sensitive spot on left foot 
Hi there,

I have a very sensitive spot on the inner side of my left foot, just behind the big toe joint. It is slightly swollen and red. From the little ...

Sores/Spots on Ankle & Very fat swollen Veins below the knee. 
I am a 40 year old man who has really never been to a doctor in about the last 15 years, because I have been fairly healthy. However for about the past ...

Stabbing pain on top of both feet 
I have had this stabbing sensation on the top of both of my feet for about 4 1/2 years now. I am 43 years old and I stopped teaching fitness classes because ...

Pain, Swelling and bruising in ankle w/bottom & behind heel pain.Over 2 inch Indent at side of calf. Pain when moving or curling my toes. Some pain behind knee and down leg.  
I am a 41 year old female. I had been walking on my heels for a couple of weeks bc both toes were infected from a procedure I had to get done. I kept ...

Sudden onset sharp pain top of feet nearest big toe on both feet. 
I got up and starting walking in the kitchen last night and all of a sudden I had alot of sharp pain in the top of my foot when I put weight on it..it'...

12 weeks after Syndesmotic unstable ankle fracture (fibula break below knee) 
I went 1-week after injury waiting for surgery, then had to travel to a larger city to have my surgery. I had broken my fibula and a complete syndesmotic ...

Pain & numb on top of foot 
Hi,

Thanks for taking time to read and answer so many questions. It is truly a public service!

I'm a 50 year old over-weight female. I've had a severely ...

Lump on bottom of right foot. 
I was walking around four miles one day when I twisted my right ankle and saw stars. I think the bottom side of the foot turned in or under and I stepped ...

Have plantar fasciitis..can this also be attributed to knee problems? 
I have written before about the surgery's I have had trying to fix my plantar fasciitis with no help...The second surgery I had was to stretch my achilles ...

Severe Heel pain 
2 days ago I landed hard, flat on my heel while landed from a jump playing basketball (wearing tennis shoes). I did not roll my ankle or fall on it at ...

Pain, tingling, loss of sensation below left ankle 
I had a simple closed fracture of my left fibula on April 23. It healed well after 6 weeks in a cast and four weeks in a boot. The pain from the fracture ...

sciatica with electric shock feelings in the toes 
i have sciatica bought on by either twisting funny or joging. I have had it three weeks and today it has progressed to tingling and unbearable electric ...

Feet Paining and Burns 
Thank you for the reply to my previous questions Doctor I have started loosing weight and also looking for a foot specialist not just for myself but for ...

post-op blood clot and ankle swelling 
hi there. on 4/18/11 i had surgery on my left ankle to remove a ganglion cyst and repair ligaments. they were fixed my drilling into my ankle ankle and ...

Why Do My Heels Look Almost Transparent and have so many tiny cracks On X-Ray? The tops of my toe bones, too. 
I have significant scoliosis, osteoarthritis, and my feet hurt very badly on the heels, tops of feet, and sometimes it feels like the muscle tears in my ...

Achilles Pain and possible calf shortening. 
I was born with spina bifida, repaired, did fine for a long time. I am now 47 and have went through two tethered cord surgeries, the last being in 2009 ...

Pain on outside edge rolling up to top outside edge 
I feel this same pain whenever I step on an object on the outside edge of my foot. It's as though there is a weak place located at a 45 degree angle forward ...

jammed big toe approx. 7 weeks after toe fusion 
I had a toe fusion end of July, had soft cast one week, then hard cast 5 weeks, now wearing boot for another 4 weeks - no more appts. to see doctor. After ...

foot gets hot in the sun 
Fractured metatarsal had a metal plate and 5 pins installed. I work out side and noticed that my left foot will start heating up with shoes an socks on ...

Foot pain  
I am overweight and a diabetic patient(DM type 1,DKA) , whenever I walk or stand for a long and sit to take rest and the moment I stand up again my left ...

ankle pain 
My daughter fractured her growth plate in her right ankle 6 years ago. The orthopediac doctor casted it for 6 weeks and sent her to PT and we have been ...

tightness and zinging pain behind ankle bone 
When doing calf stretch type exercises, downward dog yoga position for example, when I try to put my heel down to the floor, I get a zinging pain right ...

Pain below big toe after stepping on a rock 
Four days ago I was outside wearing flimsy flip flops, while walking to my shed I stepped on a big rock right below my big toe. It was tender but not ...

Complications from Neuroma surgery (3 neuroma's removed) 
Went back to Podiatrist (patient for 9 years) and asked what we could do for my foot..besides the still tender pain (6 months post op)...I now have my ...

Pain, Cold, numbness on bottom of foot that started from mild trauma (?) 
Mid to late June, long day of gardening in a stooped position without supportive shoes caused this same basic thing. There was more bruising on ball of ...

crushed end of 3rd metatarsal 
my 13 year old daurghter had a soccer player step on her unshoed foot ( as kicking her shoe off as kicking the ball) lol she has crushed the end of her ...

5 year foot pain: arch and heel ache 
The bottoms of both feet have been intensely painful for years. Originially diagnosed as PLantar Faciitus, but no improvement with treatment or orthotics ...

Broke tib/fib 2 years ago, now the ankle is giving pain 
Hello,
I hope to clear up some confusion I have. I had an open fracture of my right tib/fib in June of 2009. I broke it while quad skating playing roller ...

Sesamoidits Swelling  
The episode involving pain and swelling in the ball of my right foot started with me feeling a very slight pain when taking walks in dress shoes. It wouldn'...

SHARP PAIN ALONG THE OUTER EDGE OF LEFT FOOT 
SEVERE AND SHARP PAIN ALONG THE OUTER EDGE OF LEFT FOOT. NO SWELLING REDDNESS OR OTHER ABNORMALITIES IN APPEARANCE. VERY HARD TIME TRYING TO CARRY ANY ...

Sharp pain in tip of my third toe, right foot while walking. More painful without shoes.  
Two years ago I had bunion surgery on my right foot. The surgery was done by Kaiser Perm. During the recovery stage of my surgery I accidentally kicked ...

foot pain 
my foot has been hurting for 3 weeks now from out of no where it is the top right of my right foot. i have iced it down used muscle rub changed shoes soaked ...

Pereneus Longus Tendon Rupture  
I have an os pereneum that fractured causing the pereneus longus to completely rupture.
I went to the doctor the next day for treatment. Misdiagnosed ...

Post Op Morton's Neuroma--longer recovery than normal?  
I am 15 weeks since having 3 large Morton's Neuroma's removed from my left foot.

Background. I was diagnosed with the MN on my left foot by Xrays done ...

persistent numbness, paresthesia, tightness, swelling and skin color changes post foot surgery 
Dec. 17 I had plantar plate repair and bunionectomy surgery. Had an ankle block anesthesia. During procedure a fire alarm went off at outpatient surgery ...

Foot 
I experience extreme pain on the right outside side of my foot when I step. With each step I take the pain grows worse and worse. When I step or move ...

top of the foot stabbing/jabbing pain 
Location of pain:
I can't exactly pin point it but its midway between the ankle and the toe. More accurately in the area occupied by Extensor digitorum ...

Severe Stabbing and Burning pain in Toes and forefoot 
I recently had my fifth foot surgery on my right foot at the great toe joint. The most two recent surgeries including June 2010 fusion of the 1st metatarsol....

Injured in the Army told I have Plantar fasciitis but now they think it is nerve related.. 
I remember streching when I was in the Army I felt something pull on the bottom of both feet and ever since I have had pain. The pain has never been in ...

i am 8 months pregnant and my right heel of my foot is very painful when i put pressure on it 
recently the pain has been getting worse and worse, hard to walk on or even put pressure on it. the further along I get hte worse the pain and it is sometimes ...

blue/black (blood?) under both big toe nails 
About six weeks ago I noticed a black & blue roundish spot under EACH of my big toe nails. I do not remember having any trauma. I went to the podiatrist ...

daily, constant pain all over both feet for over 10 years! 
I first noticed pain in both feet while working a retail job and being on my feet all day long. This was just over 10 years ago (when I was 31 years ...

Pain on the bottom of my big toe 
When I stand in one place or walk it feels like i'm stepping on a rock, but deep beneath the skin of my toe. It burns and hurts real bad when touched or ...

inside ankle pain after ankle fusion surgery. 
I had ankle fusion surgery back in June of 2010. My ankle has never been broken however the found a cyst growing inside the ankle, and originally I had ...

Nerve pain developed in 2nd toe 5 months post bunionectomy 
I had a bunionectomy done in late March 2010, and also a tailor's bunion corrected at the same time. It was actually the tailor's bunion that was giving ...

pain on both sides of feet 
I have had pain on both sides of my feet (the outer sides) for years. It comes and goes, but lately it never foes. It is about halfway between the ankle ...

pain and swelling on top of left foot... 
I have a knot(i guess) that came up on the top of my left foot. It is extremely painful and there is swelling of my whole foot. When I wear socks and tennis ...

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 ...

large growing lump on instep of foot 
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RE: bottom of foot pain while working out. 
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 
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 ...

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 ...

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....

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 ...

Stabbing/Shooting Pain in left big toe 
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fused big toe joint and want to return to tennis! 
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,...

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 ...

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....

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 ...

broken fifth metatarsal 
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 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 ...

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 ...

Broken screw embedded in bone 
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 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 ...

Severe Pain on the Outside of my left Foot 
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 ...

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 ...

Is this normal? 
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 ...

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 ...

Burning sensation on middle 3 toes 
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 ...

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 ...

Extreme (and getting worse) foot pain on entire base of foot :( 
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Balls of my feet feel like they are bruised..... 
Hi,
Ok, here we go..... I am 31, 5'8 and weigh 142. I am not pregnant, obese, nor do I have any health issues that I would be currently taking meds ...

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 ...

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 ...

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....

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

flat feet problem - pes planus 
I've had this problem with me left foot for the last 16 months.
Collapsed on me in the late fall 2007.
Went away to some degree in summer, but came ...

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 ...

Six months after ankle surgery and there is skin discoloration 
I was wondering if you could help me.. my husband has had four different ankle surgeries over the past 18 months on his right ankle after he broke it at ...

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....

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 ...

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 ...

Crooked big toe and flat foot toddler 
My three year old has very flat feet like his father. Recently I've noticed that it appears that his big toes are curving to the second toes. Is this ...

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 ...

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 ...

All toes pain when exercized, numbed, limited motion radius, stiff 
All toes pain when exercized, numbed, limited motion radius, stiff constantly without much relief. I do sit a lot at my computer; however, I excercise ...

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 ...

Toe numbness and tingly  
I've been experiencing for a couple of years now toe numbness and tingly feelings on both feet mainly my left foot on the 2nd and 3rd toes (sometimes the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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/...

red to purple toes and feet 
i had osteomylitis back in june went on a picc line for 6 weeks had my toenail removed and leg and foot turned red to a purplish color that night doctor ...

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 ...

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....

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....

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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....

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

intense itching inside my foot particularly in the heel 
I have itching inside my skin on my heel and into the arch of my foot. The itching will not stop. I think it is some kind of nerve pain.
Do you understand ...

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,...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

dry feet, cracking, itching scaling in the arch, heel fissures 
I have had heel fissures for a while but the itching, scaling and cracking in the arch of my feet started after I cleaned the carpets in my home. I would ...

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....

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 ...

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....

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Involuntary curling of toes 
From time to time, my 3rd, 4th, and 5th toes will curl under without my control, almost as if trying to make a fist. It is painful like a cramp and I ...

