Question 1

is there a surgery to address mortons neuroma?

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Yes: But surgery is not always necessary. Many times consevative methods and proper fitting shoes provide relief.

Question 2

will my mortons neuroma heal if i exercise? please help me docs!

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No: Mortons neuroma is a true benign nerve tumor that has developed on a sensory nerve.  In this case it is in an interdigital nerve in the foot and eventually tends to grow and when very painful needs resection to relieve symptoms.

Question 3

are injections for a mortons neuroma a cure or a treatment of the symptom?

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The goal : Is to be a cure. They work very well and i would highly recommend this treatment before undergoing any contemplated surgery.

Question 4

i have foot pain/siacatia/mortons neuroma, why is this?

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Separate issues: For long term treatment plan, but the sciatic pain is most likely coming from your back, occasionally from your piriformis muscle, and this could be causing some of your foot pain. The mortons neuroma will be a separate issue, but can contribute to foot pain of course as well. Both are treatable and just need to find the right physician to give you an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan.

Question 5

i have pain in foot from a condition called mortons neuroma?

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Mortons neuroma: Inflamed portion of nerve often caused by improper support and/or tight fitting shoes over time. Treatments include, more supportive shoes/orthotics, injections, paddings/strappings, physical therapy and surgery.

Question 6

treatment for mortons neuroma very painful

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A : A neuroma is a benign thickening of a small nerve, typically one of the nerves that runs in between your metatarsal head to your toes on the bottom of the foot.  It's named for old doc morton, who invented it.  Back in morton's day, the theory was the 3rd intermetatarsal space, where most of these things usually occur, is the only place where both branches of the plantar nerves reunite, and morton thought that meant something.  Today, the thinking is that the nerve gets slow, gradual pressure from the neighboring metatarsal heads, and that slow, gradual irritation causes the sheath of the nerve to become thicker.  It's a protective mechanism, just like callouses.  That thickened sheath of the nerve is a neuroma.  Although it sounds like a tumor, it really isn't.  There are no new cells.

There are two treatments for a neuroma; conservative and surgical.  The conservative treatments include steroid or alcohol injections and the use of a metatarsal pad to help keep the metatarsals from pressing up against the nerve.  The surgical treatment is to cut the little sucker out.  It's pretty simple surgery, but because a nerve is deliberately being removed, the two known risks of this (beyond the normal risks of any surgery) are an area of permanent numbness and the formation of a "stump" neuroma, which forms at the end of the cut nerve.  Both of these risks are pretty low, though.

Save your money with orthotics.  There has never been a single study to show orthotics do anything for neuroma pain.  The only component of an orthotic which would help you is an incorporated metatarsal pad.  Just get a $2.00 metatarsal pad and see if that helps you.  If not, go to a podiatrist and get a couple of injections.  They don't hurt and they work well.

Hope this helps!  good luck.

Question 7

what are some home remedies for mortons neuroma foot conditions?

Accepted Answer

Shoes: Try  round toe shoes. Use of metatarsal pads can help.

Question 8

is it normal to have pain in the foot from a condition called mortons neuroma?

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Yes: Pain & burning are common symptoms.

Question 9

can foraminal spinosis cause mortons neuroma symptoms in my foot?

Accepted Answer

No: These are two separate diagnoses and issues. The stenosis would not cause neuroma.

Question 10

can mortons neuroma cause red painful toes when standing? pain and redness eases when not on foot.

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Pain? Yes. Red? No.: Morton's neuroma are affiliated with a "pins and needles" sensation of pain, usually between the toes but occasionally extending to the toes. (After all, the nerve fibers reach there). However, the "red" part has me confused. Does the toe blanche when cold? (Turn red, then white, then blue?) Are there "ugly veins" on the foot (AVM vasospasm)? Use HealthTap Prime to show a doc or TTYD to get a diag

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