I have started to experience a bilateral ...

Second toe leans toward big toe sometimes overlapping and leaving space between second and third toes  Not rated yet
I bumped my foot on the wooden, carpet-covered base of a cat scratching post. The result was a neuroma which caused my second toe to move toward my big ...

Pain Weeks After Broken Toe  Not rated yet
I broke my big toe almost 4 weeks ago. I went to a doctor who took Xrays and saw a small fracture on the bottom of my toe. I was giving an anti-inflamatory ...

Pain 10 months after 5 screw lisfrancs foot fusion and tendon repair 7 months ago  Not rated yet
Had above procedure 2nd to severe arthritis caused by exceptionally high arches. Tendon ruptured due to antibiotic. Now pain to top of foot with swelling....

Troublesome pain on the outside of my foot  Not rated yet
I started having a troublesome pain (not very painful) on the outside of my foot. It starts either just below the ankle joint or about an inch from there ...

Unsubscribe  Not rated yet
Hi, Thank you Dr. Mitnick for respondinf to my questions. I just would to have all
my information removed from your website and the blogs. Thank you again....

I have a very painful lump on the outside of my left foot...  Not rated yet
I have this lump on the outside of my left foot, it hurts A LOT sending sharp pains up my leg... There is some dicoloration it is kinda purple when i wake ...

Pain at base of left big toe  Not rated yet
Main problem at base of big toe, there is no redness or bump, big toe won't hardly bend,hurts when trying to lift big toe up, hurts if I bump the toe, hurts ...

Needle like sensation while walking.  Not rated yet
I recently have gone through different pairs of running and walking shoes. I have try and bought many different ones because they all appear to do the ...

RE: bottom of foot pain while working out.  Not rated yet
I am a 28 year old female. I just gave birth 6 months ago and I have been working out for almost two months now (4-5 days a week), mostly aerobics classes....

Right foot pain after car accident  Not rated yet
My right foot was injured when I was rear ended by two other cars. The MRI was negative. However my foot continues to bother me years later. I notice differences ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
I have a walking boot the doctor gave to me and some cruches but they dont know what is woung with my foot i can't put any prusher on it or it will hurt ...

Injury to foot   Not rated yet
I dropped a mirror on my foot, at the base of my 2nd and 3rd toe, and the mirror had metal spokes on it. IT did bleed and now my toes are swollen, red ...

swelling on sides of feet.  Not rated yet
Woke up, got to my feet and as soon as I started to walk it felt as if something was stuck to the side of my left foot. When I looked it appears that ...

Recent burning and pain in top of foot years after surgery  Not rated yet
12 years ago I had surgery on my left foot. I had broken eight bones and dislocated several joints in a fall. I was in a cast, eventually had surgery ...

Pain in my feet when I get out of bed  Not rated yet
When I first get up in the mornings, stand up and start to walk my feet hurt me so bad I can't hardly stand it. It doesn't last long, just a few minutes ...

pain in heel and lower legs from last four years.  Not rated yet
i am 34 years old ,ht. 5 feet, wt. 58 kg.i am house wife and i do routine household works.pain in my legs start right from morning and it increases as ...

bilateral non healing navicular stress fractures  Not rated yet
May be related to osteoporosis as per M.D., which is severe. I can manage around the house but going shopping hurts badly.
I have been out of work ...

swollen and severly bruised foot  Not rated yet
Last Saturday evening I stepped off the bus and started to walk forward as normal when I did that I believe I stepped on an uneven side walk or a crack ...

osteonecrosis   Not rated yet
I was recently diagnosed with osteonecrosis in my 2nd metatarsal bone. Im 22 and the mother of 2 young kids well u can imagine how hard it is to chance ...

Undiagnosed injury caused by impact to top forefoot (kicking object)  Not rated yet
On 3/5/10, I was practicing defense maneuvers with partner (not wearing shoes). The top of my foot made impact with his hip bone. I suffered immediate ...

I get a needle type pain every so often in the bottom of my right foot  Not rated yet
It happens all of a sudden. Then it may not again for hours. Then it may happen every 5 minutes. It started today.

Hi,
Assuming you do not have a foreign ...

ganglion cysts left foot dorsal surface  Not rated yet
Hi. A few months ago, I sent you a question about what I thought might be a ganglion cyst (also included a photo). Your response was as follows:

It ...

Blue hard bump on foot where cyst was previously.  Not rated yet
I had a cyst on the top of my toe a year ago. My doctor drained it. It reappeared larger than before and he drained it again. I now have a blue/turqoise ...

sensitive itchy foot after disc fusion and sudden redness after short time standing (started a month after surgery)  Not rated yet
I had a disc fusion on L5 S1 a month ago after being diagnosed with degenerative disc disease. My right foot has become severely sensitive and itchy, recently ...

Lump on side of foot  Not rated yet
Hi there,

Ive got a pretty large lump on the side of my right foot. It has been there for approx 1 year, but has become bigger over the past months ...

pain on the top of my feet right at the bend and the front of my shins  Not rated yet
I just started working out 9 days ago and the last two days I started increasing my work out on the treadmill from the usual 3.0 to alternating from 3....

side of foot sensitive to touch  Not rated yet
Recently, the side of my foot is sensitive to touch. I can walk easily with no shoes on, but if I put anything on my feet that touches that area, it hurts....

calluses  Not rated yet
Calluses on all toes, just on top. They don't hurt they are just ugly!

Hi Kinta,

These calluses are more commonly known as corns and yes they do ...

Heel pain  Not rated yet
My 9 year old son has been complaining of heel pain. He plays sports. What could be casuing his pain?

Hi,
Read my section on "calcaneal apophysitis"...

pain in foot after fusion and foot being stepped on  Not rated yet
Hi I have a quick question Why do I have pain after my foot being stepped on after I had a fusion?? How do I take care of the pain?? Bonnie

Hi Bonnie,...

TOENAIL CUTICLE SWELLING /FLUID COLLECTION  Not rated yet
Left 3rd toenail cuticle area is slightly red/swollen/slightly painful. Once when pain was particularly bad I squeezed my toe and one
drop of clear,thick,...

sharp intermittant pain in second toe od left foot  Not rated yet
Over the last two or three weeks i have been experiencing a sharp stabbing pain in the second toe of my left foot. It comes on suddenly whilst walking ...

heel and ankle pain  Not rated yet
I shattered my right heel almost six years ago. I had recon. surgery on the heel. I have arthritis in my foot now and deal with pain every day to the point ...

The pad of my foot is swollen right under my little toe and it is very hard to walk  Not rated yet
Right underneath my right litter toe, the pad of my foot is swollen and it is very painful to put full pressure on my foot. I can hardly walk on it. I ...

Second toe on left foot red and throbbing at night  Not rated yet
Go to bed at 9. Wake up at 11 with throbbing toe. Wrap tightly with old nylon stocking. Pain leaves in 5 minutes: back to sleep. Wake up at 1 with constant ...

knot in my foot  Not rated yet
I had bunyun surgery 4 months ago, and now i have a knot on the ball of my foot. After working I can barely stand because the pain is severe and my foot ...

a piece of glass in a bone in my foot under callous for a number of years is very painful  Not rated yet
I have had an xray and no glass shows on the xray. My Dr. says without results
no surgeon will go in blind folded. Is there a natural alternative to ...

pain on top of left foot  Not rated yet
About a month ago i had hurt my left foot moving a couch. Now everytime i work out or walk alot my foot hurts. Its the top left of my foot right under ...

Severe pain to top of feet  Not rated yet
Hi,

I have a history of stretched ligaments in my left foot from sports activity. For the past week, I've had severe pain to the top of my foot, especially ...

