Question 1

can tight shoes make your toes numb?

Accepted Answer

Yes: If too tight it can compress the nerves and cause numbness.

Question 2

wore tight shoes yesterday and woke up with two numb toes?

Accepted Answer

Nerve compression: Probably from compressionof the nerve between the toes.  If only minor trauma the feeling should return.

Question 3

hello docs. i was wondering can wearing tight shoes cause your toes to feel numb?

Accepted Answer

Yes: It puts pressure on the digital nerves to the toes.

Question 4

can tight shoes cause your big toe to go numb?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Yes. The pressure on the sides of the foot can pinch the digital nerves and cause numbness.

Question 5

i have been wearing slightly tight shoes for five days since the third day 
my big toe feels partly numb and it has not stopped for 3 days what to do?

Accepted Answer

Numb toe: Relax!! 
Your primary doctor will take good care of you!
If you have to wait a day or  two, you might have your Dad or Mum take you to the Emergency facility.

Everything should work out OK!

Question 6

hello, i am having numbness (x14 days) along the medial aspect of my big toes after wearing tight shoes - i understand this is likely secondary to mpj compression.  how long does it usually take for sensory function returns to normal? thank you!

Accepted Answer

A slow Return.: Difficult to come up with a figure. More than likely the shoes damaged the nerve enough to reduce the nerve impulse conductivity. Consider the fact that wearing any shoe may influence the speed of recovery. The nerve has to obtain a minimum degree of healing before feeling even begins to come back. Kind of like taking three steps forward and one step back. Applying heat may speed the healing up.

Question 7

my toes have been are numb and very sore for2 years.l  have been told its from wearing tight shoes. chaned shoes but toes still sore. what can l do?

Accepted Answer

Check blood sugar: See your doc for evaluation for nerve pain, including checking your blood sugar level.  Also see a podiatrist for further help. if you drink alcohol or smoke, please stop.  If still no answers, consider a referral to a neurologist.

Question 8

right big toe numb for weeks. small bunion. never wear tight shoes or heels.

Accepted Answer

Improper : Fit shoes, entrapment of deep peroneal nerve, low back pain, systemic disease , vitamin deficiency are other possible reasons to feel this.

Question 9

a hard bump on the outside of the right big toe. it is pain if i wear tight shoes?

Accepted Answer

BUNION?: Is your big toe crooked? Could be a bunion.

Question 10

i wore tight shoes for a while and now there is a layer of hard skin on my small toe. i file it away but it remains discoloured and it keeps growin bk?

Accepted Answer

Pressure...: The truth is that the more you file it away, the faster it will come back. The treatment is to remove the pressure that either has, is or will cause irritation to the little toe. This can be done by wearing shoes that do not cause the skin to be trapped between the shoe and the bone, thus reducing the causative pressure. The other way is to remove the bone in the toe that is causing pressure.

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Can tight shoes make your toes numb?

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Wore tight shoes yesterday and woke up with two numb toes?

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Hello docs. i was wondering can wearing tight shoes cause your toes to feel numb?

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Can tight shoes cause your big toe to go numb?

A member asked:

I have been wearing slightly tight shoes for five days since the third day my big toe feels partly numb and it has not stopped for 3 days what to do?

A member asked:

Hello, i am having numbness (x14 days) along the medial aspect of my big toes after wearing tight shoes - i understand this is likely secondary to mpj compression. how long does it usually take for sensory function returns to normal? thank you!

A member asked:

My toes have been are numb and very sore for2 years.l have been told its from wearing tight shoes. chaned shoes but toes still sore. what can l do?

A member asked:

Right big toe numb for weeks. small bunion. never wear tight shoes or heels.

A member asked:

A hard bump on the outside of the right big toe. it is pain if i wear tight shoes?

A member asked:

I wore tight shoes for a while and now there is a layer of hard skin on my small toe. i file it away but it remains discoloured and it keeps growin bk?

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