Anatom3DMorton's neuroma
Neuroma interdigitale (Mortoni) · Mortonův neurom
What it is
A thickened nerve between the third and fourth toes, pinched by tight shoes; it feels like walking on a pebble.
Symptoms & signs
- Burning pain in the ball of the foot
- feeling of a stone in the shoe
- numbness or tingling between the toes
- relief on taking shoes off
🚩 Get help if…
- see a doctor soon Red, hot, swollen foot or fever
- see a doctor soon Numbness spreading across the foot
- see a doctor soon Pain in a foot you cannot feel well, as in diabetes
- see a doctor soon Pain that stops you walking despite wider shoes
Where it strikes
Medical treatment
- Wide, low-heeled shoes
- metatarsal pad
- steroid or alcohol injection
- surgery (neurectomy) if it persists
Natural & lifestyle
- Change footwear
- foot massage and rolling
- calf stretching
Emerging & experimental
- Radiofrequency ablation
- cryoneurolysis
Alternative, off-label & anecdotal
Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.
- Acupuncture — small studies ease pain early / small studies
- Custom orthotics — trials disagree mixed evidence
- Magnesium or B-vitamin complex for nerve pain — anecdotal anecdotal / traditional
ICD codes
- ICD-10 G57.6
- ICD-11 8C11.6 Lesion of plantar nerve