Holiday surprise  Not rated yet
After a lovely holiday in the sun, flip flops etc. i got back home with something that looked like a spot in between my big toe and the second one, off ...

Painful 3rd toe on both feet (at the same time) at the first joint  Not rated yet
I am a 44 year old female and have painful 3rd toes on both feet at the
same time, in the same first joint for 7 years now. I have attributed it
to wearing ...

Pain at the base of the small (fifth) toe  Not rated yet
I have had pain at the joint (or base) of my small toe for the past two weeks and can't remember doing anything specific to damage it. This joint feels ...

Broken pinkie toe and avulsed open fracture of Right great toe  Not rated yet
This past Sunday afternoon, my daughter had a marble bench fall on her foot while moving a prop at stage rehearsal for her dance competition. We immediately ...

Calf and foot pain  Not rated yet
Started getting pain in my left calf about 1-2 weeks ago, that has been persistent since. Feels like a knot in the muscle and the pain seems to get worse ...

break in the 5th metatarsal  Not rated yet
I broke the 5th metatarsal two days ago. I have a boot on my right foot that I wear 24/7. I have no pain. I will return to the orthpedist in 2 weeks time....

pain after removel of ingrown toe nails  Not rated yet
i am having really bad pain to the point pain killers are not helping , have got an infection taking antibiotics but for me that is not the problem the ...

foot arthritis; achillies tendon; restructure heel  Not rated yet
I have moderate arthritis on the second joints from the toes on the top of my foot. It is getting worse. I also have a tight achilles tendon, and a misalligned ...

toe nails  Not rated yet
i have had this discolourful toe nails for years,and one of my toe nail is growing to one side ,which is going into the other toe .i have been to my GP ...

Broken toe?  Not rated yet
Yesterday I stubbed the third toe on my right foot. I was barefoot when it occurred. It hurt quite badly and stung. I went out to do errands and had trouble ...

AFTER A BROKEN FOOT, I AM NOW HAVING PAIN BEHIND MY TOES  Not rated yet
I AM 65 YRS OLD AND AFTER HAVING A BROKEN FOOT, I AM NOW EXPERIENCING PAIN BEHIND MY TOES. BURNING AND PAIN. I DIDN'T HAVE THIS PRIOR TO THE BROKEN FOOT....

A burning pain in my left heel  Not rated yet
A few days ago, I started having troouble all day and night with a burning sensation in my left heel. I walk on it during the day but then when I sit,...

trouble walking after removal of bunion and metatarsils 8 days after surgery  Not rated yet
I am a healthy, fit 44 year old woman who had a bunion on the great toe and metatarsals on 2nd and 3rd toe removed 8 days ago. I visited my surgeon's office ...

exteme foot pain  Not rated yet
the top of my foot hurts really bad, can not tie up shoes or put any pressure on the top part of foot around the bone area. really painful can hardly walk....

3rd reply on stiff, hurting, burning toes  Not rated yet
I went back to podiatrist after doing the biofreeze and doing my therapy. The doctor had me go for an EMG. It came back as usual nothing. The doctor ...

I DROPPED SOMETHING ON MY FOOT AND THE ER SAID IT WASNT BROKEN BUT MY DR HAD ME TAKE MORE XRAYS AND SAID IT WAS AND MY LEG TO MY FOOT IS SWELLING BAD . SO HOW DO I KNOW WHAT IT IS?  Not rated yet
I HAD A CLOTHES IRON FALL ON MY FOOT AT WK 3 DAYZ AGO NOW, BUT NOW MY LEG IS SWELLING AND MY FOOT IS TOO, THE ER SAID IT WASNT BROKEN BUT MY FAMILY DR ...

my son has a deformity of his middle toe  Not rated yet
Since he was born, his middle toe on both feet are growing under the toes next to it. All of his physicians stated he would grow out of this & the toes ...

Severe Pain after Tailor's Bunionectomy and Osteomeylitis  Not rated yet
I had a Tailor's Bunion removed on right foot, It was healing fine and 3 weeks post-op I woke up and my foot was swollen and had busted at the incision ...

i had back surgury 2 weeks  Not rated yet
i had back surgery 2 weeks ago. now my leg and foot are all red and swolen i had a disk pushed against my spine. i think the operation came undone i bent ...

Top of Foot Pain Cramp  Not rated yet
Frequency: sporadic
Time: night
Location: between 1st and 2nd Metatarsal
Symptom: severe pain and cramping
Duration: about 5 minutes
Resolution: massage ...

How long can a broken ankle be in a splint before you see an orthopedic doctor?  Not rated yet
I broke the top of my ankle 11 days ago. The ER told me to wait a week, because of the swelling, before I go to an Orthopedic doctor. They put my leg ...

heel pain  Not rated yet
I have been having heel pain now for almost 1 1/2 years on the right foot. The majority of the extreme pain is directly behind the heel and mild to sometimes ...

swollen and painful pinky toe  Not rated yet
i broke my little toe on my right foot this last summer it is still swollen and very painful i cannot wear any shoes that put pressure on it for more than ...

In the recently months I have had to endure awful heel pain  Not rated yet
Sometimes the heel pain is experienced after standing in one place for a duration and other times it hurts more after I have been sitting down - resting ...

bluish purple feet toenails falling off  Not rated yet
My mom who is 89 years old and has hyperthyroidism and has been seing an endocrinologist for about 6 years has nows got bluish purple looking feet. Her ...

base 5th metatarsal fracture  Not rated yet
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 ...

Toe numbness  Not rated yet
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 ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
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,...

Black spot under big toenails  Not rated yet
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 ...

Pain beside Right big toe  Not rated yet
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)...

My feet hurt when I walk.  Not rated yet
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 ...

I broke mmy toe and have an aircast... can i get crutches?  Not rated yet
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 ...

gout  Not rated yet
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 ...

Corns on my toes and the dark spot that covers it  Not rated yet
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 ...

pain, bleeding  Not rated yet
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 ...

Severe, but brief, pain in right heel.  Not rated yet
I sometimes have sudden and severe pain in right heel. It seems to come after sitting awhile, and only lasts for about a minute.

Hi Don,
Pain in the ...

heavy object fell on foot  Not rated yet
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 ...

Foot and Toe pain  Not rated yet
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 ...

my left foot is darker in color than my right foot.  Not rated yet
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....

Cold purple and blue colored feet.   Not rated yet
Hi,

I am a 21 year old female, I had bunion surgery on each of my feet, both at the age of 15. My issue is that my feet, especially my toes and nail ...

FOOT PAIN  Not rated yet
AFTER BREAKING MY LEG THE CAST WAS APPLIED AND TOO MUCH PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE
SMOOTHING IT DOWN AND CAUSED HHE NERVES TO BECOME ENTRAPPED. NOW ...

swollen index toe  Not rated yet
The first week of Jan,I bumped my toe then flew for 2 hour. I noticed my toe was swollen and slightly red and it has been occuring off and on since that ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
I had bunion surgery 11 weeks ago. four week into the surgery my grandson broke my foot at the joint. I had to wear a cast for 6 weeks. I has been a week ...

Discomfort from recently corrected bunion.  Not rated yet
I had a bunion op last August '09 and I've recently discovered that the screw at the base of the bone is impinging on the joint, which is causing discomfort....

intense pain in calves  Not rated yet
play tennis several hours each day.At night I am awaken with intense pain in both calves. What can you tell me concerning this problem?

Hi,
You really ...

post hammertoe surgery complications-toe pain  Not rated yet
I have written before regarding pain and stiffness in toes 6 months after hammertoe surgery. I went back to doctor and We noticed that the 2nd and 3rd ...

