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by Deborah Godfrey
(Enterprise,AL 36330)
I am a walker. I usually walk 3 miles /day. 1 year ago, I developed a stress fracture in one of the small bones on top of my foot. I was in a cast for 3 months and non-weight bearing. The foot has been re-xrayed twice since then. I am now having excruciating pain between the 4th and 5th metarsals. The pain isn't in the same area that it was with the fracture. The doctor is stumped. He had me see a podiatrist who fitted me with an orthotic device for my shoe thinking that the extra support will ease the pain. The pain has gotten worse since I've been wearing the device. It puts more pressure on the top of my foot and causes much more pain. It even hurts to just touch a specific spot. I don't know where to turn from here. They seem to be stumped by my pain. I'm finding it very difficult to wear any shoe that puts any amount of pressure on the top of my foot. Any suggestions? There has never been any swelling or redness in the area at all. It is in an area about the size of a pea. Deborah Godfrey
University of Rochester Medical Center
American Academy of Pediatrics
Columbia University Department of Rehabilitation
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