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 ...

looks like plantars wart 
I have what looks to me like a plantars wart. The doctor tells me it is a cyst I am having a series of 10 injections of some type of alcohol that is supposed ...

neuropathy in feet due to back surgery  
I have pain in my feet that is painful and tingly and burning due to a second lumbar surgery I had a year ago. I am taking gabapentin and using lidocaine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

severe foot pain 
I am 56 years old and in great physical shape. I work out and have a 33 inch waste. From years of running, basketball and tournament tennis, the foot ...

Inside Ankle Pain (severa) evenings and mornings. 
I broke my 5th Metatarsal several months ago. Initially I had NO ankle pain - but have now for some time. The INSIDE of my ankle (left) hurts extremely ...

hammertoe surgery recovery.. 
I am 19 years old and ive decided to have toe surgery as well as the doctors decision. I have my surgery in november 2010. The problem is, i am a volleyball ...

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 ...

PAIN AFTER FOOT FUSION 
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE AFTER A FUSION FOR THE PAIN TO GO AWAY I HAVE HAD ENOUGH DADGUM PAIN TO LAST ME A LIFETIME. I HAD THE ONE FUSION DONE IT DID NOT ...

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 ...

Limping after a 5th Metatarsal fracture 
I had a 5th metatarsal fracture 13 weeks ago. I saw my foot doctor for the broken bone. I had the hard aircast pump up boot on for 6 weeks. I then had ...

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 ...

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 ...

LEG PAIN WITH FEET GETTING COLD AT THE TIME OF LEG PAIN 
BOTH LEGS TEND TO GET A PAIN WITH A BURNING SENSATION THAT RUNS DOWN THE WHOLE LEG. THE KNEE ON DOWN TENDS TO HURT THE MOST. ESPECIALLY MY CALVES AND MY ...

Pain in toes-volume 2 
Various types of pain occurring in the toes is discussed in this section

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 ...

redness, swelling and pain below third toe  Not rated yet
Hello Doctor. Thank you for providing this helpful site. I've been searching for answers. I'm a 49 yr.old female. Five days ago (Monday) I noticed ...

Why do both ankles ache at night?  Not rated yet
When I sleep at night, both ankles ache like a toothache. My left heel is stiff in the am, but after walking a few minutes it seems fine. I sleep on my ...

second toe swelling, gout?  Not rated yet
its beeen 1 month now, i have consistantly worsening pain and swelling on top of and under the 2nd toe. All the other toes are fine and it hurts the minute ...

toes go numb while on elliptical and on tread mill and then the arches start hurting  Not rated yet
When I am on working out doing cardio my toes on both feet go numb and then by they time I am done my arches hurt. I have orthodics two different pair....

ankle pain 10 years after trimalleolar fracture  Not rated yet
Approximately 10 years ago I suffered a trimallian fracture of the right ankle. I was on holiday at the time, and had the ankle re-alligned under local ...

I stepped wrong on right foot. It hurts to walk on it when bearing weight to the right of it. I had a previous injury to that foot years ago but doctors said not broken.  Not rated yet
I stepped wrong on my right right foot injuring it. Again, I guess I should say. It is not bruised nor is it swollen but it is very painful to move a ...

sudden pain 2 years after breaking ankle  Not rated yet
I broke my ankle in 3 places 2 1/2yrs ago. The metal work was removed 1 year ago. I haven't had too much problem since except a little tightness in the ...

Hammertoe surgery  Not rated yet
I recently had hammertoe surgery but im concerned they may never look the same. My toe nails are crooked and not attached. I had the surgery in November ...

Ball of foot pain.  Not rated yet
I jumped onto a glass bottle,and cut my foot as it smashed. There was alot of blood but the cut was tiny. The next day i could hardly weight bear and alot ...

Tingling feet  Not rated yet
I've noticed for the past few weeks when I stand on my feet they tingle like they are asleep. I've been to the ER and the doctor did an exam for blood ...

Persistant sesamoiditis  Not rated yet
I have been suffering from sesamoiditis for almost a year. It started in the right foot whenI tripped in heels, but I now have it in the left, as well....

Pain when bending the right toe forwards but not backwards  Not rated yet
About 3 weeks ago I dropped a 3kg stone on my right toe. It swelled up and was obviously bruised as it went blue. However, I don't believe I broke anything ...

Purple color in toes, both front and back.  Not rated yet
My son has been having prolems with his toes off and on for the past couple of years. The first 3 incidents his toes would turn purple, develope watery ...

sharp pain in the bottom of my right foot  Not rated yet
I was walking and heard a pop and then felt a sharp pain in the top part of the bottom of my foot. Now it shots pains under the second toe. It is very ...

Foot pain weeks after incident.  Not rated yet
Kicked the door jam while running to keep dog from puking on the carpet. Yes, you can laugh.

Got an X-Ray and it was negative so I waited, as directed,...

post bunion surgery complications  Not rated yet
Two weeks after surgery I am experiencing swelling. there is redness that started at the bottom joint of the big toe and is now a darker and larger area ...

pain in the middle of foot  Not rated yet
I stepped in a pothole when I was out walking about a year and a half ago. My one foot turned inward as I stepped on it. I thought it was just bruised ...

intermittent numbness in various toes  Not rated yet
This happens mostly in my right foot, and have noticed it since about a month ago. Has been cropping up along about once or twice a week until about a ...

bumps on the side of my foot  Not rated yet
i went ice skating and the next day i had one or two itchy bumps on the side of my foot, when i scratched it, it hurt really bad. the bumps hurt to touch....

Swelling and pain at the Cuboid / 5th metatarsal joint - lateral side of foot  Not rated yet
Lengthy description to follow as I have been forced, by my podiatrist and primary, to research my injury myself. Any advice would be appreciated.

Following ...

Severe ankle pain 11 years after a break  Not rated yet
11 years ago I fell down the stairs and fractured my left ankle in 3 places, the first hospital I attended placed a backslab on and I attended another ...

Numbness of my right foot 2 weeks after a 5th metatarsal fracture  Not rated yet
I was working out just over 2 weeks ago, and felt something snap in my ankle. I saw my ankle surgeon who I have a history with, and he put me into a walking ...

Foot problem  Not rated yet
I broke four metatarsals in my foot 8 months ago and had a Jones fracture. I was in a cast for 12 weeks, and a screw was put in to hold the bones together....

top of foot pain accompanied by pain on side of foot  Not rated yet
About 6 months ago i developed what assume was a cyst on the top of my right foot between my fourth toe and ankle. This area was sensitive to the touch ...

Extreme swelling and pain 7 months after foot surgery  Not rated yet
My daughter had surgery on her foot for turf toe (repair of plantars plate) and for a hammer toe. She had her surgery on June 9th, 2011. She had a pin ...

Ankle Sprain gone bad!!  Not rated yet
Hello,
Exactly one month ago I went to the basketball gym late and didn't have time to stretch or warm up before a group of guys asked me to join in. I ...

Arch pain  Not rated yet
I had a bimalleolar fracture in Jan of 2011 with dislocation and had orif with 1 plate and 6 screws placed. I have been having a lit of burning/aching ...

Toe stiffness after metatarsal fracture.  Not rated yet
Hello...
I am currently in the recovery process of a displaced (spiral?) fracture of my 5th metatarsal on my right foot. I was rushing one day, took ...

Baby toe shorter after fracture  Not rated yet
I had a displaced fracture of the 5th metatarsal and didn't have surgery. I was non weight bearing for 9 weeks. Then doctor said okay to resume all activities....

infected runners toe?  Not rated yet
I ran a marathon and now my two toes (second from big toe) are swollen, very red around the nail, the nail is extremely painful and slightly separated,...

Pain in big toe knuckle, post Morton's neuroma removal.  Not rated yet
I have recently, 4&1/2 weeks ago had a Morton's neuroma removal of my right foot, usual place between 3rd and 4th toes. The procedure seems to have gone ...

pain in instep of foot  Not rated yet
2 weeks ago I cut my sole on what looked like a piece of dry spaghetti on the kitchen floor. At the time, it bled and eventually stopped and there is ...

bright white streak up the center of my right big toenail  Not rated yet
Painful bright white streak up the center of my big toe on my right big toe nail bed... Is this from psoriasis? Is thjis a fungal infection? or is this ...

Big Toe Sticks Up/Loss of Balance  Not rated yet
I had bunion 2 years ago on both big toes and now neither toe touches the ground & I'm having balancing problems. My left big toe sticks up higher than ...

toe pain  Not rated yet
i had my foot stepped on repetitively, and also wore poorly fitted shoes to a music concert, where I was on my feet dancing and walking around for about ...

fifth metatarsal non-union (pre-op). I can walk without pain, so why surgery?  Not rated yet
I broke my left fifth metatarsal on 9/2/11 (non-union, avulsion fracture) and have been in an air boot ever since. x-rays at 4-week intervals have shown ...

foot pain and a cold foot after trauma  Not rated yet
I ran over the arch of my foot with my work trolley (fully loaded cleaning trolley) a few days ago, at first it didn't hurt v much, then it steadily got ...

pain in out side leg when walking fast or running  Not rated yet
when ever i go to run on treed mill lately my right leg starts hurting real bad and i can hardly walk i can only make it about 1/4 to 1/2 mile before it ...

I dropped something on my foot and wonder if I broke it..  Not rated yet
I dropped something on my foot 2 days ago, and the bone on the outside of my foot around the 5th metatarsal. The foot was swollen out and the entire top ...

plantar fascitis diagnosis and funny bone  Not rated yet
I have been diagnosed with plantar fascitis,being treated for it (night splint, ice , taping, shoe inserts etc) I noticed recently that when I touch the ...

Outer left foot pain about 1 inch from little toe  Not rated yet
For two months I have had dull pain on my outer left foot. I do not have swelling or discoloration, so I have put off going to the doctor. I can walk ...

lump on instep of foot  Not rated yet
Hello, recently I have noticed a small pea size lump on the instep of my left foot. It hurts mildly when i try rubbing it witm my hand, and sometimes i ...

itching in little toes when feet get warm at bedtime  Not rated yet
My feet are fine during the day but when i go to bed at night my little toes start to itch, the rest of my feet are fine. The itching feels like small ...

Pain like an electrical shock in the ball of my foot next to the big toe following bunion surgery.  Not rated yet
I had bunion surgery and had no problems at first. Starting about 6 months ago I began to have a sharp electrical shock like pain in the region of the ...

purple foot  Not rated yet
had ankle fusion surgery 8 weeks ago dr put me in a walking boot a few days ago (still not walking ) but when I put my foot down it turns purple and gets ...

fifth metatarsal recovery  Not rated yet
I fractured the base of my fifth metatarsal, not jones fracture, approximately 8 weeks ago. I went for an MRI yesterday, because my doctor thinks I may ...

broke ankle 4 years ago some times very pain full still  Not rated yet
I had 1200 pounds fall on me and broke my tibia and fibia in ankle got a plate and screws i think when i pulled the foot from under the machine I did more ...

toenail the skin  Not rated yet
it hurts when its pressured and if you touch it normal pressure and it turned into a purple colour very light. It has blood and some kind of pus that comes ...

Pain in one foot started sudenly like rock in shoe next to ball of foot  Not rated yet
Last night for no apparent reason I had a sensation of a stone in my shoe. The pain quickly became so intense I can hardly stand on the foot as the pressure ...

Post-Lisfranc surgery questions  Not rated yet
My lisfranc injury occurred almost five years ago December 21, 2008..i sustained the injury due to misdiagnosis in the beginning and tried orthotics for ...

post ankle surgery  Not rated yet
I had surgery on Aug 30th for a broken distal fibuala. I am now suppose to be weight bearing as tolerated. I am in a ASO brace now with my regular shoe....

toe nail problem  Not rated yet
My big toe was pushed up against by a large desk and raised up partially. It hurt like heck but only bled a little. i pushed the nail back down and have ...