Second toe swelling and tenderness  Not rated yet
I have swelling and tenderness in my second toe on my right foot. The swelling occurs for a few hours after I wake up in the morning and has occurred for ...

Had big toenail removed, but swelling still there  Not rated yet
My daughter had her big toenail removed, but the area where the nail used to be is still swollen. the podiatrist gave her a cortisone injection and a week ...

dry hole on the bottom of foot  Not rated yet
My daughter is 13 years old and has this this sore open hole filled with dry skin, and she does not complain at all about any pain, so i suppose it is ...

Pulled gastrocnemius tear/pull with concomitant leg and foot numbness?  Not rated yet
Approximately 5 days ago, I experienced a "pop" and a sharp pain in my calf muscle while doing sprints. I have been using ice, rest, and anti-inflammatories....

Sprained ankle  Not rated yet
I sprained my ankle 4 months ago. It was a bad roll. I was running and I stepped on a uneven cobble stone and I rolled right ankle. Black and blue and ...

Burning in toe and joint  Not rated yet
2 1/2 years after having the great toe fused (due to arthritis) I am having such burning pain in the outer edge of the toe and the area where the joint ...

Recurring foot pain in front of 3 middle toes  Not rated yet
For the past 6 months, I have experienced recurring foot pain. It starts out with pain in my toes. Then, as it progresses, the pain becomes more acute ...

small pea-sized lump on sole of foot  Not rated yet
Fiv days ago I felt the sensation of a small lump under the outer edge of the arch of my right foot (I was barefoot at the time). Upon examination I noticed ...

Toe pain  Not rated yet
I had a bone spur removed from my big toe in April 2008.I still experienced pain, so in April 2009, I had the big toe fused because of cartlidge loss. Now,...

knot under my toes  Not rated yet
right foot, feels like a knot when i walk under 2nd and 3rd toes on ball of foot, my foot will swell with standing. I saw a foot doctor and he said it ...

purple painful feet  Not rated yet
Back in October, I noticed that when I sit for even a few minutes, the bottoms of my feet turn a dark, dark purple. There was no pain at that time. I ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
I do have feet pain. I am on my feet all day. I am overweight. There is "puffiness" on my left foot at the calcaneofibular ligament (I think if I read ...

Stabbing/Shooting Pain in left big toe  Not rated yet
I use to have this shooting pain from the inside of my left big toe once in a while. All day today I've been having this same pain and it's driving me ...

serious pain walking up and down the stairs  Not rated yet
i sprained my ankle 3 months ago a tore ligaments. ive been going to physio 5 days a week now for a month. the swelling has since gone down alot put the ...

Purple raised area on the front of the ankle  Not rated yet
Alright, I'm a 20 year old male, and my problem is that I had surgery in February 2009, as well as August 2009 for an ongoing issue with the pilonidal ...

Pain in the bottom of my foot near my heal  Not rated yet
I stepped stocking foot down on my foot from sitting in a chair to stand up and went to walk across the floor and something in the bottom of my foot cracked....

sore bump on inside of middle toe  Not rated yet
I have a painful bump on the inside of my middle toe. It hurts to touch and there is a little swelling.

Hi,
The most common condition that will cause ...

knots on the bottoms of my feet  Not rated yet
Knots have started developing on the soles of my feet. They seem to be in the vacinity of the arch along the tendons that run along the bottom of the ...

Able to move pinkey but still swollen several weeks later  Not rated yet
about three weeks ago I tripped and banged my pinkey and at the time dislocated it I was able to put it back into place my concern is that it still hurts ...

Pain in foot (doctor called it an "os"). Treatments available?  Not rated yet
I went to an orthopedist because of pain on the inside of my left foot. It looks as though a bone is sticking out, between my inner ankle and my arch. The ...

right foot pad pain  Not rated yet
I have had a sharp stabbing pain on the right foot pad. It is the pad under the big toe but not near the big toe. It has happened the last few mornings ...

Freckle on Foot  Not rated yet
I am 24 female and I found a very small freckle on the bottom of my foot yesterday that I have never noticed before. I don't look at the bottoms of my ...

pea sized hard Knot (muscle?) underneath left foot on the right side of arch  Not rated yet
Last week I was on pointe (I'm a dancer) when I felt a sharp pain in my arch. Instead of getting better, the pain has actually increased. The past day ...

Bump on top of my foot  Not rated yet
about a month ago I hit the top of my foot against a metal part all though it was very painful it went away after an hour. Thru the next 2 weeks I would ...

Unexplained bruising on big toes.  Not rated yet
A few weeks ago I noticed a small bruise on the left side of my left big toenail. I have not injured it in any way and nothing has changed shoe wise. I ...

Toes do not touch after bunionectomy 4 weeks post-op  Not rated yet
I had a bunionectomy at the second joint on my left foot with one screw. I am 4 weeks post-op and my first three toes (starting with the Big toe) do not ...

Painful Swollen Toe - due to wart?  Not rated yet
I SERIOUSLY stubbed my pinkie toe about a month ago ... it turned black and blue within a few hours , but was normal the next morning ... It was extremely ...

toes are going numb  Not rated yet
Why is it when I start running while playing basketball my toes seem, to go numb? Its not painful but is definately not right Any ideas what this could ...

swollen red toes  Not rated yet
The toes on my right foot are swollen and red (except the third toe). This has been going on for a few weeks, but I recently noticed that they seemed to ...

Pain Burning Foot turns purple  Not rated yet
I broke my 5th metatarsal and sprained my ankle last Feb. Going on a year now. Hurts to walk on it. Basically it hurts all the time. I have burning of ...

Numbness of Third and Fourth Toes and Metatarsal Second Question  Not rated yet
Thank you for your opinion. May I ask another question? Another doctor agreed with your opinion that my podiatrist likely injected the steroid directly ...

stiff and hurting toes 6 months after hammertoe surgery  Not rated yet
I still have problems with my toes hurting and they are still stiff and alot of numbness too as well.

Hi Beth,
It would not uncommon to still have ...

Outside foot pain, tendonitis?  Not rated yet
I am an extremely active, 25 yr old man who runs, lifts weights, plays basketball daily.

I ran about 4 miles on MLK Jr day, with no pain. 24 hours later,...

severe stabbing electric shock type pain on top of right foot  Not rated yet
At night after i am asleep. It lassts all night/ I put a lidocaine patch on top of the foot, took a qunine pill- does not help.

Hi Laurie,
The first ...

Heel pain where I stepped on a nail  Not rated yet
About 3 months ago I stepped on a nail, the nail penetrated the outer bottom side of my right heel. The pain went away in a couple weeks with no infection ...

Numb-like Sensation in fourth toe  Not rated yet
About two years ago I developed a numblike sensation in the pad of my fourth toe only on the underside. It was very minor so I ignored it for two years ...

Multiple avulsion fractures  Not rated yet
I fell off a porch a month ago and have three tarsal avulsion fractures and several on both sides of my foot. I was in a splint for 4 weeks, the doctor ...

Top of foot pain  Not rated yet
Almost three weeks ago I stubbed two of my toes pretty bad. My doctor x-rayed my foot and said I didn't break anything but yet I have pain just below the ...

sudden hard knot on bottom of foot  Not rated yet
all of the sudden there was a knot on the left foot about the size of a quarter but rounded like the top of a golf ball its not painful but when I woke ...

pain in Toes  Not rated yet
I am experiencing sharp pain my 2nd and 3rd toes on my right foot. I don't remember any trauma. And at times I have tingling and numbness in that area(...

3rd and 4th toes are crossing under 2nd toe which just had hammnertoe with pin surgery   Not rated yet
7 weeks ago I had a bunionectomy/hammertoe surgery on 2nd toe and pictures taken before surgery show clearly the third and fourth toes were gravitating ...

