How do i tell if the foot pain might be from morton's neuroma?

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Can you tell me what can alleviate the foot numbness caused by morton's neuroma?

Answer 1

Location and Symptom: Symptoms of morton's neuroma include: tingling in the space between the third and fourth toes toe cramping sharp, shooting, or burning pains in the ball of your foot (and sometimes toes) pain that increases when wearing shoes or pressing on the area pain that gets worse over time morton's neuroma is an injury to the nerve between the toes, which causes thickening and pain.

Answer 2

Symptoms and Locatio: Symptoms of morton's neuroma include: tingling in the space between the third and fourth toes toe cramping sharp, shooting, or burning pains in the ball of your foot (and sometimes toes) pain that increases when wearing shoes or pressing on the area pain that gets worse over time.

Answer 3

Have it evaluated: Your pain could be as a result of many different things. A thorough history and physical exam and possibly some laboratory and radiology exams are needed to determine the exact cause. Causes of pain may include: trauma (fracture, sprain, arthritis, tight shoes), infection, metabolic conditions (gout), musculoskeletal or biomechanical abnormality and neurologic conditions (neuropathy).

Answer 4

Neuroma: If you have pain and tingling between metatarsal 3 and 4 , shooting pain , pain with shoes , pain with pressure at that area . X rays may be positive for lucency at the bones due to pressure see your podiatrist for help and a treatment plan.

Answer 5

Foot doctor visit: Since you are educated on the name of this condition already, the next step would be to verify with the foot doctor and take appropriate measures to halt the progression of your problem.

Answer 6

Neuroma: The first right thing to do is see your podiatrist for x rays and an exam.

Answer 7

Clinical exam by : Foot doctor is usually enough but an ultrasound or MRI would be the diagnostic tests that could be ordered to confirm the clinical exam.

Answer 8

Pain, numbness, : Burning, tingling, cramping when walking for a while, a feeling like a sock is bunched up under the toes pain radiating to the toes are each potential symptoms of a neuroma.

Answer 9

No: Some of the initial symptoms prior to pain can be numbness in the toes and numbness in the ball of the foot with a feeling like its swollen when its not.

Answer 10

No: Morton's neuroma doesn't always have pain associated with it. Symptoms are cramps, burning, numbness to region of 3rd and 4 th toes. Often it is an incidental finding during a foot check. Like they say here in tx. If it a it broke dont fix it.

Answer 11

Neuroma: There usually is pain. For other symptoms see the other answers.

Answer 12

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.

Answer 13

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.

Answer 14

Neuroma: Morton's neuroma is a term used for the scar tissue formed around the nerve branch between the 3rd and 4th metatarsal with boney enlargement and or pronation scar tissue is placed around the nerve usually resulting in pain.

Answer 15

See below: It is inflammation of the nerve most usually affecting the 3rd ; 4th toe, but can affect the 2nd ; 3rd toe. It causes pain, burning and numbness of the toes.

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