Foot Problems
Injury, overuse or conditions causing inflammation involving any of the bones, ligaments or tendons 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).
Some common causes of foot pain include:
Achilles tendinitis
Achilles tendon rupture
Avulsion fracture
Bone spurs
Broken foot
Broken toe
Bunions
Bursitis (joint inflammation)
Corns and calluses
Diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage caused by diabetes)
Flatfeet
Gout (arthritis related to excess uric acid)
Haglund’s deformity
Hammertoe and mallet toe
High heels or poorly fitting shoes
Ingrown toenails
Metatarsalgia
Morton’s neuroma
Osteoarthritis (disease causing the breakdown of joints)
Osteomyelitis (a bone infection)
Paget’s disease of bone
Peripheral neuropathy
Plantar fasciitis
Plantar warts
Psoriatic arthritis
Raynaud’s disease
Reactive arthritis
Retrocalcaneal bursitis
Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)
Septic arthritis
Stress fractures
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Tendinitis
Tumors
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