Pain ball of my foot.  Not rated yet
for the last 8 weeks or so I have had such pain as what can olny be discribed as walking on broken glass, I felt two small spots tiny on the ball of my ...

TOP & SIDE FOOT PAIN  Not rated yet
I HAD FOOT PAIN ( ON THE BOTTOMS OF MY FEET) SO BAD I COULDN'T WALK & TALKED TO A FOOT DR. WHO SOLD ME ORTHORDOICS. I WEAR WORK BOOTS & WORK ON SOLID CONCRETE ...

Pain in arch, scar tissue  Not rated yet
I am a runner, and I have recently started having pain in my arch of my right foot, I have a lump that was left from an accident when I was young, I stepped ...

Fused big toe joint and want to return to tennis!  Not rated yet
This is my third surgery for the same issue...the first doctor tried an implant, didn't work...second doctor took bone from my hip and fused the joint,...

toe and foot  Not rated yet
I have pain on my right pinky toe all the toes hurt but the little toe is swolen and on the bottem of the foot right under the toes are swollen. the slightest ...

toes and part of foot turns purple/red and feels very cold after bunionectomy  Not rated yet
I had a bunionectomy on dec. 22nd (with 2 screws and a metal pin), it is now jan. 9th. The doctor says everything is healing nicely. I don't have too ...

very painful 2nd toe  Not rated yet
My 2nd toe is a bit longer than my big toe on both feet. I took a short nap and when I awoke, my 2nd toe on my right foot was throbbing and very swollen ...

Top of my left foot hurts near all five toes.  Not rated yet
This all started last year, June 8, 2009. Pain began that morning in my big left toe where it bends up ( I'm not sure if it had something to with me standing ...

Pain in balls of feet  Not rated yet
I have lost 90% of the padding in the balls of my feet due to
running and wear and tear of 64 years. Is there a procedure to
add paddding to the feet?...

numbness  Not rated yet
I stepped on a nail 1 week ago. It went through my shoe & into the ball of my foot. I am unsure how deep, but more than just superficially. My 2nd & 3rd ...

Treating white superficial fungus  Not rated yet
First, I want to let you know that you have the best web site I've found related to foot issues. (The only thing I had difficulty finding was the "ask ...

Glass stuck in foot  Not rated yet
about a month ago i got some glass stuck in my foot i removed it and thought that was that,but over the week i noticed that the sore wouldn't close over ...

Need ankle revision sugery for misaligned fibula bone   Not rated yet
I had sugery for a broken ankle OS said break was not bad but leg was misaligned with my foot.Now after 2 1/2 months he said I need a revision because ...

pain in ankle and heel  Not rated yet
I had achellis tendon surgery the 29th day of April,he also took a bone spur off and I had what he called a hagerty's deformaty on the back of my foot....

Possible tear of the ligament on the second toe   Not rated yet
I have very flexible/double jointed toes ? can literally point the toes upward. I also have a hammertoe on the second toe. A couple of weeks ago ? I ...

Side of foot pain only while walking with shoes on.  Not rated yet
It started approximately a week ago, and I can not recall anything out of the ordinary that would have caused it. As I’m in the military, I wear combat ...

very painful small toe  Not rated yet
very painful small toe on left foot. Very red and painful around the nail bed. The nail itself does have a fungal infection, but would not normally be ...

Foot/Ankle  Not rated yet
Hi, I hurt my foot/anlke back in August either playing football with out shoes or at the gym on a leg press, Im not sure. But it has been swollen and hurts ...

extreme ankle pain after charcot foot reconstructive surgery-swelling, swollen, red, warm, can't bear any weight  Not rated yet
Last Aug I discovered I had severe Charcot foot. My doctor did reconstructive surgery with 4 fusions. Previous to surgery, there was an area of pain ...

Inflammation on my foot, neuroma or something else?  Not rated yet
I have inflammation on my ball of the right foot, around the area between 2nd toe and 3rd toe. and also the base of 2nd toes when you look down from above....

Concerns about 5th metatarsal fracture  Not rated yet
Three weeks ago I stepped off of a curb, twisted my ankle, and broke my 5th metatarsal bone. I went to the ER that evening and the break was confirmed ...

the fourth toe on my husbands foot is red and real swollen its on the left foot and it hurts him when he walks on it  Not rated yet
the problem is that it smells really bad like dead animal and its real swollen redish purple looking and its blistered does he need to go see the dr right ...

My daughter has this hard little bump on the bottom of her foot.  Not rated yet
She is 2 and it kind of looks like a callus its probably about the size of the tip of my finger and it has this like this round white spot on it and it ...

cuboid syndrome  Not rated yet
2 yrs ago I had a level 4 lateral sprain w calcanas fracture. Unfortunately I didn't have it taken care of right away & when it was finally diagnosed it ...

Possible plantar fibromatosis  Not rated yet
A few weeks ago I noticed a small, sometimes painful knot on the outside of my right heel. It seems to match the description on plantar fibromatosis. Until ...

pin removed from toe came out bent  Not rated yet
I had a bunionectomy/hammertoe surgery 5 weeks ago and dr removed the pin from my toe. The pin was bent as I did walk on side of my foot, very little....

my husband complains the pad just below his toes   Not rated yet
He said the pad hurts to walk and gets worse the more he walks. He said it feels like he is walking on balled up sock?

Hi Bonnie,
The balled up sock ...

pain after bunion removal  Not rated yet
Two years ago I had one of my bunions removed. The doctor used a new method where he used a wire to pull the bunion in and it is held in place with a button....

Painful knot in heel.   Not rated yet
I have a knot the size of a large grape on the bottom and side of my right heel. I have had heel spurs in the past and have orthotic inserts that usually ...

bruising after bunion surgery  Not rated yet
I had a bunionectomy with osteotomy about 4 weeks ago. There is still a lot of dark brusing around the incision site. Is this normal or should the buising ...

left ankle pain  Not rated yet
had mri done, findings are as follows.....there is an osteachondral defect present involving the medial talar dome anteriorly. the lesion measures 7 x ...

Pain and red spot on bottom of heel of foot  Not rated yet
I have a spot on the bottom of my right heel all the way to the back of the heel. I feel very slight pain when I push on it with my finger and when I ...

Foot problem  Not rated yet
have about 6-8 small white bumps on the bottom of my foot. They are only about 3 or 4 mm in diameter and appear to be under the skin. They are spread ...

stabbing pain in ball of foot under baby toe  Not rated yet
Mornings are the worst time for severe pain but the pain is there always. It never goes away. It feels as though I'm walking on broken glass. There is ...

Toes are very tender to touch 2 weeks after surgery for Morton's Neuroma  Not rated yet
I had a neuroma excised between my 3rd and 4th metatarsals on my left foot. The incision seems to be healing OK but my 3rd and 4th toes are very tender ...

Fractured Baby Toe  Not rated yet
I stubbed my right baby toe on the corner of a wall on 9/11/09. Of course, it hurt exremely bad. I assumed I had just sprained it, so I didn't go to the ...

toes discoloring a week after bunionectomy  Not rated yet
I am one week post op for a bunionectomy on my right foot. I have been off my feet and keeping them eleveated as directed until today. I had a mandatory ...

mal-union ,pain under foot were fusion was done, and burning.  Not rated yet
Hello,

I'm a 31 year old male.I had a bunion surjury 23 weeks ago. it was a lapadas procedure. I was smoking about 5 cigs a day since the operation....

problem with left leg and foot  Not rated yet
lower left leg is sore. top of left foot very sensitive to the touch hurts when touch pain radiates to yhe front of leg. no pain on right foot. started ...

itchy feet  Not rated yet
for about a week now when i wake up in the morning and stand as i'm brushing my teeth the top of my feet will start to itch. at first i thought somthing ...

