Foot & Ankle Pain

Foot and ankle pain can be debilitating and a constant problem for many people and often it does not need to be. Injury, overuse or conditions causing inflammation involving any of the bones, ligaments, tendons or muscles in the foot can cause foot pain. Arthritis is a common cause of foot pain. Injury to the nerves of the feet may result in intense burning pain, numbness or tingling (peripheral neuropathy). Foot pain is not normal and should be assessed by a Podiatrist to determine the cause and to ascertain what can be done to help. Some of the common causes of foot pain include:

Achilles tendinitis

Achilles tendon rupture

Avulsion fracture

Bone spurs

Broken foot

Broken toe

Bunions

Bursitis

Corns and calluses

Diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage caused by diabetes)

Gout (arthritis related to excess uric acid)

Haglund’s deformity

Hammertoe and mallet toe

Ingrown toenails

Metatarsalgia

Morton’s neuroma

Nerve Entrapment

Osteoarthritis

Osteomyelitis (a bone infection)

Peripheral neuropathy

Plantar fasciitis

Verruca

Psoriatic arthritis

Raynaud’s disease

Reactive arthritis

Retrocalcaneal bursitis

Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)

Stress fractures

Tarsal tunnel syndrome

Tendonitis