Just to clarify the pain is on top of the foot

Is your foot swollen? Maybe it is a blood clot. I always throw that out there since I thought my leg was sprained and it turned out to be a clot. I don't see why your foot would suddenly get that type of pain without an injury. Gout could be another possibility. Just keep an eye on it. I hope you feel better soon, Hugs.

My guess, from the symptoms you have described, and it is just a guess. You may have moved funny on your foot and a bone in your foot is currently pinching nerve or muscle. If this is the case, stretching will help things get back to where they are supposed to go - never stretch to the point it hurts. So if you can only move it 1/4 inch, that is it for now. Work up to more.

There is also a vague possibility of a very minor stress fracture - I know that with everything going wrong with me, I stress fracture the little bones in my hands and feet all the time. For a stress fracture, take some extra calcium with Vit D. It won't hurt you to take some extra if it is not a fracture, and will help it heal faster if it is.

Or it could just be your body being weird and giving you a phantom pain... but both of the above won't hurt if this is the case either.

hugs
yadlim

If it keeps hurting you may need an MRI. Our feet are full of bones and tendons. Once the ortho swore I had fractured a metatarsal, but it didn't show up on the MRI, so he called it a micro fracture. I talked to a physical therapist and she told me some times they will show up a year later. Anyway it got better whatever it was, so I hope yours will get better on its own.

Thx guys. This is totally wierd. I can't stretch because it hurts. For that matter I can't even touch the area. Should I stay off the foot or continue to walk on my heel and look funny. Lol. It's a new one for me. Ahgggggggg

OK - sorry if this goes a bit left field....

Hubby read something on the internet that was a great quote, and I wrote it down, but I don't have the proper citations, so apologies to who wrote it!!!

"Pain is the body's way of saying that something is wrong" it went on to compare pain to the "check engine' light on the dash. If there is pain, something is wrong. Or to put it more plainly - don't' do it if it hurts! I would not walk on it at all if you can. Pick up a pair of crutches and stay all the way off it for a few days. Keep it elevated and use ice to help it heal.

Oh, and hubby commented that my 'check engine' light is stuck. sigh

yaldim

Is it black and blue? If it is a fracture, you usually have quite an impressive multi-colored foot. My theory is if I can walk, I do walk, even if I have to walk funny. (I have had three broken toes, and three fractures of a metatarsal.) But you might try to keep the foot raised and use cold if it is swollen.

Not discolored but a little swollen. The doc did say my tendons were swollen to the touch. Maybe I tore something

ouchie...I would just relax the foot for while with ice packs...