Foot, ankle and knee pain  Not rated yet
Today at practice we were doing jumps and the floor was tile and every time I would land a jump I would get this horrible pain in my ankle and knee. I ...

Tight, sharp pain in the top middle of my left foot.   Not rated yet
Tight, Sharp pain in the top middle of my left foot. If I ware flat shoes or no shoes the pain is excruciating I can barley walk. If I ware high heeled ...

pain on my foot  Not rated yet
I have had some pain on the bottom of my foot for awhile now. Recently I have noticed what appears to look like a round marble under the skin near the ...

5th metarsal stress fracture  Not rated yet
Hello-

I noticed soreness on the outer underside of my foot, as if it was a bruised and tender when I would walk. I iced the foot both on the top and ...

toenail   Not rated yet
On my left big toe I have a long straight line which runs up and down under my toenail. It appears to be under the toenail of my big toe.

Hi,
You do ...

slightly swollen 2nd toe  Not rated yet
hurts to bend, hurts to touch and the bone seems to be enlarged on the sides of my toe. was at a wedding last weekend in South Carolina, although I had ...

Nerve shocks on the heel  Not rated yet
Hi

Over the last 3 months I have been experiencing shocks coming from my inner heel after landing heavily on it.

The best description of it would ...

Pain along the outside of my foot-does radiate to bottom of my foot as well.  Not rated yet
I had plantar fascitis for 5 years and tried all of the conservative treatments and finally underwent surgery for it. The plantar fasciits pain is now ...

Broken big toe near growth plate  Not rated yet
Daughter (12yo) broke big to near growth plate in July. Had a boot on till sept and it felt better. Running around and jammed it in her shoe and hurt it ...

Pain on outside of ankle (right foot), under the bone.  Not rated yet
Hello

I've had an ongoing feeling in my right ankle for a couple of months. It all seemed to happen after a treadmill session when I was running. There ...

toe turned black after bunionectomy and hammer toe surgery  Not rated yet
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 10 ...

Heel pain  Not rated yet
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 heel....

stabbing pains and swelling 5 months after a minor toe fracture  Not rated yet
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 said ...

Pain, tenderness and burning sensation behind my toes.  Not rated yet
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 well....

ankle sprain  Not rated yet
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 crutches ...

pain in ball of foot  Not rated yet
Developed seisamoiditis in right foot five years ago from treadmill. After staying off my foot extended periods of time, I never completely got rid of ...

Top of foot pain and swelling. Base of toes bruised after fall.  Not rated yet
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 ...

toenail hurts when touched and it is not in grown  Not rated yet
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 ...

Toe feels cold/painful  Not rated yet
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 ...

fracture to 2nd metatarsal base not healing  Not rated yet
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 osteochondral ...

get a sharp pain in my left big toe when I put weight on my foot.  Not rated yet
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 fall ...

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.  Not rated yet
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 it,...

toe pain  Not rated yet
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 any ...

Sharp pain on the outside of the baby toe on the left foot  Not rated yet
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. Within ...

Pain on the bottom of my left foot  Not rated yet
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 ...

Left Foot Gives Out  Not rated yet
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 fell ...

Sore foot after/during football  Not rated yet
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 goes ...

Uncomfortable pain in my right foot, ankle and leg up to the thigh.  Not rated yet
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 friends ...

electic shock in feet  Not rated yet
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 ...

heel pain  Not rated yet
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 ...

I have a break in the cubiod, in a fiberglass cast.   Not rated yet
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? Will ...

Pain or numbness in 4th,3rd, toes and pain on ball of left foot  Not rated yet
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 left ...

pain in left foot   Not rated yet
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 have ...

my big toe joint always swell up, why?  Not rated yet
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 ...

big toe pain persisting months after jamming it  Not rated yet
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 sure ...

Bump from the screw protruding on my foot after bubionectomy   Not rated yet
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 ...

heel  Not rated yet
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 accident ...

Needle embedded in toe joint   Not rated yet
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 swelling ...

second toe pain when i walk and extreme leg pain too  Not rated yet
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 ...

left foot pain and swelling near the first 3 toes on top of the foot  Not rated yet
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 ...

After Bunion Surgery I ached in every Joint in my body  Not rated yet
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 him ...

swelling post ankle ligament repair  Not rated yet
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 on ...

painful lumps on the bottom of both feet  Not rated yet
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 most ...

I am having a very cold left feet  Not rated yet
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. however ...

Bone spur on top of my foot  Not rated yet
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 ...

pain in the ball of my feet  Not rated yet
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 ...

Big toe on left foot  Not rated yet
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 there ...

electric shock frequently on ankle I broke last summe  Not rated yet
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 take ...

itching on ball of foot  Not rated yet
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 ...

Thickened Skin on Top of Second Toe  Not rated yet
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 colour ...

Pain whenever I bump the outside of my pinky toe  Not rated yet
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 horribly ...

problem 1 year after bunion surgery  Not rated yet
In Jan of this year I had bunion surgery with 2 screws put in the large toe. I had a lot of problems with swelling the first three months. Ever since ...

foot and toe pain after back fusion  Not rated yet
had anterior lumbar interbody fusion L5 S1 sept 30 09 few days after surgury got severe foot pain sensitive to touch from toes to my calf shooting pains ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
Ok...you might think I am a wacko but this pain is for real. I have flat feet and have ever since I was young. All of sudden my foot started hurting....

pain between the 4th and 5th metatarsal  Not rated yet
I traveled to Portugal in June of this year, and walked about 3 miles a day. I started noticing pain on the outside of my right foot. I tried to elevate ...

Burning, prickling pain on the bottom of both feet.  Not rated yet
Hi! I have been to a podiatrist twice where I received custom orthotics with many adjustments, an x-ray with no bone spurs present, a night splint, ibuprofen,...

top right side of right foot painful  Not rated yet
Several days ago I developed significant pain on the top RIGHT hand side of my RIGHT foot. The pain runs from the area near the toe joints to near the ...

Ball of foot throbs & big toe joint is unbearable  Not rated yet
Dear Dr. Mitnik,

Just wanted to thank you for your answer back. The problem lasted for a good three to four weeks. I soaked and iced the foot & this ...

Should I go see a Dr. after i fell off a curb?  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with Neuroma on my left foot in late May. I did physical therapy and it only flares up once in awhile. Today I fell off the curb at twisted ...

ball of foot hurts, ankles feel heavy & throb, bunions, swelling  Not rated yet
I don't know what kind of doctor to see. The ball of my foot has a callous or something hard that hurts when I walk. I have a severe bunion and was told ...

not sure to weight bear walking after talas bone healed but still ankle instability  Not rated yet
I have small avulsion talus break. Had cast on 9 days xray showed bone healing. Cast taken off, 9 days later and still cant put full weight on, should ...

Cuboid pain  Not rated yet
Hi Doctor;
My 7 year old daughter Sheanni has very obvious ball-like bone at both outer side of her feet;4 days ago the ball-like bone on her right foot ...

shin cramps/ pains when exercising   Not rated yet
I currently play soccer, on a outdoor field, also have gym class 3 days a week. Lately I've been having cramps/pain above my ankle (4inches) and on the ...

Gap/loss of bone following surgery to internally fixate 5th metatarsal fracture  Not rated yet
I broke my fifth metatarsal on June 21st, 2009, and due to non-union following conservative treatment with two weeks of no weight bearing and 6 weeks ...

