Morton’s Neuroma
Morton’s neuroma is a painful condition that affects the ball of your foot, most commonly the area between your third and fourth toes. Morton’s neuroma may feel as if you are standing on a pebble in your shoe or on a fold in your sock.
The American Podiatric Medical Association explains this is a painful condition resulting from a non-cancerous growth of nerve tissue between your 3rd and 4th-toes. It can also cause a burning sensation, tingling or numbness, it adds.
The association explains this condition can make walking difficult – literally causing patients to stop in their tracks thinking there is a rock or another object in their shoe. An improper shoe that “causes the toes to be squeezed together” is one possible explanation for the problem, it explains.
