Title: Foot Neuroma Causes and Treatments
Headings: Foot Neuroma Causes and Treatments
Foot Neuroma Causes and Treatments
A foot neuroma or Morton’s neuroma is a thickening or enlargement of a nerve in the foot.

Content: Friction around the nerve is the result. The nerve then gets irritated and trapped and begins to enlarge leading to symptoms such as numbness, burning, sharp pain and cramping. This pain may occur on the bottom or ball of the foot and into the toes. During the early phases of a neuroma there may be only numbness. As the condition worsens some people feel like they are walking on a pebble or that they have socks bunched up behind the toes. These symptoms may continue as the neuroma worsens. Other causes of a foot neuroma may be from injury to the area, thinning of the fat pad on the ball of the foot, arthritis, improper shoe styles or excessive impact exercises such as aerobics or running. Your podiatrist can evaluate you fully to determine the possible cause of your foot neuroma. If you have a foot neuroma you may notice that your symptoms are worse while wearing shoes, especially those shoes that are tight around the forefoot or toe area of the shoe. Shoes will cause the long bones in the foot to compress the swollen nerve and lead to pain.