Nerve-Related Foot Problems

Neurological foot and ankle issues can be a burning or shooting pain, numbness, weakness or just a "pins and needles" sensation. Nerve can be affected by compression at the spine level, knee level, ankle level or in your foot. Neuropathy can be a subtle nerve degeneration from aging, diabetes, and a myriad of other causes. Do not assume your nerve issues will go away or that nothing can be done.A proper diagnosis can lead to alleviation of your nerve troubles.

Morton's Neuroma

Dorsal Cuneiform Neuritis

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

Common Peroneal Neuropathy

Peripheral Neuropathy

Lumbar Radiculopathy

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Library for Nerve-Related Foot Problems:

• Morton's Neuroma   
  I’m not even sure who Morton was, but he must have a heck of a pain in the ball of his foot! Morton’s neuroma is actually "perineural fibrosis." In English, this is chronic scarring around a nerve. This scarring is almost an onion skin formation of scar tissue layered with fluid around a small interdigital nerve. The more fluid, the more scar, the more pain you experience.
• Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome   
  Tarsal tunnel? Sounds like carpal tunnel doesn’t it? This condition is obviously not as common as carpal tunnel, but the symptoms have a lot in common. The burning of tingling and painful sensations that he may be feeling on the bottom of one or both feet may be related to this condition. Mind you, anyone experiencing these symptoms should be evaluated by a podiatrist.
• Lumbar Radiculopathy   
  Lumbar radiculopathy is pain in the lower extremities along the course of a nerve coming from the low back. It is most commonly seen in our practice coming from the longest nerve in your body, the sciatic nerve which is referred to as sciatica. It controls many of the muscles in your lower legs and provides feeling to your thigh, legs and feet. Symptoms include radiating pain from your low back into the buttocks, down the legs and to the feet.
• Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy   
  Burning, tingling, numbness to your feet?! Does this sound familiar? Are you a diabetic? If you are, and are experiencing some or all of the symptoms, you are experiencing classic signs of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. If there is a history of diabetes in your family or you are not sure, then the information below could save your life.
• Dorsal Neuritis   
  Tingling, burning, shooting sensations to the top of the foot. Pain is worse in shoes, especially laceups. Hitting the nail on the head in describing your symptoms? This condition hurts! And it is making it next to impossible to find shoes that don’t make it worse! Help!

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