Pain in left big toe  Not rated yet
I have a pain in my left big toe that hurts when i walk. I wear alot of high heeled shoes when i wear them the pain n worse. Even when wearing no shoes ...

concerning poison ivy in lump or bump underneath foot  Not rated yet
I step into some poison ivy and got it on the top of my right foot. At the time I did not know it was poison ivy. because it was not treated some enough,...

Arthritis spurs on the top of both feet  Not rated yet
The tops of my feet hurt all the time. THe doctors say it is arthritis spurs. I have had many medications, shots and nothing has helped. I have been ...

Constant foot pain and occasionall intense burning from the inside at night  Not rated yet
I am petite, 108lbs, OR nurse who works ten hour shifts. I'm on me feet constantly, often with the added weight of radiology lead aprons. By the time I ...

i sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago  Not rated yet
i've been off my ankle for 2 weeks my doctor said to get off my cructhes and put a ankle brace on my ankle so yesterday i walked on my foot with the brace ...

Arthrodesis - your advice.  Not rated yet
Hi Mark

Thanks for a most interesting website, which has helped a lot.
I was hit by a car about two years ago, in the area of the dorsal side of my ...

nickel size knot or cyst between big toe and second toe with pain  Not rated yet
I've had this cyst like nickel size bump to appear between my big toe and second toe.
It is very painful and just appeared out of no where, what can this ...

burning unbearable heel pain   Not rated yet
I have this problem at night, it will wake me up from a sound sleep. On a scale from 1 to 10, it is a 9. So bad I could cry. I have tried heat, ice, hot ...

Pinky toe sprained  Not rated yet
About 6weeks ago, my son fell during his Taekwondo class and sprained his pinky toe.
He had sharp pain in the begining but then the pain was getting better....

Morning shots of pain in toes that feel electric  Not rated yet
Hello,

Every morning when I awake, I experience shots of pain in my toes, on both feet, in all toes except my big ones. The pain feels almost like ...

my son has leg pain in his calf and the fall asleep quite frequently   Not rated yet
I took my son to the doctor for back leg pain the began about 2 months ago

Also I saw that he was walking oddly and that he did not seem to be ...

Pain in toe  Not rated yet
I haven't had any prior issues, pain or surgery. Starting a few months back (around June) I started getting a recurring pain in the small toe on my right ...

top of foot pain, midfoot pain   Not rated yet
I spent the month of August on crutches healing a stress fracture in my left hip (femoral neck). About 4 weeks into it I managed to hurt my left foot while ...

9 yr old dghtr has pea-sized nodule 1/2" above where her ankle bends back; directly on Achilles Tendon  Not rated yet
My 9 yr old suffered a severe traumatic sprain with torn tendons in her left foot at age 5. It took several weeks of rest, pain medication and therapy ...

a small, vermillion spot on outerside of my left foor  Not rated yet
Hello,
I have had this spot on my foot for as long as I can remember, on the outer side of my foot just below the bone that pokes out. It has not ever ...

foot burning/stinging sensation in feet  Not rated yet
52 year old female. within past week, experiencing this burning/stinging sensation, similar to ie., "firing feet". At times, when I stand up on my feet;...

Sharp Pain in Foot  Not rated yet
Hi, a couple of days ago I stepped on a small piece of glass and I was also wearing socks. I lifted my foot up and pulled out the piece of glass (while ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
Recently I had a fall resulting in a fractured left shoulder, sprained left ankle and badly bruised right foot under insole and around the bottom ankle....

Lump on top pf right foot numb and tingly about the diameter of a nickel  Not rated yet
I have a lump on the top of my foot that has a weird sensation it sort of feels numb and tingly when touched. It does not hurt but if touched you can feel ...

I felt something was wrong  Not rated yet
The kids were in the back yard I heard the back door open and no kid came up, I was preparing lunch I told my husband something feels wrong when I went ...

pain top of left foot and towards the side(ankle)  Not rated yet
About 2 months ago I started experiencing tenderness on top of my foot - I attributed it from walking in sandals all summer. When I wear a loafer or runner ...

broken fifth metatarsal  Not rated yet
I broke my foot on July 28th. It was displaced in 2 places an eighth of an inch. The doctor put me in a cast for 2 weeks. I then went into a walking boot ...

pain at the back of the heel  Not rated yet
When I stretch my left leg (to tie my shoe or pick something up from the floor) I get a stabbing pain at the back of my heel. I don't feel or see anything ...

The ball of my left foot hurts. And my middle toe if I raise it up or press on it.  Not rated yet
Also, I have been to a podiatrist and foot and ankle surgeon. I have had MRI with dye to check for Neuroma and xrays and also and ultrasound. Nothing ...

pain along left side of left foot  Not rated yet
fell 2 years ago...had pain and swelling at left ankle and pain across top of foot/bruising...took several months to be able to walk on it. Have had some ...

Top /side of foot about half way down between the 4th and 5th bone  Not rated yet
4 days ago started feeling pain, not all over, just at a specific spot. Went to Urgent Care. Some redness at pain site. Negative x-rays. Got a post-op ...

Neuropathy in feet and legs  Not rated yet
I had surgery 2 years ago for Spinal Stenosis and the pains in my feet have not gotten better..I am afraid I will lose my balance and fall...The sensations ...

top of foot burns when and toe burns  Not rated yet
i had fusion s1 to l5 and then couple weeks later my big toe felt like a ice pic was poking it .i was put on steriods and it went away. after the pills ...

foot itching  Not rated yet
I have an itch every week or so, it moves over a course of a few days...unbearable itching and sensitivity like nerves are exposed...foot looks normal....

pain on top of my right foot  Not rated yet
I get pain on the top of my right foot where the bone is and it is a throbbing pain that will last for quite awhile sometimes. i can't sleep when this ...

Pain after 2 of 3 surgeries  Not rated yet
I had osteotomy in Jan 2009 and bunionextomy. Foot was stiff, sore and 2nd and 3rd toes tingled and burning and numb. Had secon surgery this August. The ...

broken metatarsals  Not rated yet
I broke 4 metatrsals (2-5) and dislocated the big toe of my right foot. The 4th metatrsal was basically "pulverized" according to my surgeon. I've had ...

Foot pain  Not rated yet
Thank you for answering my question on midtarsal fault with nerve entrapment! Dawn from Ohio

Shooting pain in toes  Not rated yet
Hello,

My teenage daughter often complains with having shooting pains in her toes. She is often in so much pain that it brings her to tears. She says ...

electric shock pain between second and third toe  Not rated yet
Very severe "electric shock" pain, in between the 2nd and third toe on left foot. The pain is so violent, that when it comes, it makes my heart go fast ...

Pain in both foot ( only at the heels)  Not rated yet
My son aged 13 has been comlaining about the pain on both heels. He drags is feet and walk. He carrys a heavy bag on his back to school. He were a soccer ...

Stabbing sharp pain in the 4th and baby toes of both feet  Not rated yet
Recently, about 3 to 4 months ago I began to experience this sharp pains in the baby toe, and the one next to it. It didn't matter what type of shoe I ...

missing knuckle in 2nd toe  Not rated yet
i was born with a missing knuckle on my 2nd toe, i was interested in having some sort of toe extension surgery. this would make me so much more comfortable ...

Toe nail removed  Not rated yet
I have had a few toenails removed. I have a pain under the ball of my foot where the toenail has been removed. could the pain be from my toenails being ...

swelling after surgery  Not rated yet
I broke my 5th metatasal July 17, was in a boot (non weight bearing) until Aug 17 which then I had surgery to insert a screw. during the first month, swelling ...

Foot Problems  Not rated yet
My Husband has been suffering for alot of years,with painful feet. First he is flat footed do to his National Guard Service. He developed,hammer toes,...