Heel Pain  Not rated yet
2 weeks ago when i was playing indoor soccer on a wooden court i landed awkwardly with all my weight coming down on my right heel. My right knee did not ...

Pain, swelling, 2nd Metatarsal stress fractures and osteoporosis 10 months post op bunionectomy  Not rated yet
I had a simple bunionectomy with no hardware, etc. in January of this year. I have yet to be pain free and have suffered stress fractures, swelling and ...

broken fibula .Oblique fracture due to incorrect yoga assist.  Not rated yet
I was doing a downward dog posture while in Ashtanga yoga class and the assistant to the instructor pulled on my calves and fibula bone and heels to ...

Burning and pain in my foot, pinky toe side, up in the small bones. The area is pretty concentrated.   Not rated yet
I rolled my ankle and heard a loud pop. I had it x rayed and was told it was just a sprain. I did the rice method as instructed. Over a week later now ...

sudden onset of severe foot pain without an injury  Not rated yet
I am a 60 year old woman who is very active with spinning, elliptical, and weight training. I love to work out and do so daily. Yesterday I got up from ...

pain in upper calf and back of ankle  Not rated yet
I was jogging in place when after a couple of times, I heard a very loud pop. I felt immediate pain in the back of my calf that radiated down to the back ...

Heel pain and can't walk  Not rated yet
I jumped off a 6ft wall and landed on my heels, straight away I felt a sharp pain in my heel at first I could walk on it but not as much n now 3 days later ...

ballerina fracture 3 fractures of toes and 1 toe broken into now have stabbing pain in heel, 10yrs. old  Not rated yet
My daughter broke her foot saturday (3 days ago), doctor said it is called ballerina fracture. It broke 3 toes (film shows a break on these toes similiar ...

Banged my right foot on the inner side of the foot against my sons wooden bed.  Not rated yet
I was in my older sons room cleaning up and watching my toddler, when he bolted towards the stairs, i reacted quickly and went after him, in a freak incident,...

plantar puncture wound  Not rated yet
I had a plantar puncture wound from a rake a couple of months ago. I received emergency room treatment, an x-ray was taken, and I was told there was no ...

Extreme pain, and swelling, five months after removal of 2 neromas.  Not rated yet
I had surgery for the removal of 2 large neuromas, from the 3rd and 4th toes, over 5 months ago. The incisions opened up, and were re-stiched, in my surgeons ...

Sharp shooting pain in the sole of right foot  Not rated yet
I get these shocking pain in the sole of right foot when I bend down or lean forward to pick up something..started a couple of months back.(every couple ...

Toes randomly go numb and turn purplish in color  Not rated yet
On 8/18/2005 I was hit by a local ambulance company. I fractured the second and third metatarsal in my right foot from slamming on the break so hard. They ...

Sprained toe.  Not rated yet
I recently went to the doctor's because I had hurt my foot really badly in martial arts class. The doctor told me I sprained big toe on my left foot. However,...

I dropped weight on my big toe  Not rated yet
Hello,

About 1 month ago I dropped 2kg weight on my right big toe.
I didn't go to doctor right away but it got swollen and bruised.
The bruised disappeared ...

random pain in arch of my right foot after waking up  Not rated yet
I am a 32 yr old female with lots of health problems but none thay I can link to this issue. Several months ago I woke up to an intesnse pain in my right ...

most annoying, aggravating nerve pulling/tightness numbness sensation of 2nd toe status post 2nd toe osteotomy and neuromal removal  Not rated yet
I have an aggravating, annoying pulling-like nerve sensation and numbness 24/7 of my 2nd toe after having a redo bunion surgery by another podiatrist and ...

lump on sole of foot  Not rated yet
My six year old daughter had a wooden splinter in the sole of her foot. We thought we has removed it all but a hard lump has grown over the site of the ...

Severe pain in big toe joint where bone spur was removed 4 years ago!!!  Not rated yet
I had a large bone spur removed from my right big toe, in 2007. Ever since I had the surgery my pain has progressively gotten worse. I cannot bend my toe ...

High degree of pain in the bottom 'ball area' of both feet during ski holiday  Not rated yet
During skiing holiday I ended up with excruciating pain in both feet at the 'ball area' of my feet.I have good ski boots which have been fitted with what ...

numbness to toe after having bunion removed  Not rated yet
i had a bunion removed 10 years ago but the problem hasn't been solved the toe still bendes under the next toe and it is still numb after all this time ...

Left Foot stiffness/throbbing extreme dorsolateral tarsal area to heel   Not rated yet
The first problem was entire (medial, mid, and lateral) heel plantar pain. Thought to have plantar fascitis but passed all physical tests. Now it's graduated ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
For 2 months I have had severe pain in my left foot. It started with my entire foot and ankle swollen and pain on top and bottom. Then the pain went ...

pain in great toe joint  Not rated yet
one of my students accidenttally put a chair down on my left big toe joints and sat down hard. Since then I have had pain in the area and can't wear any ...

sharp pain in ankle  Not rated yet
I have a hairline fracture of my left talus and calcaneus. I am on crutches and have been putting just a little pressure on the foot, as per the doctor'...

Losing toenail 3 years aftet Hammertoe surgery  Not rated yet
I had hammertoe surgery 3 years ago. A few weeks ago I noticed what appeared to be a small bruise on the second toenail right at the cuticle of the foot ...

Sharp Pain On Top Of The Base of Big Toe  Not rated yet
About a year and a half ago, I developed a pain when walking at the top of the base of my big toe. In one form or another, it's been there ever since ...

Corns  Not rated yet
Recently went to purchase shoes and noticed that one foot is wider the the other. I have had a burning sensation on my left foot. I now see a corn starting ...

Lump in arch of foot  Not rated yet
I have a lump in the arch of my foot which I first noticed after experiencing some arch pain (following the start-up of a running and swimming routine)...

neurapthy/nodules  Not rated yet
i was diagnosed w/neuropathy in my left foot and it is now in both feet hands and legs. most severe in left foot because i have tumors alongside the arch ...

Chronic foot pain  Not rated yet
I broke my foot about 4 years ago along with my middle toe. Recently my foot started to hurt. Now it is every night, keeping me awake, aspirin, tylenol ...

foot problem  Not rated yet
MY 11 SON WAS JUMPING AROUND THE YARD WITH HIS BALL. WHEN HE CAME DOWN FROM JUMP HE LANDED ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT. IT HURTS HIM PRETTY BAD, BUT THERE ...

Pain on bottom of foot at the base of 2nd and 3rd toes  Not rated yet
I am a marathon runner - I have properly fitting shoes that do not need replacing. I have not had any crazy increases in mileage or speed - just conservative ...

Chronic leg pain/cramps/Charlie horse/ muscle spasm/24hrs  Not rated yet
I was in a rear end car accident. Waiting at a stop to make a left turn. And waiting for my turn. I strain and sprain my lower back and my mid back. Four ...

fracture of base of fourth metatarsal  Not rated yet
hi,I am Swetha

I am 21 years,I had fractured my forth metarsal of my left foot 4 months back.i was with a pop cast for 6 weeks and later was able to ...

my feet burn on top, my toes throb and tingle, myfoot pads feel swollen, yet they look perfectly fine.  Not rated yet
I do have type 2 diabetes, my glucose readings range from 140 to 220.
I take glimepiride (1mg) twice a day.
what I need to know is, are my feet this ...

Messed up Ankle??  Not rated yet
i sprained my ankle about almost three weeks ago in volleyball. I swelled up and bruised. The bruising went away but the swelling never did. I went to ...

sore toes  Not rated yet
I often get woke up at night with the tips of my big toes being very painful. After 5 or 10 minutes the pain will pass. The pain is like a very extreme ...

Foot very sensitive and burning  Not rated yet
I had anterior lumbar interbody fusion L5-S1 aug 24, 2011. Back feels good but i hurt down my leg to my foot. My foot feels like it is on fire on top ...

Intense Pain & Burning middle of the bottom of foot  Not rated yet
I started a 2nd job about 6 months ago cashiering 4 hours a day 3 times a week (I cashiered for about 15 years a decade ago). A couple of months ago I ...

I have numbness in the balls of both feet  Not rated yet
The problem began 14 years ago with only occasional discomfort in the balls of my feet that would come and go. Over time it became more persistent and ...

Foot pain from broken tibia  Not rated yet
I have chronic swelling and pain at the base of the second and third toe. Increases when walking or going barefoot. I have had an MRI done which ruled ...

steele plate with 7 screws in r/ankle for 18 years  Not rated yet
My ankle bothers me wheter walking or taking steps. I have lost 40 lbs in over a year and hope to lose more, however, I want to be a runner and have started ...

foot pain   Not rated yet
Recovered from broken tibia , I have been back yo work for two weeks . I still have a bit of a limp and my leg is getting stonger, however my feet hurt ...

toe curved to the right after hammer toe surgery, pin removed and fused  Not rated yet
Can I have another surgery to make my second toe on my right foot to look normal. It ended up curved to the side at the tip after hammertoe/corn removal ...

Pain and unable to walk in the morning 5 months after hardware removal of left ankle  Not rated yet
I had a plate and 6 screws removed in early may. It is now just about October when I wake up in the morning I am unable to walk on it causing me to limp ...

Spider Veins  Not rated yet
My question is about spider veins possibly being caused by a toe injury. I have had one starburst shaped spider vein by my right ankle since I was in my ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
I have pain in my left foot, centre/right side of foot bottom, close to the arch. Rubbing it (like in massage) makes it hurt more in the short term, but ...

Pain at the base of my Big left toe  Not rated yet
I do martial arts and was sparring one day using kicks and felt pain as normal but it wasn't until the next day that I started to feel the sharpness of ...

Foot/ankle pain and burning  Not rated yet
It all started about 3 years ago. I would come home at night after walking the hospital floors all day and I would be ridden to the couch d/t extreme pain ...

Foot pain at base of the foot near the big toe  Not rated yet
The foot problem is occurring at the forefoot in between the base of the 2nd toe and 3rd toe causing walking difficulty over varying distances depending ...

tarsal tunnel syndrome  Not rated yet
During an examination by a nurse practitioner, a member of my family practice group, she knuckled my arch which caused instant severe pain. I have been ...

ball of foot and second toe  Not rated yet
Howdy, I had bunion surgery and morton neuroma surgery in June 2011, but
before surgery my second toe mostly the tip would get like a electical feeling
...

pain in the ball of left foot between ball and 2nd metatarsal, and at bottom of ball (near arch)  Not rated yet
A few months ago I blindly kicked into a step running up stairs in The dark and since then, ive had minor to serious pain in and around the ball of my ...

frozen toe joint  Not rated yet
After a bunionectomy surgery, the joint of the big toe became frozen. The toe moves up normally, but doesn't move down at all. This is causing all kinds ...

foot and ankle hurts  Not rated yet
my big toe is leaning towards my other toes. i have lump on the side of foot next to the big which really hurts and i have trouble walking because it feels ...

Shooting pains on top of right foot  Not rated yet
I have a very small cut on the top of my right foot. I just got scraped as I was doing something on the boat. Thought nothing of it. All of a sudden, two ...

