• Foot Pain - Toe Pain
• Highlights
• Introduction
• Causes
• Risk Factors
• Corns and Calluses
• Bunions

Forefoot Pain

Forefoot pain refers to pain and discomfort felt toward the top of the foot. The rate of forefoot pain and deformity increases with age. When a cause cannot be determined, any pain on the ball of the foot is generally referred to as metatarsalgia.

Forefoot pain may be due to:

• Morton's neuroma
• Sesamoiditis
• Stress fractures

Morton's Neuroma

A neuroma usually means a benign tumor of a nerve. However, Morton's neuroma, also called interdigital neuroma, is not actually a tumor. It is a...