Very Painful Big Toe
(2 discussions)
I’ve been previously diagnosed with sesmoiditis as well as an MRI picking up a possible tumor like growth in the joint (although the podiatrist said it was in such a bad spot that he felt best to leave it be at the time).
I had been treated in the past with a walking boot for 8 weeks and that relieved the pain for quite a while.
I’ve had orthotics made and have had much success with them in certain shoes (they don’t fit in all of my shoes).
The past 3 days I have had such discomfort – my big toe hurts whenever I walk on it – as well as the ball of the foot is in severe pain and I have tingling sensations quite often.
Any ideas?
(all shoes hurt – and barefoot too!)
2 comments
Vivian Abrams DPM
If the pain is in the sesamoid area, it is possible, the fracture has reactivated. In my experience, these heal as a non-union with scar tissue holding the pieces in place. Most of the time this is satisfactory. Maybe it wasn’t this time. If hte pain is elsewhere in the toe, I would suggest you get examined further.
Donna Spiegel
:follow up to original inquiry – had a cat scan which proved negative as far as bones are concerned however still have pain – but most of all – this numbness only in the big toe – and especially when I walk – or I manually lift the toe upward – I’m wondering if there is some kind of injury to the nerves in the joint at the base of the big toe…..the bones are also very tender to palpation on the toe – yet cat scan was negative…