Extreme discoloration on bunionectomy scar  Not rated yet
I had a bunionectomy surgery about a year ago. I woke up a few days ago with exreme dicoloration on the scar area. A patch of bright pink and a larger ...

lis franc fracture  Not rated yet
I suffered a lisfranc fracture on 26 December last year. I had 2 xrays but the fracture didnt show up until they did a scan on the 28 January, nearly 4 ...

Broken or Sprained Ankle?  Not rated yet
I was walking down my driveway when my ankle rolled inwards. There was a loud popping noise and immediate, intense pain. It swelled quickly, but took a ...

ball of foot pain   Not rated yet
7 years ago I had a piece of machinery fall on me, knock me over into a downhill position and dislocated the front of my left foot. The toes were all ...

Leg and foot pain after AIF  Not rated yet
I had an anterior intrabody fusion L5-S1 3 weeks ago. About 1 week after surgery I started having pain going down my left buttock, leg and foot. My foot ...

pain underneath big toe from stepping on sharp rocks  Not rated yet
Hi, I was wearing slippers and my slipper came off and I stepped on some sharp rocks and underneath my big toe started to hurt and I looked at my toe ...

Foot pain upon first standing  Not rated yet
After sitting for a while (short period or long period of time) when I stand I have terrible pain in both feet. I walk slowly for 5-10 steps and the pain ...

"Shifting" of the Great Toe 6 weeks after Tightrope Procedure  Not rated yet
Hello,

After my followup visit my doctor told me that my Great toe is shifting again. Looking more like a bunion. I'm only 6 weeks post-op. Is this ...

pain in ball of foot and tips of toes  Not rated yet
It started as pain in the ball of my right foot, felt like I had stepped on a stone. The next morning I had burning pain that felt like it was moving ...

Foot, Heel and Ankle Pain  Not rated yet
A few weeks ago, a can of beans fell on the top of my right foot (metatarsal area). Where the can hit, the area hurt but really didn't give me much problems....

my big toe tingles following surgery to remove a bone spur that was eating into a tendon and now that toes tingles all the time   Not rated yet
I had a 3" incision on the top of my big toe and the bone spur that was eating the tendon was removed. Now a year an a half later my toe tingles all the ...

tibia fracture  Not rated yet
I fractured my tibia an fibia in a car accident three months ago, June 4. I was in back slab for two weeks then in a long leg cast. they removed the long ...

Not sure if I have developed blisters under callouses on feet - VERY painful to walk after dancing barefoot on wood floor  Not rated yet
Hi,

I was exercising and dancing on a wood floor recently with no shoes or socks on. I'm wondering if I hurt myself somehow b/c now it hurts to walk....

Ball of the foot pain  Not rated yet
So about 48 hours ago, I went out and ran a lot, and that night went dancing. Now, when I step on the ball of my left foot (specifically right under the ...

a hard blisterlike growth inbetween my third and second toe  Not rated yet
about a week ago noticed pain in my toes especially when working waiting tables. When looked at toes saw that there was what looked like a blister but ...

Spreading middle toes  Not rated yet
In Feb. 2011, I had extensive surgery on my left foot for bunion, bunionette, hammer toe. I thought I was healing okay because I had the exact same surgery ...

outer edge of my foot hurts mostly while working out on the elliptical  Not rated yet
i wear arch supports formed for my flat feet. lately the outside edge of my right foot hurts, when i'm on the elipitcal trainer , is this stimming ...

Ball of foot bulge on both feet with pain  Not rated yet
I have a buldge the circumference size of a golf ball on the ball of both feet. Also I have a hammer toe on the second toe on both feet. I've been to ...

Swollen Big Toes, Possibly Cellulitis.  Not rated yet
Both of my big toes are swollen, red and extremely sensitive to touch. When I move them, I get an intense, sharp pain. They also hurt when just staying ...

Like a pin being stuck between toes  Not rated yet
Occasionally (usually at night) I get the intermittent pain sensation of a pin being stuck into my foot between my toes. When it is occurring it is one ...

sore on bottom of foot  Not rated yet
about 3 or 4 years ago i had stepped on a piece of glass but i still have a sore on the bottom of my foot like i still have a piece of glass in my foot ...

jumped and landed awkwardly - now have pain on the outside of the foot  Not rated yet
I jumped and landed awkardly on the outside of my right foot. Most of my weight came down on it. Initially I thought I mildly sprained my ankle but then ...

missing 5th matatarsal  Not rated yet
My daughter was born with a missing 5th matatarsal in her right foot. Now that she is walking and getting older, I have noticed that her leg is bowed in ...

toenail is black and blue  Not rated yet
At the end of June, I stubbed the toe next to my big toe. Right where the nail begins to grow. It's now September, and it's still black and blue at the ...

cracke in my foot hairline fracture  Not rated yet
i have a hairline fracture in my left foot i have been told that it is going to take 3-6 months to heal i had a cast on for 3 weeks which didnt help i ...

6 months post-op lapidus with a non-union  Not rated yet
I have a non-union from a lapidus done 6 months ago. I was given an Ortho-fix bone stimulator (3hrs/day application) at month 5 and told to decrease my ...

Overly sensitive skin and weird bump following bunion surgery  Not rated yet
I had bunion surgery on both feet approximately 8 weeks ago.. my left foot (where the bunion was near the big toe) is now doing just fine, but I'm having ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
pain deep in foot at the middle between heel and ball. It hurts when I try to walk after I have been off of my feet for any length of time. It goes away ...

Broken Toe  Not rated yet
Two days ago i stubbed my toe. Because of swelling and my foot turning blue the next day I went to ER. The PA said I had Two fractures and gave me a number ...

foot swelling, hurts  Not rated yet
my right foot, between the third and fourth toes. it was very itchy. and when i wanted to bend it it would hurt a little. then today it wasnt as itchy ...

Toe/Foot Bruise  Not rated yet
I slipped in the shower and banged my toes ito the wall as I fell. I had them xrayed no fracture, put Ice on them for a week while swelling was reduced ...

right foot pain below 3 and 4 toes  Not rated yet
I have broken right foot and had a fusion done and a revision and hardware removal
and another hardware removal.All was going ok except for arthritis ...

Pain in ankle area where plate and screws are.  Not rated yet
Hello:

My twin sister had a browen ankle about 17 years ago. She has plate and screws that were never removed. She's always been a runner but more ...

Foot pain  Not rated yet
Someone stepped on my foot with a skinny high heel pretty much above my smallest toe last night. there is no swelling (or very very minimal swelling) and ...

Lisfranc acting up again  Not rated yet
I fell and sustained a lisfranc sprain 6 months ago. I was in a hard cast for a month and then a walking boot for another. After the initial incident there ...

Abnormal feeling in toe  Not rated yet
Four days ago I stubbed my right 2nd toe. It was stiff and fairly painless for the first day. The 2nd day it was a little swollen and very slightly reddish/...

twisted my foot   Not rated yet
I twisted my foot 3 days ago. It was very painful at first and I couldn't stand to put weight on it. It is better now but is still swollen and bruised ...

Bump on foot - hemangioma or splinter?  Not rated yet
About 10 months ago we saw a slight bump on the bottom of my toddler’s foot (he was 1 at the time) and we took him to see the covering physician at our ...

hard painful lump on ball of foot  Not rated yet
I have been noticing a hard painful lump on the ball of my left foot (now it is appearing on my right foot also)near my last 2 toes (the two smallest toes)...

Strange bump/blister on foot.  Not rated yet
Other day stepped on a rock barefoot and bruised foot. Bruise went away but left a transparent looking bump, kind of like a deep blister that wouldnt ...

susposedly plantar fasciitis  Not rated yet
I am a mail carrier and over 3 1/2 yrs ago I started having foot pain. Had all the symptoms of plantar fasciitis: morning pain, pain after rest, and pain ...

Heel pain but only when standing not when walking  Not rated yet
I have pain in my left foot only and have had this problem for about 10 years. My heel hurts only when I stand and not when I walk. I have a very high ...

Pain in both feet after I have been off of them for awhile, and when I wake up in the morning.  Not rated yet
The pain seems to come from in between the bones of the fourth and fifth toe on my right foot along with the heel. My left foot is just sore all over ...

8 months pregnant, left ankle hurts. Recently in Oct 2009 I had a dislocated compound fracture on that same left ankle.  Not rated yet
I am 8 months pregnant about 33 weeks along now. My left ankle I recently slipped and fell back in Oct 2009 ended up with a dislocated compound fracture ...

ankle growth  Not rated yet
Right backside of ankle has what feels to be a bone growth under the skin but also is accompanied by itching around that area. Also tenderness in the ankle ...

hard knots on foot  Not rated yet
I stepped on a thumbtack about 6 months ago and now I've got a hardened knot around where the tack went in. Also I've got about 6 more of these all over ...

Spanish language site and thanks  Not rated yet
Hi Marc,
Thanks for answering my question. I'll take your advice and see where it leads me.

I wanted to mention that I was looking over the Spanish ...

severe pain in heel of foot  Not rated yet
Approximately a year ago I was wearing ballerina shoes very thin soles and ran up a gravel driveway and stood on a large stone in the middle of my heel....

My toenail is falling off  Not rated yet
I have been playing football for the past 5 days and over this course my toenail has been pushed back and is now on the verge of falling off and it is ...

Extreme pain between ball and top of foot when right foot transitions from flat into a normal step.  Not rated yet
Hello. I am an avid hiker but sort of overdid it this past weekend. I did long hikes both Saturday and sunday with hilly terrain. Sunday I was sore but ...

Pain after Bunion Surgery  Not rated yet
I have had bunion surgery on my left big toe and the surgeon inserted two tiny screws into it to keep the straightness. Once in a while on accident, I ...

The top & sometimes back of the foot hurts when my 11 year old son run's  Not rated yet
What could it be? Damage from new cleats, and needs time to heal or something else?
My son has always been active,strong and fast when he runs.He ...

sharp pain inside my skin on the bottom of my foot(on the heel area)  Not rated yet
The bottom of my foot is this little tiny sharp pain feeling. I twice try to dig around that small (sterilized) area. Maybe it was a bite mark of some ...

foot pain   Not rated yet
Hello my nephew had fractured his leg between the ankle and knee. Was in a boot for four weeks when given the ok by the doc had lots of trouble walking ...

Stubbed little toe badly  Not rated yet
Two and half weeks ago, I stubbed my little toe on my left foot which I have a corn on it, and the toe has become quite swollen and hurts very badly and ...

corn that has swollen  Not rated yet
my second toe on my right foot has a corn. After running a 15 mile run the corn has swollen please can you advice what has caused this and how to treat ...

joint under big toe  Not rated yet
Could joint be broke if? Dropped a box weighting about 25 lbs. across the top of foot,not on my toes,on the joint below the big toe. Medium amount of swelling,...

Stabbing Toe pain After Toenail Surgery  Not rated yet
I had a partial toenail operation on Aug.2nd. It was doing fine and just a few days ago I have been dealing with some numbness at times in my big toe ...

Feet turn purple and blue  Not rated yet
My feet turn purple and blue after being on them for periods of time. The ball of my right foot is and stays swollen. Pains often shoot through making ...

Ankle pain  Not rated yet
About ten years ago I fractured my ankle and chipped the bone. At the time I was told it was a bad sprain. After a few weeks the pain was so bad that they ...

Top of the foot pain  Not rated yet
My son was playing soccer and all of a sudden could not put any pressure on his foot. The top of his foot was very tender, and it was swollen. Took him ...

fracture to 3rd metatarsal  Not rated yet
I fractured my 3rd metatarsal 3-4 weeks ago. The injury occured when I tripped over something and my foot (toes first) slammed into a solid steel box. I ...