Knot on navicular area of foot, hard  Not rated yet
Can you tell Me if this is serious and should I go to a foot doctor? 2 weeks ago I strained the rightside exact opposite of navicular area on top foot ...

occasional excruciating pain on top of foot and plantar fasciitis  Not rated yet
I occasionally get a really scary pain in my feet, especially the left, if my feet or back of my calve gets cold. My toes cramp up and I can't move them ...

My left big toe and the right half of the toe next to it have no feeling.  Not rated yet
I am a 22 year old male, I weigh 232 lbs and I'm 5' 11". I have loss of feeling in my left toe. It is like a U shape of numbness going from the right half ...

The top of my left foot hurts!  Not rated yet
Hello,

this pain has been going on for a couple of days now and it really is stressing me out. The top of my left foot hurts really bad. Every time ...

Year old broken toe feels funny  Not rated yet
Last year I broke the toe next to my big toe. Saw the doctor, he said to keep it bandaged to the big toe, but I work on my feet and it was uncomfortable....

Stabbing toe pain  Not rated yet
Marc,

I've written before about the stabbing toe pain in my foot. Big toe and adjacent two. Since the time of the first writing, I've been to a podiatrist ...

Fused at the wrong angle  Not rated yet
In addition to the too large hardware, I have been told that the angle of the fusion was incorrect due to foot drop not being taken into consideration....

Broken screw embedded in bone  Not rated yet
I had a car accident and broke my ankle, dislocating it and crushing the talas. Screws were put in place to hold the talas together. One of the screws ...

pain in ankle and top of foot  Not rated yet
about 7 months ago my 6 year old started limping on her left foot, I noticed a bit of swelling. I took her to the pediatrician and she took xrays...nothing....

plantar fasciitis   Not rated yet
I would like to ask where can i buy the support for plantar fasciitis here in the philippines.

Hi,
You can purchase my SuperStep Orthotics right ...

major nerve pain in my heel.   Not rated yet
I have sudden major heel pain. No pattern to it. All of a sudden, it feels
like someone sticks a 1000 volt wire to my heel. May last a few seconds, then ...

Second opinion on lump?  Not rated yet
Hi, I'm a 29 year old female who found a small lump on the outside of my right foot about an inch under my ankle a few months ago. The lump is about 1 ...

Side of the foot pain  Not rated yet
I coach a runner who has pain in her tendon under her ankle. One doctor has said to get a cortisone shot, another says never to get one anywhere near ...

Numbness in Toes  Not rated yet
I have numbness in the big toe and the two toes next to it on my right foot. Also, to the right of the ball of my right foot it seems like my sock is bunched ...

Pain in mid foot, along inner foot and ankle  Not rated yet
After severly twisting my foot and ankle 3 months ago I have had chronic pain and swelling. The swelling in exactly in the mid foot with sharp pain going ...

Left lateral foot pain!  Not rated yet
Hello, I am a 27 year old runner and am experiencing some left lateral foot pain. I am about 5'6" and weigh 135 lbs and run about 20ish miles a week. I ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
My foot hurts when I put weight on it. There is a sizable knot on the outside top of my foot. I'm not sure if that is where the actual pain is or not. I ...

Top of foot pain  Not rated yet
I am training to walk in a 1/2 marathon the first weekend in October. I was walking a 7 mile course last Saturday and started having pain on the top of ...

my second toe on right foot is numb  Not rated yet
my second toe on my right foot has been numb for 24 hours. i did not injure it in any way. i am concerned what do you suggest?

Hi Edith,
Give it another ...

Kids orthotic size  Not rated yet
Hello, my son is 11.5 and is starting Cross Country. Our chiropractor strongly recommended orthotics for him because of a lack of arch development, not ...

bone spur on little toe  Not rated yet
I have developed spurs on my pinkey toes. The Dr. wants to shave them off. Is this the only solution?

Hi Jan,
No that is not your only option. Before ...

Severe Pain on the Outside of my left Foot  Not rated yet
I have had gout before and i dont think this is it. My foot feels like its broken. At first it hurt more in the morning and then would feel good enough ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
Last Saturday I tripped over my sons shoe he left on the side of bed, rolled my right foot, heard a loud snapping sound followed by intense pain, swelling,...

ball of foot throbs and big toe joint is unbearable to bend  Not rated yet
I was painting and going up and down a ladder and did not have good shoes on and sometimes did not have shoes on. A couple days later the bottom of my ...

Is this normal?  Not rated yet
I had surgery exactly 2 weeks ago for Morton's Neuroma. I actually had two neuromas on the left foot removed. One was between the 2nd and 3rd toe, and ...

broken metetarsal and ankle sprain  Not rated yet
i broke my metetarsal 3 weeks ago and sprained my ankle badly. have had 3 weeks in a hard cast. had the cast taken off 4 days ago. my foot has swelled ...

HEEL AND ANKLE PAIN  Not rated yet
I STEPPED ON A HARD OBJECT THAT I DID NOT SEE UNDER A MAT ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE BRUISED SO I TOOK NSAIDS AND DID REST ICE ELEVATION AND ...

sharp pain and throbing   Not rated yet
january 2009 i had pump bump surgery eight months later in still in more pain then before surgery i have daily pain the rear of my heal and around the ...

callus on ball of foot  Not rated yet
It feels like a pebble in my shoe. I have had it scraped by three different doctors but it is still there. Is there another treatment I can do myself? Any ...

Knots on bottom of feet after bunion surgery  Not rated yet
I had bunion surgery 6 weeks ago and developed a knot on the bottom of foot after wearing flat post-op shoes. I also have one on the other foot and developing ...

Pain between the base of my 2nd. & 3rd. Toes on both feet.  Not rated yet
If I walk barefoot on a hard surface wood or ceramic inside/ concrete path or even grass outside, or wear sandals/ shoes with a hard inner sole, I get ...

Stiffness and aching feet  Not rated yet
I'm 33 years old, very healthy and normal female that has always been active throughout my entire lief. I work out regularly, and have a two year old ...

Pain 7 Months After Ankle/Leg Fractures  Not rated yet
I am 56 years old and was in good health until I feel on the ice and had 3 breaks in my ankle and my leg bone shattered. I had surgery on Christmas Eve ...

burning sensation with sprained ankle  Not rated yet
I sprained my ankle 3 weeks ago and have had clean xrays. I have had constant pain since. Not only constant pain but my ankle at times has a severe sensation ...

Pain in right foot at arch; radiates up to ankle  Not rated yet
I've been running for about 7 months now, and in the past month have switched from running on the treadmill to running on the sidewalk & paved trails. I ...

after sitting for a while or every morning when i getup from the bed having problem to walk.  Not rated yet
since 6 weeks ago i am having discomfort and some pain every single time when i get up after sitting for a while or every morning when i get up from bed,...

Pop in the bottom of foot, followed by pain that is increasing over time  Not rated yet
While playing tennis today, I felt/heard pop in the bottome of my foot. The pain went through my arch and was unlike anything I've ever felt. I mean ...

Burning sensation on middle 3 toes  Not rated yet
About 2 weeks ago I started feeling this mild burning sensation on the top of my left foot that centered around the middle 3 toes. I was driving at the ...

cracking, itchy feet   Not rated yet
In the past I have had two operations on my right foot resulting in casts being on it for quite some time. My foot has never been the same since but lately ...

very painful hard lump on the top of my left foot under the skin  Not rated yet
I have had a small hard lump under the skin on the top of my left foot for the last 8 years or so. I am a server at outback steakhouse so I generally walk ...

I had bunion surgery. Now I have a knot on bottom of foot.  Not rated yet
I have a knot on the bottom of my foot. I had bunion surgery about 5 weeks ago. The knot is painful. It is on the ball of my foot (fatty part of foot)...

