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Foot Issues - Advice??

PinkAnything09
PinkAnything09
In a nutshell, I've been having ball of foot pain since November, 2010. I was told I have neuritis, bursitis, capsulitis & edema. I take ibuprofen, tylenol, aleve and skelaxin, no relief. I've been seeing a foot & ankle Dr, had a sono & an injection in early December, no relief, another sono and was given orthotics in late December, a cortisone injection & oral steroids mid April and bought 2 new podiatrist recommended pairs of shoes, today I was put in a walking boot and told if not better in 3 weeks I will have another sono done, one last injection & an MRI of my leg. My foot just hurts all the time, feels like I'm walking on a rock, tear jerking cramps in my toes, right side of right foot pain, my right toe joint swells up from time to time, and my whole leg twitches alot. I'm getting frustrated, has or is anyone experienced or experiencing anything like this? What have they done for you??
PinkAnything09
PinkAnything09
I've thought about an orthopedic doctor, maybe I will call today... I've had 2 cortisone shots, oral steroids, ibuprofen, tylenol, aleve, voltaren, new shoes, orthotics and now the walking boot... So she was saying she wanted an MRI of my leg because she's wondering if it's stemming from something else since I'm not responding to treatment.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Please please call an ortho. I always assumed that you needed a podiatrist for foot problems. Went to one for surgery on hammer toes years ago. My mother had bunions removed by the same group. But then a few years ago I went for a fractured toe and they got crazy. Wanted all kinds of tests and shoes, etc. I realized that they were just looking for things to bill.

When I went to my ortho for something else I mentioned that the hammer toes where a problem again and he said he would fix them. I was shocked. Never thought of him working on feet. But it makes alot more sense to me.
joanna3
joanna3
well, don't leave out acupunture! they can treat your foot without touching it!
PinkAnything09
PinkAnything09
OK so on 5/31 the doctor took me out of the boot because it wasn't working. I had an MRI today with contrast... I've been having this weird pain/sensation from my groin area down to my foot when I step it feels like my leg might give out, this started a few days ago. I'm so scared that the MRI will come back showing nothing... but I know something is certainly wrong!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Please an Ortho, I have some foot issues also. The first thing the ortho did was order x-rays and an mri. I found out the when I torn ligaments in my foot years ago it never healed right. PT and some shots have helped in the past. It still hurts from time to time when I over do it.

I wish you luck and let us know what they figure out is wrong with it.

Feel better!

Melissa
deleted_user
deleted_user
Has Gout been considered?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Me too with the foot pain..for 2 and a half months now..:(..so far doc ordered a foot x-ray..and told me to take ibuprofen and soak in epsom salts..
Its not getting any better yet.the only thing that helps is staying off it.But I really cant .I walk everywhere without a car and need the exercise.Its frustrating.It hurts the most when i wake up in the morning.Oh my doc also said she thought it was plantar fascitis...I'm going to ask her to send me to a podiatrist next visit in 2 weeks.
I also had a test for RA factor come back positive but the numbers were low so no rhuemy visit yet....have they tested you for RA? hope you feel better soon..:)
PinkAnything09
PinkAnything09
MRI came back clean, doctor wants me to go to a neurologist... I'm just curious why the sonogram showed all these issues but the MRI showed nothing?? My flippin' foot hurts!! And when I walk too much it hurts up to my knee. I guess the foot & ankle dr thinks it's stemming from somewhere else, it just seems soooo weird. My right hip locks up sometimes... Ahhhh frustrated!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hmmm, time for more medical detective work. If all is normal after a reasonable and guided (by Physician) investigation, then, by default, a chronic pain syndrome can become the diagnosis to guide management. Remember, if a more discrete cause is found later, you will have gained from management efforts prior to that time.