Left leg and ankle pain  Not rated yet
Last November (2010) my 11 yr old son has a 300lb wooden book shelf fall on his leg while at school. He has complained of pain at he outside ankle joint ...

Left foot pain persists for 10 months after impact injury  Not rated yet
About 9 months ago, I was stepping over a baby gate, and slammed my left foot against the top of the gate/door frame. I initially assumed I broke my pinky ...

Cannot put pressure on my foot... if i do it hurts and tingles.  Not rated yet
Well, almost three weeks ago i fell from a rope i was climbing, about five feet high, my heel hit a rock pretty hard. Since then i have not been able to ...

severe foot pain when lying down  Not rated yet
severe sharp stabbing pain on top of one foot...so severe I have to get out of bed...much worse when lying down. Sitting or walking gives some relief ...

Painless foot bruise  Not rated yet
I am a middle-distance runner, averaging about 25 miles a week. After running ~20 miles in 48 hours (slightly higher than normal, but nothing crazy!), I ...

Lump on ball of foot.  Not rated yet
Hi I have a smallish hard flat lump under the skin on the ball of my foot (in the middle). This happened after I stood on a drawing pin, not wearing shoes ...

toe and toenail discoloration  Not rated yet
a week or two ago i noticed my left big toenail was a little green around the top. i thought nothing of it and i thought it would go away. well i looked ...

Collapsing Arch Pain and Biking  Not rated yet
About 10 years ago I was told I had falling arches. Previous to that, I don't remember any foot pain. At that time, I purchased Birkenstock sandals with ...

Can't rise on ball of foot after 1 month from an ankle sprain  Not rated yet
I had a grade 3 ankle sprain one month ago. I was told I know can start PT, but I can't raise up on the ball of my foot due to the pain. The pain is ...

pain in foot, small bumps down side  Not rated yet
I started having foot pain in my right foot, on top, right under the two smallest toes a few months ago. It has gotten worse, and I can tell the pain ...

Pain under big toe  Not rated yet
I noticed the other day when I put pressure on the underneath of the big toe on my right foot it hurt and it still does. It feels like it is by the joint,...

Titanium Screw broke after surgery of Jones Fracture  Not rated yet
I experienced a Jones Fracture on November 15, 2010. Received bad medical advice…after eight weeks of a Camboot, crutches and non-weight bearing I decided ...

pain in outer edge of left foot when walking  Not rated yet
I have pain when walking on outer side of left foot.i had a minor ankle fracture in february this year on this foot.I have been wearing flat pump shoes ...

Swelling on the ball of my big toe, left side.  Not rated yet
I was running in my minimalist shoes (Vibrams) and stepped on a rock, right on the ball of my left big toe. I am male, 40, 190 lbs and it was painful. This ...

toe   Not rated yet
recently discovered that there is a sort of callus formed at the base of the nail bed on top of my toe (next to the big toe); it doesn't hurt unless i ...

Extreme pain in lower Tib/Fib / Ankle / Foot - Broke Tib/Fib 10 years ago   Not rated yet
Ten years ago I had a spiral break in my Tibia (4inches) directly above my ankle bone, and a clean break in my Fibia 2inches below my knee (bumb still ...

why do my ankles feel like something is pulling after i have been to gym  Not rated yet
i recently started gym and am doing circuit training, i find that after my 30 minute training session my ankles are really sore, on the inside of my ankles ...

Ongoing ache on lateral portion of foot  Not rated yet
I have had an ache in the on the outer portion of my right foot. It had a gradual onset, becoming more noticable over the period of a month (thru late ...

pain in bones in foot  Not rated yet
i broke my foot around ten years ago in two places and the outer side was bolted together with a metal plate and screws and on the ankle side a piece of ...

I am expieriencing foot pain on bottom of foot between my second and third toes. It feels as though I'm   Not rated yet
Theres a definite widening when I walk between my second and third toes. Feels as though theres a ball underneath the second and third toes. Pain is bearable ...

White lump bottom of foot  Not rated yet
Hello, I was barefoot for several days and naturally stepped on some less-than-friendly rocks. I have a few puncture wounds that are open and healing ...

IPK in severe pain  Not rated yet
age 34, good health other than high cholesterol occupation mechanic
my husband has a HUGE painful callous on the bottom of his foot(middle). His grandfather ...

a terrible looking wart  Not rated yet
I took my daughter Thursday to the skin specialist to get two foot warts removed that she have in the ball of her feet (in the inner side of each foot ...

Bent and twisted 4th toe left foot   Not rated yet
I wore heels for many years. My toes were forced forward and squeezed into the toe of shoes. The 4th toe started to bend at the end and form a corn at ...

Bump on my left knee, bump on top of my left foot. Very painful to walk and stand. I have gout.  Not rated yet
The doctor said I have gout. I have had it for 5 years. I am 39. Now I have a big bump on my knee and on top of my foot. I couldn't work today because ...

Feels like there is a string tied around my big toe(s) upon waking  Not rated yet
I have no other way of describing it...when I wake up it feels as though there is a string or a piece of yarn tied tightly around my big toe(s). It goes ...

pain in outer edges of heel  Not rated yet
For months I have had pain all the way around my heel on right foot. I have bought numerous pairs of shoes and many inserts hoping that would fix it but ...

walking or driving  Not rated yet
i had a fall and thought i had sprained my ankle. had xray no break but 2 years on am really getting a lot of pain sharp shooting and burning pains like ...

dark brown patches on Both my big toes  Not rated yet
On both of my big toes i have some dark brown patches which are significantly darker than the rest of my foot. These are on the joint at the middle of ...

Foot pain  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with capsulitis and given a cortisone shot 6 months ago. Now it is back, though not as severe. It also seems to come and go. Should I ...

pain on top and arch of foot  Not rated yet
I had a lapidus bunionectomy 8 months ago, I had removal of plate and screws 2 months ago.. I now still have some swelling and pain in top and arch of ...

Severe lateral foot pain  Not rated yet
Hi there,

I'm at a bit of a loss so hopefully I can get some answers here.

In about November 2009 I was playing women's league basketball and started ...

top of foot pain  Not rated yet
I rolled my ankle last week when I stepped in a pot hole crossing the street. Now there is pain in the midportion of the top of my foot. I have been ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
I have severe pain on top of my feet and radiating to the inner side and heel of each foot.Sometimes the pain is radiating with sharp shooting pain deep ...

pain top of foot and outer ankle  Not rated yet
I have been having a pain when my foot flexes certain ways or when I am touched above the ankle bone on the outer side of the leg. In both cases the pain ...

Big toe painful one year after surgery  Not rated yet
I had a titnamim piece put in big toe due to bone was rubbing against bone and painful. Had surgery one year ago and pain with every step I take. Have ...

pain on top of foot with swelling on outside of ankle  Not rated yet
started with pain and swelling on outside of ankle. No known trauma. X-rays were negative. Pain is now severe on top and in middle of foot. Swelling remains....

bruising on the bottom of my foot  Not rated yet
I am a 65 year old female. I walk every morning a couple of miles. Yesterday while walking the bottom of my foot started hurting. I finished my walk,...

stepped on a cord plug, my left foot went to side, its been almost 2 months and seems to be getting worse  Not rated yet
the left foot went to side very quickly with shoes on when i stepped on a cord/plug, i thought it would stop hurting but i kept working on it and standing ...

mid sole pain  Not rated yet
My husband is suffering from mid sole pain. Its painful after rest and is very much painful on touch. And he has small corns in his feet. Kindly help....

Top of right foot below 2nd and 3rd toes, have swelling, sharp pain that shoot up leg  Not rated yet
A few years ago I jammed these toes. Now I am having swelling, tender to touch, sharp pain that shoots up the leg. I have elevated it to no avial, it hurts ...

Pain while walking and swelling  Not rated yet
While walking around, I tend to experience a dull pain on the inside of my foot. There has also been swelling along that area of my foot (the inside of ...

big toe pain at night  Not rated yet
right big toe pain only at night like someone stepping on it.when I walk a few steps at night the pain goes away

Hi Judy,
One of the most common complaints ...

pain on the top of my left foot  Not rated yet
i walk around for four hours and some days my foot. hurt i was wondering if it was t he shoes. I wear those duck like plastic shoes. you slide your foot ...

Painful swollen stiff ankle  Not rated yet
18 months ago banged my right foot on a wooden rocking chair runner in the night. It really hurt but half asleep went back to bed. Walked ok next day had ...

Pain & swelling at base of 2nd toe  Not rated yet
Hi:

I banged my 2nd toe about 2 1/2 weeks ago. Didn't feel like a broken toe and didn't bruise or anything. It was a little sore the next day as we ...

heat from the bottom of foot occasionally just for 2 seconds.  Not rated yet
I am feeling occasional episodes of heat coming from the bottom of my right foot just fro 2 sec and then go away. it started around 2 weeks ago and happned ...

Severe, long lasting pain...  Not rated yet
Hi.
I'm very young, and have pain constantly in my right foot. Sometimes both feet. I get this sensation... It feels like 1200 pounds landed on my foot ...

ankle fusion  Not rated yet
I would like to know if numbness is permanent? I am in a boot now and the numbness persists. the dr prescribed me neurotin, isnt really working. i do not ...

ankle problems  Not rated yet
i sprained my right ankle about 5 years ago and to this day my right ankle swells and bruises with sharpe shooting pains when im on my feet alot.which ...

Tightrope bunion surgery gone wrong  Not rated yet
My doctor did HIS version of the tightrope bunion surgery. My right foot on November 5th 2011 and left foot December 28th 2011
He said the usual drilling ...

feel like I'm walking on a marble  Not rated yet
right in the middle of my foot, the ball of my foot, it feels like i am walking on a marble. there is no trauma noted and no discloration or bruising....

Right foot pain below the ankle  Not rated yet
When the pain comes it is very strong and burns. It's like someone is sitting next to my foot with a lighter. It isn't constant. If I turn my foot a certain ...

irritation and sensitivity on outside of left foot  Not rated yet
For over 3 yrs. now I have had irritation and sensitivity on the outside of my left foot. Not there all the time though. I had a bunion removed on that ...

ankle fusion  Not rated yet
numbness and sharp stinging pains across top of right foot, just had ankle fusion april 7th, is this permanent/ Can i have nerves tested/ doctor says ...

Pain in top of foot  Not rated yet
Just over a week ago I spent a short period of time lifting, transporting and putting down heavy objects possibly in a fairly awkward posture although ...

My doctor did the wrong procedure  Not rated yet
I had requested and consented to an Austin type bunionectomy. My DPM had not written in his notes clearly that I wanted a this procedure. He had that ...

Pain and swelling of third toe  Not rated yet
My third toe became slightly swollen and red/purple in colour and over a period of 2 weeks became more swollen and hot. It looks almost as if the ring ...

Fractured 2nd metatarsal  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with this after 9wks ,I have had a lot of swelling which the consultant said was the fracture healing,he said I had to walk as normal and ...

Pain in ball of foot  Not rated yet
My left foot got uncomfortable, then painful during Friday. I sat down rather than standing when I could, it got worse through the evening. It was an achy ...

30 hrs after PNA toe still numb  Not rated yet
My 14 yr old daughter had partial nail avulsion. She did have infection from her ingrown. Dr prescribed antibiotics, infection clear and Dr removed nail ...

I have a little callus like on the bottom of my foot right under my little toe, it stings and throbs, can not get rid of it  Not rated yet
its a callus like with a little circle under it, it stings and throbs at times unbearably. i had surgery and it came right back.

Hi Vickie,
I cannot ...

