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by Aintie
(Tucson, AZ.)
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 sticking straight up, or bent upwards & back as far as they could go. By the time I made it to our local hospital and they finally pulled it to get it back in position, it was over three hours. There were no Drs. available for several hours and it was very painful for the entire time. Now I have pain in the front ball of the foot, right under the joint behind my big toe. I guess this is the area they call the ball of the foot. I've had all the xrays and had a sports medicine Dr. tell me that because it was in that position for so long, there is inflammation from the damage and possible arthritis or ligament damage but no surgery is recommended that would not have to fuse the bones and then make my foot unable to bend and flex in that area. When I walk barefooted on tile it feels like a small knot in there and causes pain, sometimes nerve-type shooting pain. The rest of the time it simply aches a lot and it is building up a callus more and more. Due to a very old serious injury to that same foot, I have to walk in heels or slides most of time. My left heel and ankle were crushed over 25 years ago. The ankle bones were pinned together, the heel bones were only pushed back together somewhat under a fluoroscope and I was put it a cast with a very high heel for over 11 months. Now when I walk all day in tennis shoes it completely stoves up. The more the ankle has to bend, the worse it is. I walk three times a week from 3-5 miles with no problems but once I get back, sit down at my desk for 20 minutes then go to get up, it is very painful and stiffened up. I simply switch to a slide or wedge shoe with about 2 3/4" heel and I'm good to go. Have adapted and been doing fine with this until this dislocated injury. For this reason, the sports Dr. who knows my history, said the surgery on this joint would not work for me since I then could not wear heels, the front half of my foot would not flex.
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