Anatom3DLateral plantar nerve
Nervus plantaris lateralis · Zevní chodidlový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A branch of the tibial nerve crossing the sole of the foot toward its outer side under the short flexor muscles.
What it does
Moves most small sole muscles and brings feeling from the outer sole and fourth and fifth toes.
Keeping it well
Its first branch can be trapped at the heel (Baxter nerve), a cause of stubborn heel pain.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Fibromyalgia
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Morton's neuroma
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies