feet pain-the ball of your foot?

Question

where does the pain come from and how to heal it

Answer 1

My guess is the pain in your foot comes from inflammation of the sockets of the metatarsal and phalanges. The cartilage is swelling causing the pain. My question to you is, "are your shoes too tight?" or "do you do a lot of standing or walking?" Try a looser pair of shoes for a bit and (as long as there are no allergies to medications) an anti-inflammatory like Advil or Aspirin.

Answer 2

The first place to begin is at a chiropractors office. (if things are mis-aligned they can cause problems like this). Second is a massage therapist to hit the muscles in your legs. Whether these help or not making sure your shoes have good arch supports in them or putting some in them is a smart move. If there is still no help a podiatrist may be necessary.

Soak in Epsom salts makes them feel better

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

This could also be what's called.."Plantars Fascaitis" (my spelling may be wrong) that causes pain in the ball of the foot...sometimes brought on by being overweight (though not always)...a shot from the Podiatrist (foot doctor) into the affected area usually does the trick...
As you can see by the answers here...it could be a number of things...if changing shoes, adding cushioning to them, or staying off of the affected foot does not bering relief, then, a visit to a good foot doctor is in order..

Answer 4

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feet pain-the ball of your foot?
where does the pain come from and how to heal it

Answer 5

Let me just say this for now. If you buy some comfortable shoes to wear and get cushions put inside of them. You will simply be amazed how much better you will feel walking and standing with comfortable shoes.

Iw onder how in the hell a Cowboy can wear boots made out of leather and no cushions and that answer is they didn;t wear any shoes as a kid and run around barefooted.

Answer 6

Could be a bone spur or planter's wart. My doctor recommended sodium naproxen for the pain and some cushy insoles. Good luck!

Answer 7

try getting some insoles for your shoes. like dr. scholls, or something of that nature. i get severe pain in the heels of my feet after standing up for hours on end at my job. but i bought new insoles, and i feel much better!