The metatarsals refer to the five long bones found in each foot – in the front of your feet, just below (behind) your toes.
Metatarsalgia is a common condition that causes pain and inflammation in the ball of the foot, due to excessive pressure on the forefoot.
Symptoms of metatarsalgia may include:
- Sharp, shooting, aching or burning pain in the ball of your foot.
- Redness, swelling with hard bony lump near the big toe
- Pain that worsens when you stand, run, flex your feet or walk — especially barefoot on a hard surface.
- The pain may improve when resting.
- Numbness, or tingling in your toes.
- A feeling of having a lump or a pebble in your shoe or under your foot
- Pain, swelling, bruising that start after intense or repetitive exercise
Possible Causes & Risk Factors
- Activities that involve intense training, running and jumping.
- Poorly fitting shoes – that are too tight, too loose or high heels
- Shoes with spikes, such as cleats
- Shoes with a narrow toe box or athletic shoes that lack support and padding
- Certain foot shapes – a high arch
- Foot deformities such as having a second toe that’s longer than the big toe or a downward-curling toe (hammertoe)
- Swollen, painful bumps at the base of your big toes (bunions).
- Obese or having excess weight.
- Fractures
- Morton’s neuroma – a noncancerous growth of fibrous tissue around a nerve between the third and fourth metatarsal heads.
- Calluses on the bottom of your feet
- Rheumatoid arthritis or gout
- Tight calf muscles and Achilles tendons can cause more pressure on the front of the foot
Do’s & Don’ts – Self care
- Do not walk or stand for long periods
- Wearing proper arch supports
- Put an ice pack on the painful area for up to 20 minutes every 2 to 3 hours
- Resting with your feet elevated
- Wearing well-fitted shoes with a low heel and wide toe box
- Using metatarsal pads, shock-absorbing insoles or comfortable inserts in your shoes
- Reducing your weight
- Physiotherapy
- Avoiding walking barefoot
- Soaking your feet to remove calluses
- Do not do any sports or other activity that is causing the pain
- Try regular, gentle foot and ankle stretching exercises
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