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3 months of constant foot pain. Doc is stumped, xray is 'fine'. I'm desperate. Lost my job.

Doc said x-rays came back fine. I have no reason to doubt that- nothing looks weird to my non doctor eyes- but I cannot walk and my MRI was denied. Any ideas? Anything missed?

EDIT: A few people have asked for more info so I'm going to do my best to provide it.

Main symptom is pain when putting pressure on foot (standing up, taking a step), and some lesser pain when flexing it. No pain when moving my toes, and no real pain when touched- but there used to be.

I work a physical job with a fair bit of walking. I also commonly work 6 8hr shifts on a row. It was on one of these 8hr shifts that my foot started to hurt nearly in the middle of my foot. But I ignored it and kept walking on it until I couldn't. I called out the last 2 days of those 6.

When I first saw the doctor for foot pain, it was pain below my 3rd toe, and continued in almost a straight line from where it connects up to my ankle. Bit of pain generally across my foot, but the worst pain was the spot where my toe connected to my foot. Hurt to touch, every step hurt bad.

I got put in a walking boot (Breg genesis short version) and celebrex 200mg once a day. The boot helped a lot at first- after two weeks I was cleared to remove it. At this point I had no pain when walking short distances, and my doc told me to keep up the celebrex and try not to wear the boot.

Well 1.5 days after being cleared I once again could not really walk. Every step hurt bad, my entire foot this time- so I got back into my boot. Texted my doc and he said keep up the boot and celebrex for 2 weeks.

It was around this point that the pain shifted. Closer to my ankle and almost a dull burning pain, worse than the previous sharp pain. Dr suggested MRI but insurance denied it, we're trying to fight it but so far no news.

I am just so tired and sore. The boot does not stop the pain it only reduces it. I basically cannot get around without the boot.

u/Additional_Pear_9957 — 5 days ago

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My 10 year old has unexplainable foot pain

I'm reaching out because hopefully someone can give me some answers to my son.

He has foot pain on the bottom of his feet. It comes and goes and he has been experiencing it for at least 4 years.

Up until last month, this is how it used to go:

About 20 times a year he would experience the pain and 90% of the time it would be at night. I tracked it to try and find any correlation. I tracked what he ate to see if it were some sort of food allergy that caused it. No correlation. I tracked it to activities, and not really any correlation. The pain would either start in the early evening, or in the middle of the night. Sometimes it would be bad enough that he was crying and we gave him medicine and it went away. Sometimes it was the left foot, sometimes the right, sometimes both. We thought it might have to do with his activities like running, but we also noticed the pain would sometimes occur during the day when he had some other illness. So he would be in bed all day because he was sick, and also experience the pain in his feet.

My son plays baseball and we noticed sometimes after playing baseball he would have the pain. We thought maybe it was the running. However, he then started playing basketball and he had practice/games 3-4 times a week with much more running and jumping than he did with baseball. Not really any foot pain during basketball season.

We've been to his doctor over and over. We've had xrays, blood work, and now an MRI on one foot. Nothing is showing up. We saw a podiatrist 2 years ago and he didn't have any explanation examining the foot. We will now see another podiatrist because we just finished the MRI so we need to find out what to do next.

Starting last month the foot pain has been much worse and it is now lasting for multiple days straight. Before, it used to only occur at night and the medicine would help and he would be fine in the morning. As of today he has had constant pain for the past 6 days. Several of those days I had him basically off his feet for nearly the entire day. The pain will get reduced, to barely anything, but then at night it will increase and stay increased over night.

He is playing baseball right now. He does wear cleats, but we've had him stop wearing the cleats and he still has the pain. He also does very little running in baseball for the past 2 weeks.

Our next step is to see a rheumatologist. However, we have to wait for a referral and I don't know how long that will take.

I'm desperate for advice for my son. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

Edit to add: The pain is mostly on the ball of his foot and less on the heel.

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u/31braidsinbeard — 8 days ago

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Anyone else had pain/swelling under the little toe (5th metatarsal area) for years?

I’ve had pain in this exact spot on my right foot for more than 20 years. I remember having it since i was 10.
It’s on the bottom of the foot, right underneath the little toe/5th metatarsal area, basically where I’ve marked it in the picture.
Over the years I’ve seen different doctors about it, and more recently I had it investigated properly, including an MRI. I was basically told that the area is inflamed, but nothing else significant showed up and I wasn’t really given a solution for it. The doc suggested some physiotherapy work, and that did nothing.
The thing is that if I put too much pressure on that area, walk a lot, exercise, or irritate it, it can become painful and swollen (it becomes rock hard) Then if I leave it alone, it settles down again.
I’ve had this for most of my life and I’ve genuinely never met another person who has the same problem.
I’m not really looking for a diagnosis here - I’m mainly curious: has anyone had pain and recurring swelling in this exact spot? If so, what did doctors tell you it was, and did you ever find anything that helped?

u/PercentageEffective5 — 11 days ago

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Insertional Achilles tendinopathy recovery time

Hi! I started having symptoms of insertional Achilles tendinopathy about a month and a half ago. It wasn't too severe and mostly hurt when I stood still for a long time.

After a few weeks, the pain went away, but a few days ago it flared up again. I was doing calf raises but also stepped on a cord at the same time so I guess both things flared it up.

This time it's only on one side, but it feels a little more severe. I'm sometimes feeling pain at rest and when walking.

I've mostly been icing and resting, but I'm unsure when I should start exercises or gradually load it. It feels like the recovery has been really slow or nonexistent , and I'm wondering if I should see a doctor for some guidance.

For anyone who's dealt with this, how long did recovery take for you? What helped, and when did you start exercising/loading it?

It's frustrating, so I'd really appreciate hearing what worked for others. Thank you!

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u/Quiet_Box_507 — 11 days ago