Plantar Fasciitis
Sharp heel pain that's at its worst on your first few steps out of bed, settles once you get moving, then comes back after sitting or a long day on your feet.
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Foot Pain: Common Causes and Conditions
Your feet carry your whole body weight every step you take, so foot pain has a way of shaping the rest of your day: how far you'll walk, which shoes you can stand, whether training happens at all.
Where it hurts narrows it down fast. Heel pain, pain through the middle of the foot, and pain across the ball of the foot are three different problems with three different plans, and a child's sore heel is different again.
Start with whichever description below sounds most like yours.
Conditions we see in this region
Lisfranc Injury
Pain, swelling or bruising across the middle of your foot after a fall, an awkward landing or a twist, and a midfoot that still doesn't want to take your weight.
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Heel pain in an active, growing child, usually somewhere between 8 and 14, turning up after footy or athletics training.
Read moreMorton's Neuroma
It's a thickening of the tissue around one of the nerves between your toes, after that nerve has been irritated or damaged.
Read moreTurf Toe
Turf toe is the sporting name for a sprain of the big toe joint: the structures underneath get overstretched or torn when the toe is forced upwards.
Read moreMetatarsalgia
Metatarsalgia is a general term for pain around the joints at the base of your toes, a group of conditions rather than a single one. Which one you have changes what helps.
Read moreStress Fracture (Foot)
A stress fracture is a fine crack in a bone from repeated loading without enough recovery between efforts, not a one-off injury. In the foot and lower leg it's the most common form of hairline fracture, usually from jogging or running.
Read moreCuboid Syndrome
Cuboid syndrome is pain on the outer midfoot, thought to come from a subtle disruption of the joint between the cuboid (a small bone on the outside of your foot) and your heel bone. The exact mechanism hasn't been worked out.
Read moreTarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Tarsal tunnel syndrome is compression of the tibial nerve as it runs behind your inner ankle, under a band of tissue called the flexor retinaculum.
Read moreHeel Spur
A heel spur (calcaneal spur) is a small outgrowth of bone on the heel bone. It can form on the underside or at the back.
Read moreBunion
A bunion (hallux valgus) is a bony lump at the big toe joint that forms when the big toe leans towards the other toes. Around 23% of adults have one.
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