Foot Pain

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@NumberTwo

Bones in the foot can be heavily influenced by soft tissue structures in the foot, but more importantly up into the calf muscle. So, for any foot or toe injury, I spend a lot of time working on the arch of the foot and up into the calf with massage and myofascial stretching. Over 90 percent of the time I seem to get positive results - particularly for irritated tendons in the foot and nerve entrapment.

Another consideration is the influence of the external rotators of the hip. If the hip muscles are tight and externally rotate your hip, the angle of push-off by the foot will change and put unfamiliar shear stresses on the foot. So, I also recommend stretching and manually therapy on glutes and piriformis.

I agree. In addition, in this cases an MRI is required. If there are bone spurs, other kinds of intervention are required.