I have been diagnosed as having fractured sesamoids in both feet - both the medial and lateral in the left foot and the medial in the right foot. THis was caused mostly by walking - I also have a high arch and a dropped first metatarsal head so was pre-disposed to the injury too. Anyway ... I am currently on my second try at getting orthotics made. So far, neither pedorthist has been able to get it right and I can babrely walk more than a couple of blocks without pain and subsequent swelling over the next few days. This is very frustrating as I was very active beforehand.

Has anyone hear of this procedure; posterior tibial tendon replacement with sub tower implant?

After approximately 2 miles of running, I get a feeling of "numbness" in the ball of my foot just behind my middle three toes. This starts with a feeling as if they are "going to sleep" and then quickly escalates to pain. It makes the rest of my runs very uncomfortable. As soon as I stop running, it stops.

The locatoin of the pain seems similar to the location of a sesamoid, however it is under the middle three toes.

My family doctor told me that I have tumors on the ligaments that run along the top of my foot. If I'm on my feet for a while, they swell to where you can actually see where they are. When they're swollen, they can be very painful if I move my foot the wrong way. It has really affected the range of motion in my foot/ankle. Does anyone know if there's anything I can do besides surgery?

I recently had lung surgery (15 days ago). About seven days after surgery, while in the hospital bed bound, my right foot started hurting. I had plantar facitis in the past and thought the problem was from not wearing shoes for the past 7 days. I was in bed for a total of 11 days with restricted movement. The day after I left the hospital the bottom of my right foot swelled and I can barely walk on it. I tried foot massage and a cold pack but neither helped. I currently have an ace bandage to see if restriction helps. I'm assuming the problem is inflamation.

I have a sever pain in what I think to be the adductor hallucis. Nonetheless, it is the area just behind the ball of my foot in my arch area, on the inside of my foot. It has been hurting off and on for about 6 weeks. Sometimes it hurts so bad that I can't walk. Is there any chance that this could be from hanging out in a pool? And over using my toes in a way that I would never use them outside of a pool? No matter what, what is the best way to treat this? If is a muscle, how do I nurse it back to health?

A few days ago the joint where my big toe and the metatarsals meet began to ache. I don't recall stubbing my toe, though it's perfectly possible. I haven't been running or doing any kind of heavy exercise lately.

Now I have limited movement; it is painful to try and flex the toe upwards, though downwards isn't nearly as bad. Also, putting weight on the ball of my foot is very painful. The pain is consistent, and only disperses when I take aspirin and put ice on it.

hi there,

i have been having some pain on the outter right side and underneath my foot.
it noticed it in the last 10 miles of a 50 mile race i ran last weekend.

i only feel the pain when i run. walking has gives little to no pain.
i was told it might be a peroneal tendon strain. however the symptoms dont match up.
the pain stays on the outter right side of my right foot and the pain can be felt underneath too.

any ideas?

I have a history of foot problems. I have had bunion surgery on both feet. The problem is that my tendons do not support my ankle bones. I have had, for the past 6 years - constant ankle pain. It seems to go from foot to foot and outside to inside. Once one side is feeling better the other side or foot begins to hurt. I wear orthodics. The 2 specialists I have seen have suggested that I walk as little as possible and that there is not much that they can do.

I recently tore my posterior tibial tendon resulting from over-aggressive professional physical therapy (on or about March 6th), following a surgery attempt to regenerate the same partially torn tendon using topaz injections (?) back in December. I visited a podiatrist for surgery measures, but he is not appearing to want to move quickly to initiate surgery. My foot /ankle is currently inside a boot (with an orthotic arch underneath my foot).