I’ve been having pain in the ball of my foot for more than a month now and I saw a different doctor today who seemed to really know his feet but was kind of quick and mumbly. I know, I should have taken notes or had him write it down for me but I usually remember this sort of thing so well!
The last guy diagnosed me with metatarsalgia, which I understand is a general term for pain usually around the metatarsal-phalangial joint. (It’s in my second toe.) He put a metatarsal pad and a carbon whatever stiffener in my shoe, which seems to have helped a little bit but 1) is uncomfortable and 2) doesn’t seem to have really knocked it out.
This guy took YET MORE x-rays and said that I have tight calves and that that metatarsal is longer than the others, so that joint gets lifted up IIRC away from the plantar fascia? So he showed me a way to tape it to keep it from lifting up like that which he said should allow it to heal (and I think it did feel better to walk on once it was taped.) I do that for six weeks and see him again.
So he said a more specific word, I want to say it started with a c? What could that have been? I’d like to read more on it.
(That’s not facetious, it’s the best way I’ve found to keep a bandage in place on the bottom of the foot. Fishnets work really well if your socks make you sweat, or you can buy specialty tube bandage retainers.)