Bones breaking in foot  Not rated yet
Hello, I have broken several bones in my foot for about a year now No one seems to be able or figure out why. They say it's my medicine from having Rhemortoid ...

Sudden onset outside foot pain  Not rated yet
Several days ago, I shifted my weight to my left foot to stand out of a crouching position and got a sudden burning, stabbing pain to the outside of the ...

problem walking after resting  Not rated yet
Hi

I have had a problem since I was 8 (now 30)

If I walk (e.g. a shopping trip) or stand (teaching) for extended period of times everything is fine....

Sensation without stimuli   Not rated yet
Most nights while in bed I have the sensation you would expect if a large marble were being pressed into the underside of your of your first and second ...

Pain in the middle of my foot, on the bottom   Not rated yet
recently I have been having a sharp pain run from the top of my foot down the middle on the bottom of my foot. It feels like someone slicing down the middle ...

Bottom of foot pain  Not rated yet
Last night I was sleeping and was jolted out of sleep with severe pain on the entire bottom of boot feet. The pain was a combination of a burning, prickling,...

Pain underneith foot  Not rated yet
Broke foot at 2nd metatarsil about 1 yr ago. Now having pain underneith where I broke it. Lot of pain some swelling and hurt to put pressure on it.

Hi,...

pain and small lump just below the ball of my foot  Not rated yet
lump ,and under the skin,and hard.about the size of a petit pois. i have type 2 diabetic

Hi Vivienne,

As a diabetic you have to be extra careful ...

pain on dorsal surface of foot   Not rated yet
Have a high arch and think I caused damage to a nerve on top of my foot from tight shoes. Have been to 2 podiatrists who have tried injections and don'...

sore feet  Not rated yet
i have fluid in my ankles which swell out,the top of my feet are puffy with swelling, the bottom of my feet have fluid in them,which make my feet look ...

Accessory Navicular Bone  Not rated yet
Hi, I have had the accessory navicular since I was born but only became aware of the bone about 6 years ago. I am a 24 yr old female and I am in severe ...

pain on right foot  Not rated yet
i have a bunion on my right foot and my toe is overlaping a little to the second toe usually not so often i get a really bad toe cramp that will last a ...

bunion removed   Not rated yet
1st of all THANKS A LOT for your great site.
Are the Wibram fivefingers shoes recommanded to people after bunion osteotomy? (http://www.vibramfivefingers....

burning sensation and feels like I'm walking on a marble in ball of foot under 2nd and 3rd toe.  Not rated yet
I've had a silastic flexible hinge implant put in my toe after I had already had a bunion taken care of. Had good results for about 3 years. Now I can ...

foot pain  Not rated yet
I have intense pain all the time on entire bottom of the right foot, to a lesser degree on the left...my feet feel as if they are cold all night but to ...

finding the correct answer  Not rated yet
a patient developed a blistered on his heel and an ulcer persisted and foot put in a cast. why do he have to return to the doctor weekly to get the ...

glass is in my foot  Not rated yet
i have a piece of glass in my foot and it has been there for about 4 months or longer and now there is a knot in my foot and it hurts bad

Hi,
It sounds ...

pain on the bottom outside of both feet.  Not rated yet
I am a hockey player and about a half hour into playing, I experience pain on the bottom outside of both feet, between my heel and pinky toe. It got so ...

sudden sharp pain then throbbing  Not rated yet
titanium plates, multiple screws from tib fib pilon fracture. mva with semi truck (head on) been 2 yrs 4 months,have problems walking; has pereoneal nerve ...

Pain under second toe and top of the foot  Not rated yet
Hi, I have been having a bad pain under my second toe on my left foot. It also hurts on the top of my foot in the middle. My second toe constantly feels ...

nerve pain at top of foot down to big toe  Not rated yet
when I touch or put pressure on the top of my feet I get shooting pain into the big toes, this also happens when I stretch out and point my toes. I have ...

ball of foot pain  Not rated yet
I am starting to get ball of foot pain in my left foot. I purchased a Scholl Ortaheel yesterday and it is relieving the pressure. Should I stop my usual ...

walk with a limp on left leg  Not rated yet
went to chirop. for help he said it might be a problem. He said it could be from my hip but I told him its not. Cracked the back/pelvis and still limping ...

Swelling in middle of right instep  Not rated yet
For years I have had a swelling in the middle of my right instep. Last year I went to my poditrist and he did an x-ray and then ordered a MRI. It was diagnosed ...

stabbing pain in big toe  Not rated yet
I fell and broke 2 bones (metatarsals 3 and 5) in my left foot 4 weeks ago I have a cast on all the time, in the last few days I have been woken up 2-3 ...

Pain on the back of my foot  Not rated yet
i Have a sore spot on the back of my right heal similar to another post on here called (I have a very painful sore knot on my heal.)

The only differances ...

Heel Pain  Not rated yet
My Son heels hurt and up in to his legs Took him to dr and said his heels were severly imflammed and to take ibuprofen and ice them. Any suggestions or ...

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome as source of RSD after Brostrom?  Not rated yet
On Dec 22, I had OCD lesion of talus repaired with microfracture, ATFL Brostrom and peroneal tendons synovectomies/debridement from a fall in Feb 2010....

no feeling in left toe  Not rated yet
I feel tingles in my left big toe. No feeling. I was diagnosed with plantar facitis some years ago and wondering if this has something to do with it....

Mornton's Neuroma continued  Not rated yet
Thank you very much for your answer. I really appreciate you replying. I felt as though I was getting better each week...but the last 3 weeks or so seem ...

Ankle pain on the medial malleolus with no trauma  Not rated yet
Twice now I have had ankle pain on the inside of my ankle right along the distal edge of the malleolus. Both times the pain has come on gradual but to ...

swollen ankle and painfull  Not rated yet
i started to feel some pain on my left ankle on the outside of my foot and noticed it slightly swollen. by the next day i was in bad shape. as the day ...

I had ingrown tonail removed 4 weeks ago  Not rated yet
It's redder than ever doesnt look good it's swollen and it doesnt seem to be healing
.
What do I do

Michelle,
This is straight forward advice: you ...

Left lateral foot & heel pain with decreased ability to weight bear.   Not rated yet
Hi.
I'm a 30yo female paramedic & have had sudden onset left lateral foot & heel pain. It sits at 4/10 at rest & increases to an 8/10 upon weight bearing....

suden sharp shooting pain in top of foot  Not rated yet
Several months ago I started having a sharp shooting pain in the top of my foot under my fourth and fifth toes. It happens at least 6 or 7 times a day ...

pain and burning  Not rated yet
In July of 2010, I injured my foot while hiking. I fell and jammed my 2nd toe, and later jammed the same toe again. I am still having pain, and burning....

banged foot. swollen, black and blue toes  Not rated yet
banged side of foot near little toe about a week ago. Foot appears swollen and couple toes next to it are black and blue.

Hi,
The only way you are ...

i sprain my ankle and broke my middle toe ever since then i've had numbness in my foot and toes from the middle toe to the little toe?  Not rated yet
i sprain my ankle and broke my middle toe ever since then i've had numbness in my foot and toes from the middle toe to the little toe?

Hi Melissa,
Depending ...

Weird uncomfortable white Bumps  Not rated yet
Hi I composed the last comment but I meant to ask you a question. My question was: I have these odd white bumps on my heel. They are kind of arranged ...

pain on the ball of right foot fourth toe  Not rated yet
i get pain sometimes when im walking but mostly at night when im sleeping when i massage it it seems to go for awhile then come back some nights it doesnt ...

pain in the ball of my foot while ice skating  Not rated yet
When I push off with my left foot I get bad pain in the ball of my foot.

Hi Rachel,
You are not giving me enough of a medical history but as an ice ...

Had screws removed from ankle and have developed a rash above the surgical area, looks like prickly heat rash  Not rated yet
Had a second surgery to remove screws from an ankle about five days ago. I still have stitches and have since developed a prickly rash above the surgery ...

toe and foot pain  Not rated yet
I have been to several doctors about my problem. After having an X-ray, it was determined that I have a torn ligament and dislocation of the toe, hammer ...

Bunionette Surgery  Not rated yet
I am scheduled to receive bunionette surgery at the end of the month March 28th and I'm scared to death!! My case is extremely mild, however, the protusion ...

flat feet pain  Not rated yet
My 13 yr old son plays a lot of soccer and has been flat footed all his life. His ankles are week and he is often in pain but this week after several ...

foot pain-volume 6  Not rated yet
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heel problem  Not rated yet
My heel has been in pain every time I walk on it. It's almost as if there is some bump on my heel but every time I touch it..there is no bump. If I press ...

Extremely Painful Foot  Not rated yet
After a pick-up game of basketball in which I did tumble hard to the floor, I developed a twinge in my right foot mid arch-outside. After about an hour ...

bump on my foot   Not rated yet
i have bump on my foot, on the top. it is right at the bottom of my pinkie toe. i am a hair stylist so i am on my feet all the time. it doesnt hurt but ...

Possible broken toe and pulled ligaments  Not rated yet
We had recently raised the puppy gate a few inches since our little pup can now jump it. Thinking I had raised my foot high enough, I walked into the ...

have callouses on out side of foot due to draging caused by drop foot.  Not rated yet
I have 2 callouses on 1 foot caused by dragging because of drop foot. How can I rid these, 1 is center out side & 1 is towards little toe. They seem to ...

Pain on top of foot  Not rated yet
When walking, severe pain on top of foot but is tolerable. I have a fallen arch right where the toes join, along with a bone that seems to be protruding ...

Foot pain, swelling redness 5 weeks post-op  Not rated yet
I had surgery to repair a torn ligament. The surgeon found I had arthritis and drilled holes in the bone to create artificial cartlidge. He also said there ...

Dysesthesia in 3rd and 4th toe and beneath them  Not rated yet
About a year ago, I wrote you explaining that a local podiatrist had injected my foot with Lidocaine and a steroid to curtail a small area (one-...

after 2 operations for plantar fasciitis major pain  Not rated yet
April 8th, 2010 had surgery for plantar fasciitis after 2 months foot was numb and had lots of pain even on top of foot. Had a MRI showed nerves pinched ...

The ball of my middle toe is bruised and swollen  Not rated yet
The tip or ball of the middle toe on my left foot is black and blue and swollen, almost like a blister on top of a bruise, sometimes throbbing, sometimes ...

Morton's Neuroma After Surgery...  Not rated yet
Dear Doctor,
Being a come back “patient” and having removed three (3) Morton’s Neuromas from both my feet, I thought it could be of some help to other ...

Ingrown Toe Nail Surgery, Four Weeks Post-op And STILL IN PAIN  Not rated yet
I had surgery on an ingrown toenail four weeks ago. The surgery included the use of a chemical to kill the nail so that it would not grow back. The Dr ...

pain and burning on lateral aspect of 5th metatarsal  Not rated yet
Pain comes on suddenly... sometimes a severe burning sensation.I thought it was a bad pair of 7yr. old danskos I wore . When I switched to support sneakers ...

Sharp pain in top of big toe, usually when walking   Not rated yet
On 1/8/11 I slipped in a pool of water at a hotel. My left leg extended out in front of me and was uninjured, but my right leg went behind me. I had ...

Foot numb/tingle/burning 7 weeks post-op  Not rated yet
Had OCD on talus repaired (cartilage removal & microfracture), Brostrom, and debridement of both peroneals. Prior to surgery, had a saphenous and ...

sesamoid fracture?   Not rated yet
Four weeks ago I dropped a heavy object on my right foot. I was standing barefoot on tile and the object hit the upper part of the first metatarsal near ...

pain in the left side of my foot  Not rated yet
Hi. I have been running regularly for 2 years now. I am aware of all injuries caused by running. About a week ago, i went on running at the track oval,...