Pain Under Second Toe  Not rated yet
I have, I believe a hammer toe on the second toe of my left foot.

The pain, however, is underneath the second toe, under the pad at the rear of the ...

foot numbness  Not rated yet
sept 11, 10 yr old son had 4 weeks of just casting for shortened achilles tendons. that same night child complained of cutting in left ankle . doctors ...

Fractured foot bone  Not rated yet
Hi,

On 21 May 2009 I fractured the foot bone just above my small toe in a netball game. Its therefore on the ouside of my foot, left foot. I went to ...

Ball of foot, base of toe pain  Not rated yet
10 weeks ago, I suffered a 3rd degree sprain from rolling my ankle completely over the top (stepped in a pretty big hole). I had bruising up my achilles,...

episodical short very severe stabbing pain in the heel of my right foot  Not rated yet
Dear Doctor,

Since about 6 weeks I experience an episodical very sharp stabbing pain in the heel of my right foot. It is located under the heel at the ...

small white or clear bumps protrude from the side my heel  Not rated yet
When I put pressure on my feet, small white or clear bumps protrude from the side of my foot, by my heel. I have had them for a long time. They don't ...

I have weird bumps on my foot.  Not rated yet
I have weird bumps on my heel of my left foot. They are kind of white. They only hurt when I press down on them. Their are three of them going all around ...

Swollen Pinky Toe  Not rated yet
My pinky toe is swollen and red. I can kind of move it, haven't really tried to much. It feels wierd but i really don't have any pain. However, it looks ...

Lisfranc injury to left foot  Not rated yet
Injured foot on June 26 2009, went immediately to emergency room because foot was at odd angle especially at the arch.
They xrayed and Cat scanned my ...

Hallux Limitus and Orthadics  Not rated yet
Hello,

I first started having pain in the ball of foot 6 months ago, and
had a pair of orthadics made which had great arch support but
started causing ...

Foot  Not rated yet
I stepped on a drinking glass years ago and cut almost all my tendons and so I had to have surgery. Ever since then I have had sharp pain on the bottom ...

Foot Fracture  Not rated yet
I fractured my foot a month ago falling down stairs. it was late at night, thought i just twisted my ankle.. and since i was in a lot of pain, just went ...

After my back going out my big Toe turns numb when standing   Not rated yet
After doing yard work and shoveling lots of river rocks with a wheelbarrel(lifting up and going back and forth(about 30 times)
Later on that night it ...

2 possiable broken toes   Not rated yet
well almost two months ago i dropped some weights on my toes i could not move them i was in so much pain i threw myself on the floor of pain i paired them ...

possible ankle sprain or fracture  Not rated yet
A few months ago, I fell down about 3 concrete stairs and landed in a squatting position with by knee out in front of my ankle. It hurt the first three ...

left ankle and left toes  Not rated yet
hello

yesterday night after long standing. my left toe and ankle are numb.i noticed that my left ankle is a bit big and its like swelling.and my blood ...

Burning and pain in left foot  Not rated yet
I am having burning and pain in my left foot but only in my pinky toe. The other day I was walking and felt like something in my leg like numbness or something ...

Callus of some type on the bottom of my big toe.  Not rated yet
On the bottom of my big toe I have a callus looking sore... it looks like you could squeeze it and it would pop. It hurts when I walk on it... and if you ...

FRACTURED MATATARSAL  Not rated yet
I FRACTURED MY LEFT MATATARSAL AND THE ORTHOPEDIC I WENT TO SEE DIDNT PUT A CAST OR NOTHING.IT JUST DOESNT SEEM RIGHT.ALL HE GAVE ME WAS A SHOE TO WEAR ...

Pain on top of foot  Not rated yet
Two years ago I was at work and I thought I was at the bottom of the ladder but I wasn't. So I landed on my big toe on my right foot and had pain after ...

Pain in base of 2nd toe and up 2 inches towards heel  Not rated yet
I am a 26 year old male in good health. I have worked out regularly. Played college football, etc. not overweight. I have been having a pain in the ...

Redness and swelling of foot 3 weeks post recurrent neuroma surgery  Not rated yet
Three weeks ago I had surgery to remove and repair a recurrent neuroma on my left foot. The first surgery was in March and the doctor went in through the ...

leg pain and possible circulatory problems  Not rated yet
right calf is swollen i am in extreme pain and my foot is ice cold I have been in pain for four daysplease advise

Sam,
Go seek medical attention, IMMEDIATELY!...

Ankle hurts while playing volleyball.  Not rated yet
When I play volleyball, my ankle hurts. I can still play but its just hurts. Should I wear a brace? If so, what kind? And how can I get my ankle stronger ...

Extreme (and getting worse) foot pain on entire base of foot :(  Not rated yet
Hi!

I am desperate for anything that could help me - I get really really severe foot pain which has bothered me for years but it's getting to the point ...

nerve damage after foot fusion  Not rated yet
I have a burning sensation in my foot after a non union and the burning is really terrible at times!! What can be done to help with the burning? I just ...

heel pain ad burning and pain under arch  Not rated yet
i started having pain in my left heel about 6 mths ago. my ankle also swells every day, now the pain is severe uder the arch which is affecting me badly....

Pain in center sole of right foot  Not rated yet
I run about 50 miles per week (training for a marathon). This morning I ended the run with some sharp pain in my right foot. It seemed dead center on ...

lateral foot pad under small toe  Not rated yet
I'm a nurse and I'm on my feet 12-13 hours a day. At the end of the day my feet are killing me. They especially hurt on the bottoms of my feet on the ...

Severe Ankel pain  Not rated yet
When I was out for a walk back in September of 09 with my friends, I stepped into a hole in the ground and rolled my ankle. At first it really hurt, but ...

numb heel and right side of foot   Not rated yet
numb heal and right side of right foot unable to physicaly tiptoe, numb and sore calf and outer thigh/buttock everything feels cold

Hi George,
I do ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
i kicked a door jamb about four days ago and i have been having pain in the top of my foot along with a little swelling, the pain shoots down to my toes ...

shooting burning pain on the forefoot of the foot   Not rated yet
I am not sure if i have morton's neuroma. After walking one day, I felt a shooting burning pain on my forefoot near the 4th toe. It does not feel like ...

hard lump on sole of heal.  Not rated yet
I have a hard lump on the sole of my heal it is very painful when I stand and walk the pain is under the lump, not the lump itself. The lump is about 4mm ...

Peripheral neuropathy from Taxol  Not rated yet
Is there any effective treatment for peripheral neuropathy caused by Taxol used in chemo? During the chemo treatments, I experienced pain in the bottom ...

Toe Problem  Not rated yet
I was getting ready to go to bed and i stubbed my little toe i screamed and my mom came in and i told her what happend the next morning it was bruised ...

Sharp shooting pains originating in between toes - but only on step machine at the gym  Not rated yet
I am a very active, healthy 30 year old female (I do not wear alot of high heels) and train at the gym 5 days a week. I enjoy running about 3 days of the ...

RE: blue toe syndrome  Not rated yet
If you see a little spot of blue or grayish skin between your toes, is that blue toe syndrome?

NO!

big toe and metetarsal pain ful  Not rated yet
fell off curb my toe is black and blue and pain in metetarsal. it is not swollen. am walk ing , but it hurts. do i need an exray

Yes, Gladys, you ...

if you brake your foot do you have to be in a cast  Not rated yet
mycousin broke her foot at camp when she stepped on a curb. they went to the hospital and they put a boot on her but i thought if you broke your foot you ...

Big Toe Pain  Not rated yet
A couple of month ago (sometime in March) I started to get an aching pain in the base of my big toe. It progressively got worse over the course of the ...