Mortons neauroma
- Thread starter jowwy
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I got one removed three months ago. Underneath my foot it a bit sensitive now and my foot still aches a little bit but the excruciating nerve pain has gone now thankfully - bike riding or running for anything over half an hour was agony for me. It really depends how large it is - mine was one of the biggest the surgeon had ever seen apparently! If it's not that painful and surgery isn't an option though, wide fitting shoes help, as do metatarsal pads that keep separate the toes and stop them pinching together.
yeh i just bought some wider shoes and getting some pads on the weekend. hoping this helps it
dont think it needs surgery as it aint that big.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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Have had it for years and years, in both feet. There is an old thread on it somewhere... took me a while to find it - my username has changed since then. http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/mortons-neuroma.101405/#navigation . for some reason a search was not picking it up.
basically I have custom inner soles with the 'special lumps' and wear them all the time even when cycling... wide fitting shoes/boots with stiffer soles and don't tie them tightly appears to be the best solution for me. I have avoided surgery to date: not interested in the sole of my foot being cut open.
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...I got to the point where I could not even walk. I have now had it for 6 years maybe and am mostly pain free all the time with the use of custom orthopaedic inner soles which have a raised area to separate the 3rd and 4th Metatarsus (? spelling). Corticosteroid injections did nothing for me - only had them in one foot and actually seemed to make matters worse not better. For me, it has been the custom inner soles along with a chiropractor that got me literally back on my feet.
Also, again for me, not walking around in bare feet because it was not separating the metatarsus. After 6 years I can now go bare foot almost all day with out issue. Initially I found using hiking or mountaineering boots much better for controlling the pain as well - flexing the sole caused me major pain. A year of mountaineering boots allowed me to drop to hiking boots that could take crampons and 6 years on, I can now year flexible hiking shoes, but forget anything else. Trainers for short periods only...
basically I have custom inner soles with the 'special lumps' and wear them all the time even when cycling... wide fitting shoes/boots with stiffer soles and don't tie them tightly appears to be the best solution for me. I have avoided surgery to date: not interested in the sole of my foot being cut open.
Copied from a previous reply (in the link above).
...I got to the point where I could not even walk. I have now had it for 6 years maybe and am mostly pain free all the time with the use of custom orthopaedic inner soles which have a raised area to separate the 3rd and 4th Metatarsus (? spelling). Corticosteroid injections did nothing for me - only had them in one foot and actually seemed to make matters worse not better. For me, it has been the custom inner soles along with a chiropractor that got me literally back on my feet.
Also, again for me, not walking around in bare feet because it was not separating the metatarsus. After 6 years I can now go bare foot almost all day with out issue. Initially I found using hiking or mountaineering boots much better for controlling the pain as well - flexing the sole caused me major pain. A year of mountaineering boots allowed me to drop to hiking boots that could take crampons and 6 years on, I can now year flexible hiking shoes, but forget anything else. Trainers for short periods only...
livpoksoc
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I hope you haven't made that fickle mistake I did by googling my symptoms of foot pain?
I did...Mortons Neuroma matched, went to the docs & he told me there was nothing. I went to the hargrove's near me, they got me on the foot arch measurer & sold me a stepped arch insole & robert's my auntie's living lover, pain went away!
I did...Mortons Neuroma matched, went to the docs & he told me there was nothing. I went to the hargrove's near me, they got me on the foot arch measurer & sold me a stepped arch insole & robert's my auntie's living lover, pain went away!
Nope - had it for years but never really had pain there that much until now
my own fault as my cycle shoes and trainers have a very tight toe box and it only hurts when i wear both these kinds of footwear. bought shoes with wider fitting and the pain has subsided, but is still niggly.
Trevrev
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I've just been to the Docs due to pain in my left foot, and he seems to think Mortons is what i've got wrong with me.
I've had Plantar Fascitis in my right foot, now this in my left foot.
Doc has put it down to too much running, i need to rest for a few weeks and see how it goes. Oh, plus some anti inflammatories.
I've had Plantar Fascitis in my right foot, now this in my left foot.
Doc has put it down to too much running, i need to rest for a few weeks and see how it goes. Oh, plus some anti inflammatories.
flissh
Active Member
I've had surgery for this. Two fairly large ones removed from my left foot. I had pain that came on after about 15-20 minutes whenever I walked. Running became impossible. I have two partially numb toes now (the thickened nerves were removed) but otherwise no problem at all. I think it can be harder to get surgery done here we were living overseas at the time. A friend of mine has the same and her GP just keeps referring her back to the same consultant who seems to be doing nothing. Meanwhile she is in the same boat I was in, unable to be on her feet for long.
Sadly I've now got bl@@dy planter faciitis. Same foot too! Had it for 20 months, but I think it is on the mend now. Although it was thanks to PF that I started cycling as running was once again not possible, so not all bad.
Sadly I've now got bl@@dy planter faciitis. Same foot too! Had it for 20 months, but I think it is on the mend now. Although it was thanks to PF that I started cycling as running was once again not possible, so not all bad.