Putting all my weight on 3 week old toe surgery  Not rated yet
I had an mtp fusion three weeks ago and today I accidentally lost my balance and stepped down hard (twice) on my injured foot. If I have damaged the surgery,...

I had my whole toe nail removed   Not rated yet
I had my whole toe nail removed and doctor put a dressing on it and now it is sticking to bedding with blood or something and when I pull it starts bleeding ...

Neuroma in left foot  Not rated yet
I have had this pain for years. I had foot sugery for neuroma. Dr. came in and said "there was scartissue wrapped around the nerve" He removed the scartissue ...

Bruised or Broken Foot?  Not rated yet
I bumped my foot earlier across the top of a stair. It did not hurt. I change shoes later and new shoot hurt. My foot is swollen and probably bruised ...

My 9 year old feet are swelling  Not rated yet
My daughter ( she is 9 )got up this morning and complained of her feet hurting,as the day went on she said now they are swollin I looked at the bottom ...

Pain on top of my middle toe and around the toe nail  Not rated yet
Over the last several nights after retiring, I have been experiencing pain on my right foot's middle toe. The pain seems to be coming directly on top of ...

Burning sensation & sharp pains on top of toes  Not rated yet
About a year ago I started having a burning across the top of the toe next to the big toe on my right foot. This would last up to about a minute, but ...

Pain on my right foot n a swollen ankle  Not rated yet
For about a month now, my right foots swollen. My family doctor couldnt diagnose me for about 2 weeks. I then went to see a podiatrist and he diagnosed ...

Numb toes, Very cold feet all the time, slow toe nail growth  Not rated yet
For a long time now I have had numbness in all my toes and my feet are always cold and now I am starting to notice my toe nails are not growing as fast ...

Toe numbness  Not rated yet
Every night between 7p and 9p, my middle and my 4th toe (the one closest to pinky toe) go completely numb. Sometimes I also experience partial numbness ...

Bimalleolar fracture and Syndesmotic injury - broken syndesmotic screw; should it be removed?  Not rated yet
Hello,

I sustained a Bimalleolar Fracture with a Syndesmotic injury to my left ankle after a rough skydiving landing in July 2010. I have a metal plate ...

Pains on the sides of my feet  Not rated yet
When I wake up in the morning, the sides of my feet (the outer edges of both feet - more intense on the heel side) are sore and it is difficult to stand ...

Weird knot after bunion/hammertoe surgery  Not rated yet
In March 2010 I had bunion removed and at same time Dr. fixed the toe next to it, it was a hammertoe. Eight months later (Nov.) there appears a super ...

swelling and some pain on pad on foot behind big toe  Not rated yet
I was loading firewood in my truck. When I jumped down I felt a little twinge in the pad behind the big toe. Later in the day while taking my shower ...

Problem with knees and foot  Not rated yet
The past week or so, I have been experiencing a warm sensation around both my knees while standing; comes and goes without notice. Today, I have tingling ...

Left calf stiffness   Not rated yet
Had surgery three days ago,to remove a foreign embedded object in my left foot in-step now my left calf is hot to touch and there is some stiffness now ...

top of foot pain?  Not rated yet
I have a problem with my right foot. I was doing quite a bit of running a few months ago but stopped due to pain on the top of my foot when i run it is ...

Spurs around implant put in 15 yrs. ago  Not rated yet
Dr. Recommending that he remove the spurs and implant. Then fuse my foot. Implant is right behind my big toe. Should I get another opinion?

Hi,
Yes ...

edema in painful, purple/red feet and toes, cellulitis from ankles to mid-calfs. 73 yr. old man.  Not rated yet
This man had a broken femur repaired last year, taking 10 months to healin a nursing home.Prior to surgery he had a pacemaker inserted due to very low ...

bone spurs under 3rd and4th toes after Bunion and hammertoe surgery  Not rated yet
The Dr.removed the bunion and fixed the hammertoes because of arthritis. Now bone spurs have grown under and in between the 3rd and 4th toes. He wants ...

Pain in Top of Feet  Not rated yet
I a 58-year-old female. I am in excellent health and not overweight. I stand for most of 8 hours at my job. I wear very comfortable shoes and have no ...

Pain outside of foot forward of heel  Not rated yet
I am a 73 yr. old female. According to your diagram, the pain is caused by irritation of the peroneus longus tendon.
Shoes are not tight, and the pain ...

Feet fungus/athlete's foot  Not rated yet
Hello,

I have a problem with the skin on my feet. It started getting rough and layered. And even though I am using a pumice and cream the skin again ...

I have plantar fasciitis, how ever my pain is in the arch NOT the heel.  Not rated yet
my pain is in the center of the arch area, and it goes to thre outside, lateral side of my foot. I now have a large knot or lump on the middle lateral ...

painful top of foot problem  Not rated yet
A jolt of tingling followed by very painful pain for a slight second enough to wake me up or stop whatever i was doing. This happen on top my right foot ...

electrical-shock feeling pain, inside of left foot, between arch and big toe bend  Not rated yet
I have been having periodic intense (10) pain, that feels like an electric pulse, or multiple bee stings, or a sewing machine needle going into the side ...

Foot pain-volume 5  Not rated yet
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Extreme pain in foot, numbness, at times feels like frost bite in last 3 toes.  Not rated yet
Hi my name is Heather,
In January of 2009 I had a tight rope bunion surgery, with a temporary pin placed in big toe to correct my bunion; which was causing ...

my two middle toes are spreading apart   Not rated yet
I have a neuroma on my left foot between my third and fourth toes.. I was given an injection for it and the pain has gone away. But now those two toes ...

Pain in both feet when pressure is applied........  Not rated yet
I had a baby 3 months ago, since then I have pain in both my feet, and both wrist too, but in regards to my feet it hurts when pressure is applied, such ...

Morton's neuroma  Not rated yet
After having and MRT of my feet I was told I have Morton's neuromas between the 1st and 2nd toe and 2nd and 3rd on both feet.
I was also told that I should ...

Outside of foot pain, possibly from stress fractures?   Not rated yet
On October 18, i was diagnosed with a stress fracture on my third metatarsal. It killed me when i heard this because it was right at the end of my cross ...

balls of feet are tender   Not rated yet
I walked up and down a hill several times in my sorrell snow boots on Sat to slide back down in the snow. It has been 7days now and the balls of my feet ...

pain in underside of second toe on right hand foot isolated to the pad of first joint  Not rated yet
pain is a sharp throbbing pain,in the top joint of the toe.It is more prevalent when walking or standing on it,{while ironing for example}.The pain can ...

tingling in both feet, an ice cold feeling in both feet even though they feel warm to touch, also have just been dignosed with spinal stenosis  Not rated yet
Both of my feet tingle and are very hyper-senstive to touch, feel warm to touch but have a cold feeling inside the feet. They also feel stiff and the skin ...

post op bunionectomy swelling  Not rated yet
I had bunionectomy & osteopathy done on my right toe Oct 29, 2010. This is the 5th week & I'm still wearing a boot. I have been walking around without ...

Pain, burning, and stinging on Top of my Left foot - abt 30 days  Not rated yet
I am 57 yrs male. I have had pain on top of my foot down to my toes to some degree. Mostly top center of foot. Looks like a slight knot on top of it sometimes....

Pain, tingling, numbness and ice cold feet and lower legs (below knees)  Not rated yet
My name is Sara and I am 24 years old and was in almost perfect health before I became pregnant with my first baby daughter who is now a year old. I was ...

Sinus Tarsi Syndrome  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with sinus tarsi syndrome 9 months and have followed all my doctor's suggestions regarding rest, NSAIDs, and have gotten a steroid injection ...

Excessive pronation and mortons neuroma  Not rated yet
I have recently had orthotics made and have a problem. Although the leg pain and top of foot pain have gone my pain under the forefoot and toes now occurs ...

Extreme pain 4th toe left & right feet  Not rated yet
Hi - I am a 56 year old male. For the past 2 plus years I have been experiencing extreme pain in the 4th toe of both feet. The pain in both feet does not ...

capsulitus  Not rated yet
base of second toe - painful. I thought it was turf toe - not knowing that turf oe is big toe. I get this when playing touch football and softball. I'...

Bony lump at base of second toe on top of foot  Not rated yet
Hi I recently noticed what looked like bone under the skin at the base of my second toe. It is hard to touch, just feels like bone but is not on my other ...

Pain on top of foot  Not rated yet
Some days I am okay but most days the top of my foot hurts and burns sometimes. It feels like little bones moving around. Also when I get up it hurts to ...

Outside, front part of foot  Not rated yet
Doc,
I have researched many different times trying to find someone who has a similar problem to mine, but I cannot find anything exactly like my ...

Heel Pain  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with Plantar Faciliitis over a year ago. I had 3 cortizone shots in each foot, electric shock therapy on both feet, acupuncture, Graston ...

intense pain w/3 middle toes  Not rated yet
I had my toes operated on yrs.ago. now if i walk or stand on my feet 4 a short period of time, then my toes start having seaver pain. if i pop my toes ...

I just found out i have a stress fracture on the top of my foot  Not rated yet
My question is I'm a food server, so I am constantly on my feet I'm in a lot of pain how long am I looking at before it starts healing and is it ok to ...

foot drop  Not rated yet
What are the signs that this was caused by a stroke?

Hi,
Quite simply, you did not have foot drop before your stroke and now after your stroke you ...

Pain on outside of heel below ankle, around outside of ankle, and contraction of arches.  Not rated yet
Hi,

Last October I decided to do barefoot running. I was wearing orthodics. The person who taught the barefoot running class was a PT. She wanted to ...

foot  Not rated yet
I dropped a wooden chair on top of my foot three and a half weeks ago. It cut my foot and for the first two weeks it was swolen and bruised. The swelling ...

pain in my heel and arch  Not rated yet
I have shooting pain in the arch and heel of my left foot when I walk. It is also painful to stand and put weight on it at times. It flares up pariticularly ...

pain left foot bottom bump that moves.  Not rated yet
left pinky toe calouse than after callous is the bump.slight right towards middle. when i rub it i can feel it pop and move. it hurts some times so bad ...

toes changing color  Not rated yet
Thank you so much for trying to help. For the past 10 years my husband has experienced his toes becoming very red and looking as though they have been ...

tendonistis of ankle  Not rated yet
Hi. I come to your site often looking for information. It is really informative and I appreciate it very much. I have RA and have been having considerable ...

Lump on the outside of left foot  Not rated yet
I have a small lump on the left side of my foot. After I've been sitting for a while and get up to walk its very painful and is accompany with throbbing ...

Bunions on both feet  Not rated yet
I recently saw an episode on The Doctors TV show on the tightrope procedure for bunion surgery.

I live in the Cleveland Akron area and would like to ...

New Cosmetology student with swollen feet and ankles  Not rated yet
I've never had any type of swelling in feet and ankles ever. I am 20 years old, female, 5'7 and 108lbs. I just finished my first week of beauty school,...

very cold feet and cronic pain on my sole when i walk  Not rated yet
my feet are like two blocks of ice . in the last few days i find it very hard to walk i have no feeling on the sole of my feet in the mornings there is ...

crps left foot  Not rated yet
I've been told that I have crps in my left foot. It started when I had a neuroma surgery done. Then I went back in a couple of weeks and had the nerve ...

