I had hammer toes and foot tendon surgery in January and it's still like this and hurts. What should I do?

Long story short have had this pain for 2 years. Haven’t run in a year. Been tossed from Doc to Doc. Can anyone identify what this is or relate? I believe it is Abductor Hallucis Muscle/ FHL tendon.

Hey everyone,

Just had reconstructive surgery a little over 2 weeks ago for flexible flat foot with arthritis in the subtalar joint.

Im a 34 year old male that has had flat feet my entire life. A few strains and fractured foot later; I found myself with pain in my left foot that would never quit! Everyone knows how the story goes if you been at this long enough... I've been lurking in this thread for years.

I've had 10 different off the shelf orthotics, many rounds of therapy, steroids, 1 podiatrist and 2 foot and ankle surgeons- all to come to the point of surgical intervention.

I had the following procedures:

-Subtalar fusion with hindfoot medializing

-Spring ligament repair

-Posterior tibial tendon repair

-Cotton osteotomy

-two tendon transfers

-Hoke Achilles lengthening

Day 0 was rough as hell. I had aearing pain on the inside of my foot where the post tib tendon is. The PACU nurse gave me some strong pain meds and told me to stay on schedule. The nerve block last almost 4 days for me but I still took the prescription pain meds every 4 hours for the first 3 days for fear of pain returning in the one hot spot. It was crazy waking up to that right after anesthesia.

Once I made it home reality started to set in a bit.

I was super clumsy with the crutches and super nauseated from the anesthesia. I thought I was gonna kill myself taking a deuce day 1 post op! I'm 6'4 and 325lbs so I purchased an all terrain knee rover on ebay for like $200.I highly recommend it for anyone non weight bearing for up to 8 weeks. It has been a life saver even though we take up too much space everywhere we go. 🤣

Had to get a splint change day 2 post op as it was too short (slide #2) and I could see the cuts on my achilles but I could not see my toes. The recovery nurse told me to check my toes for temp and blood but HOW?! The PA who put the splint on had no idea what they were doing apparently. I worked in a trauma center for a while with physical therapy as a tech and was really close with the ortho tech. I knew the splint wasn't right so I send pictures to the surgeon who had me come into the office immediately for a splint change (new splint-slide #1). I had no appetite and pain meds/anesthesia were kicking my ass so going to that appt was taxing but worth it. I was much more supported after the change.

The next 12 days or so have been me getting used to the new temporary normal and resting as much as I could. I couldn't sleep for more than 3-4 hrs but it's gradually gotten better along with the strength in my non operative leg and mobility in general.

I posted some random images with the thread. Overall, the recovery is brutal and I knew this, so I've been good about getting over all the crazy feelings that come with things like this. The pain after day 0-1 has been minimal compared to the pain I was in leading up to the surgery. I just had my 2 week follow up and will make another post with an update sometime this weekend.

If you have questions I'll try to answer ASAP.

48yo, male, 6-1”, 190lb

Been dealing with horrific feet pain for about a year. I’ve done the podiatrist visits and every insert you can get.

I gave discoloration on both inner ankles that looks like bruising. I sent that picture to the podiatrist to ask if that could be a symptom of underlying issue. They said they are ordering a vein scan next. Why didn’t they look at that during the exam!!!!!

Can anyone give me suggestion ? I am desperate, I am an industrial engineer who must be mobile and walk upward 8-9 miles a day. Sometimes I’m in one spot for extended periids and I am in agony, to a point where I can’t focus which makes everthing 100x worse-DANGEROUS as I’m always working with high voltage machines.

I’ve been given Gabapentin and Celecoxib which both haven’t helped much. The gaba makes me feel loopy which I hate.

I’m just starting to research and get interested in improving foot function.

I suspect I have bad arches because I walk duck footed. Can anyone tell from these photos if my arch is bad?

My right pinky toe has gotten progressively more curled and rotated, and now the pressure lands right on the edge of the nail when I walk, which is getting painful. I tried straightening it by hand and it barely budges, so I think it’s semi rigid at this point. I didn’t think my shoes were too narrow, but maybe I need wider toe box. I work from home these days so spend a lot of the day in slippers

From some research planning: wide toe box shoes, Correct Toes, daily stretching, and I’m getting a podiatrist referral going. For anyone who had a semi rigid curled fifth toe, did the conservative stuff actually improve it for you, or did you end up getting a flexor tenotomy? If you got the tenotomy, how was recovery?

Want to get back to barefoot running but feel I should manage this first…

Thanks!

I’ve always been super insecure about my feet to the point where I shun them and hide them from the world. My boyfriend of 6 months has never even seen them. Be honest guys, how bad are they? And is there honestly anything I can do to fix them, I’m even willing to get surgery done.

I’ve been dealing with this pain for a little over a month at this point. I think it’s been brought on by rocking my 7 month old continuously on that side.

It’s hard to raise in my tip toes and my foot naturally wants to put pressure on the outside of my foot and ankle. Sometimes that big toe clicks when rocking. And pain gets worse after standing on it. Most of the time it is a constant pain, but at the end of the day it usually throbs.

Any suggestions on what this might be, or best way to go about potential treatment?

Over the last maybe 6 months I’ve noticed especially on my left foot my toes are kind of splaying and crooked. My husband said it looks like the toes are throwing gang signs. Lol. It makes me feel very self conscious as my feet are already a size W10 but they look so gross in sandals. On top of that feeling soreness and realizing I walk on the outside of my feet (the outside edge of all my shoes wears down incredibly fast.)

Looking for advice and guidance thanks

Kicks up when I swim, sometimes after running, and sometimes just when I’m laying in bed at night. If I flex the right foot enough I can just about get it going anytime. Very tight tendon? Muscle? Either way, super tight. Pretty painful

Does anyone know what causes this? My toes have been hurting for a couple of weeks now. I went to my doctor about my chronic feet and knee pain and she referred me to PT which I’ve been doing for over a month now….they said there was no need to refer me to a podiatrist at this time and said I need to try pt. Originally I was having problems with pain in the bottom of my feet but recently I have this problem with my toes and I wonder if I pulled them doing calf raises? This is what my foot looks like when I’m just resting and it doesn’t look normal to me.
I told my physical therapist and he didn’t look at my foot just said it’s normal to have soreness in my toes from the exercises we’ve been doing…..I already pay $65 a week copay for the PT so I don’t want to go back to my doctor and pay the copay for them to waste my time but my toes are killing me! Is this serious?

Hi everyone,

I'm 30 years old and living in the UK and I'm hoping someone might have some advice or point me in the right direction...

I've had flat feet for as long as I can remember. As a child I was pigeon-toed (in-toeing) and wore insoles but over the years my feet seem to have become flatter and my ankles roll inwards much more.

I also have brachyolmia type 4, which is a rare skeletal dysplasia... although I'm not sure whether my feet are related to that or not.

The problem is the pain. My feet hurt every single day. I wear supportive trainers almost all the time because other shoes are unbearable, but I still have:

aching feet

pain around my ankles

Achilles tendon pain

pain with walking and standing

pain probably 90% of the time

I was seen by an NHS podiatrist who provided insoles but was basically told there wasn't much else they could offer.

I'm finding that really hard to accept because I'm only 30 and already in constant pain.

Has anyone experienced something similar?

Are there treatments beyond insoles that helped?

Has anyone needed braces, different orthotics or surgery?

Should I be pushing for a referral to an orthopaedic foot and ankle specialist?

I've attached a photo of my feet standing naturally in case it's helpful. Picture 1 is from around a year ago. Picture 2 is today (unsure if there is any change!)

Any advice would be really appreciated because I'm not sure where to go from here. Thanks all