Wound won't heal  Not rated yet
38 year old male and busted big tor open, that was 9 months ago. It's still an open terrible Nasty wound. Alot worse than before, infection is really deep ...

a wierd foot bump  Not rated yet
i had stepped on something in my living room and now under my big toe on my left foot is what looke like a bump and it hurts like thes something in it ...

Swelling and loss of sensation  Not rated yet
For about the past year and a half My right foot has started swelling up quite large and now stays swollen even if elevated, I have spent hundreds of dollars ...

Pain in my feet, more so in the heel area.  Not rated yet
I've noticed over the last month or two I've developed a lot of pain in my feet. The majority of the pain is centered around the heel of my foot. The pain ...

sporadic stabbing pain under my foot  Not rated yet
for 5 days now i've had sporadic, painful piercing pain under my left foot which comes and goes. it only last about 5 seconds but i can feel it coming ...

Toenail pain  Not rated yet
I have pain on the left side of the toenail on my big toe (right foot). The skin around the nail seems to be okay -- no swelling, not painful to the touch ...

Capsulitis?  Not rated yet
Thank you for your very interesting and informative site! I'm a 60-year-old woman, not overweight, experiencing what feels like a bubble on the bottom ...

iching feet  Not rated yet
I never no when its going to happen.most of the time when it happens im in a stress-ful situation.I can't even drive .

Hi Jimmie,

Read my section ...

ingrown nail??? I think  Not rated yet
I have very bad ingrown toe nails!! They hurt very very badly!! So i clip them regulerly,usually as soon as i clip them the pain goes away but about a ...

sharp pain in my heel when I put my weight on it  Not rated yet
I woke up and got out of bed and when I put my full weight on my heel. it was very tender and painful to walk. It was fine last night. What could be the ...

Ruptured peroneus longus tendon, left foot (MRI)  Not rated yet
I am 40 year old female with pain in my left foot which started 9 months ago with spot tenderness on the lateral portion of my foot between the little ...

TERRIBLE FOOT PAIN  Not rated yet
I AM HAVING TERRIBLE FOOT PAIN TO WHERE IT IS ALMOST UNBARABLE TO WALK AT TIMES. IT IS THE OUTSIDE OF MY LEFT FOOT. WHEN I WALK IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING ...

slight bruise and swelling on top of my foor near middle toe  Not rated yet
On Saturday, someone stepped on my foot. It hurt, but didn't cause much pain. On Sunday, the area near my middle toe was bruised and slightly swolen. How ...

i have a black spot on my toe of the nail   Not rated yet
hi my name is margarita the last three months i have gone to do my pedicure,and i noticed that a month and a half i saw ablack spot on my right foot ...

Sesamoiditis w/fracture  Not rated yet
Hello Dr. Marc,
I have seen a podiatrist and have had x rays which revealed a fracture in one of my sesamoid bones. The podiatrist felt the fracture was ...

problem after morton's neuroma removed  Not rated yet
Had surgery for morton's neuroma. 4 months after the fact, pea size bump is under the skin where the surgery was performed. (bottom of foot) It causes ...

ankle swelling, ache, shooting pain at night, most pain releases after taking 20 or so, steps upon rising in am  Not rated yet
I have slight swelling in my inside, left ankle. I have slight ache during the day. At night, I've had (2-3 times) a 'quick-knife-like pain' - which ...

Crooked toes, swelling underneath  Not rated yet
I'm having a problem with blisters on my LEFT foot from walking. Looking at my left foot, it appears that something is pushing my 2nd and 3rd toes apart,...

foot pain on the top of my foot  Not rated yet
when I walk on my right foot it feels like I am being stabbed with knives across the top of my foot. It has been bothering me since June 2010 (yes it ...

Ball of foot pain  Not rated yet
I have pain in the ball of my foot when I walk or stand on it. There does not appear to be any swelling nor does it hurt to the touch. I do not recall ...

Large knot on achilles tendon, painful lumps on top and side of foot  Not rated yet
Dear Dr. Mitnick,

I will apologize for the length of my post in advance.

I am a 35 yr old female, 5'6 tall and weigh 145 pounds. I was dxed with ...

Sore feet and burning  Not rated yet
Hi,I am 44 and have burning sensation in both feet where any part of the foot comes in contact with another surface. When I stand for a half hour or more ...

very sore toe ends, red and painful  Not rated yet
All small toes on both feet (not big toe), but particularly the right foot, are extremely sore and a bit red, and this makes walking very difficult unless ...

Some toes are purple after swelling lessened with a Grade II Ankle Sprain  Not rated yet
I rolled my foot inward yesterday and sprained the ankle more than has ever happened to me. It was pretty painful for a couple of hours then it became ...

feet hurt   Not rated yet
Hello, I have the same problem, both my feet hurt all the time even when I don't work,no matter what kind of shoe, in the morning afternoon ,all the time ...

ankle swelling and hurting   Not rated yet
My 12 year old son was at school playing football and another 12 year old weighing about 160 fell on his left ankle. It was swolling and hurting when he ...

Foot swelling 5 months after surgery.  Not rated yet
I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. Five months ago I had a bunionectomy, DMM fusion of 2 small bones in the top of my foot utilizing bone from my ankle, plus ...

painful lump on top of left foot;   Not rated yet
I have had a steroid injection but the lump is still there and painful especially after wearing shoes that rub against it and it throbs. Is surgery the ...

3rd & 4th toe Fx w/stress @base of 3rd toe  Not rated yet
My accident happened 2 wks ago, the first Dr. overlooked the stress fx.I saw a 2nd Dr. 1 wk later due to increased pain and swelling. 2wks later I have ...

toes pain  Not rated yet
I'm a healthy 40 years old woman,I only suffer from spider veins,lately I start feel pain on my 2 middle toes on my right foot
its really painful it comes ...

Pain in the heel of my foot  Not rated yet
Hi, the right side of my heel and inner side just randomly hurts when I walk on it, also hurts to touch. There is no bruising or swelling at all the heel ...

Pain in arches and sharp shooting pain  Not rated yet
About 6 months ago I used to do in home walking on a very hard surface after which there would be times when my shins would ache, the bottom of my feet ...

pain and tingling ipain in foot after abad breaka   Not rated yet
I broke my foot nearly 2yrs ago I have 3 rods and screws on both sides of my ankle plus had a pin stickin out my toe for @ 2 months....I stll have pain ...

ankle pain  Not rated yet
the pain is sporatic on the lateral aspect of the most prominent boney structure. It is superficial and focal and about a #8 on the pain scale..........no ...

Neuroma between second and third toes with swelling and pain.  Not rated yet
I have never worn heels. I worked at a job where I stood on my feet 6 to 8 hours a day but wore good tennis shoes with orthotics. I do have fallen arches....

swollen ball of foot   Not rated yet
I have what i believe to be a swelling under my big toe on my left foot. I do not have any pain at this time but it is larger than the other foot and kinda ...

top of my left foot is swollen and have pain on top of foot as well as ankle and shin  Not rated yet
I just noticed swelling yesterday and a little tender to touch on my foot and ankle- now today the swelling has increased on my foot and the pain is now ...

Big toe nail / pain in big toe   Not rated yet
My big toe nail is coming off completely and i have not done anything to it. It is just falling off. I am also having pain there too.

Hi Kimberly,
In ...

Pain in Foot Pad  Not rated yet
I have high arched foot (with bunions) foot tends to pronate in due to some turning in of feet pigeon toed tendancies. I was on my feet all last year on ...

pain and lump inbetween big toe and second toe  Not rated yet
I broke my big toe almost a year ago. was in a boot for almost six weeks.
I was unable to stay off work and off my foot. I now have a lump next to
that ...

bilateral pain, numbness, tingling  Not rated yet
I've had numbness in my right 2nd & 3rd toes for 17+ years since my epidural with the birth of my son. Approx 6 years ago, I developed pain in my right ...

i had an ingrown toenail which i got out but still oozes poison and behind the nail is a constant throb  Not rated yet
I had an ingrown toenail which caused me lots of pain and became infected. I eventually got the nail out but it still oozes poson and behind the whole ...

pain on my left side  Not rated yet
I am developing bunions on the outside of both my feet. I have orthodics, but they don't seem to help. I am now having alot of trouble walking because ...

Chronic ball of foot pain in both feet  Not rated yet
Started 5 years ago with lightning strike feelings that hit the outside of my ankles and went into my big toes. Shortly after I had pain and burning both ...

pain in the second and third toes and slight swelling on my foot  Not rated yet
I have noticed 3 weeks ago a slight swelling on my left foot on the top side. It was hardly noticeable and it stays that way even today. when I try to ...

Bump on inside of foot with pain  Not rated yet
Hi-

For quite some time now, I've experienced pain on the insides of my feet, right above the arch near the ankle. I get this pain whenever I wear ...

lump on front of ankle  Not rated yet
I have a painful lump on the front of my right ankle. It has been there for over a week. I have pain and numbness going into my foot and up my leg to ...

outside left foot pain-half way down my foot  Not rated yet
Pain in left outside foot area for 2 months. The pain has progressively gotten worse. I've had it xrayed twice and doesn't show anything. Had a cortosone ...

ball of foot pain, painful to flex 2nd toe, swelling in forefoot  Not rated yet
I am a runner and I have been dealing with this problem for approximately 3 months. Xrays were taken and no stress fractures detected. I was given a cortisone ...

2nd toe right foot hurt and sending shooting pain into top of foot  Not rated yet
Just to be thorough, I had a baby 2 months ago around the time I noticed the problem. They gave me a medacine that made my feet swell for about two weeks,...

recurring bunnion after surgery  Not rated yet
Hi Dr, I had surgery on my left foot about two years age with no problems, my right foot was done about a year ago and now I'm noticing that my bunion ...

Toe pain in right big toe and second toe on right foot.  Not rated yet
Had toenail permanatley removed 3 years ago. Have had pain off and on in big toe. Had a podiatrist tell me I had an inclusion cyst and supposedly removed ...

removal of hardware  Not rated yet
My problem is that I have hardware in my rt foot and apparently from my new Dr and new x-rays that I have tendons and nerves wrapped around the hardware ...

top of my foot hurts  Not rated yet
The tops of my feet hurt. Especially when i am at work. I work in a wherehouse type home improvement store. The longer i work the more it hurts. Its centered ...

lump on my left sole  Not rated yet


i have a lump on the arch of my left sole which is felt when touched.it pains when pressed and while walking.it does not increase in size but appears ...

Pain on top of the foot  Not rated yet
My Mom has been having foot pain on the tops of her feet. It started in one foot about a year ago and then this last year started in her second foot. She ...

intermitten burning pain on the side of the big toe   Not rated yet
I have been experiencing a sharp burning pain in the left side of my right big toe for a couple of weeks now. It is right where the big toe meets the ...

Feet problem  Not rated yet
Everytime I exercise for a long time (it changes, it can either be over half an hour, 2 hours or longer) i always experience a pain underneath my foot,...

top of foot pain  Not rated yet
I dropped a heavy glass pot on the top of my foot a day ago. It swelled right away but just where it hit. I can walk on it with minimal pain. When I ...

Toes  Not rated yet
A couple of weeks ago a couple of my toes started itching and I noticed they were really red. I had been walking through some tall grass/weeds with sandels ...

titanium screw has become loose after bunion and hammer toe surgery  Not rated yet
I ahd bunion surgery om March 12th 2010 and I have not being able to walk on my foot since. I was weightbearing for 6 weeks and when back to my surgeon ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pain on outside of foot at base of baby toe  Not rated yet
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 ...

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 ...

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)...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

numbness, redness and swelling in right foot, ankle and hand  Not rated yet
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,...

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 ...

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 ...

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