Morton’s neuroma after metatarsal surgery

[butter]

Hello Doctors,

I’ve broken my outer metatarsal (trauma), had a wire inserted, and removed after a year. So far so good.

A few days after the removal I started getting the symptoms of mertons neuroma when wearing shoes (the shoes are rather wide – I’ve never worn especially tight shoes in the past).
I cannot really walk normally when wearing shoes, though the pain changes in intensity over time.

Any non-invasive treatment you can recommend looking into?
Is this something that gets worse when untreated? I saw an orthopaedic, and he told me to use a massage ball, but didn’t seem very interested/concerned in this.

Many thanks!

[Michael Ray]

Hello Doctors,

I’ve broken my outer metatarsal (trauma), had a wire inserted, and removed after a year. So far so good.

A few days after the removal I started getting the symptoms of mertons neuroma when wearing shoes (the shoes are rather wide – I’ve never worn especially tight shoes in the past).
I cannot really walk normally when wearing shoes, though the pain changes in intensity over time.

Any non-invasive treatment you can recommend looking into?
Is this something that gets worse when untreated? I saw an orthopaedic, and he told me to use a massage ball, but didn’t seem very interested/concerned in this.

Many thanks!

Hey, thanks for the questions. Who provided the diagnosis of Morton's neuroma and how was this identified?

[butter]

the orthopedic who oversaw my treatment told me this will go away (he didn’t examine the issue in any way) and prescribed rolling exercises with a fascia ball.

I googled the symptoms and mortons neuroma came up (the symptoms match very, very well)

finding a new orthopedic here is hard (usually a 1-2 month wait and many don’t take any new patients at all).

[Michael Ray]

the orthopedic who oversaw my treatment told me this will go away (he didn’t examine the issue in any way) and prescribed rolling exercises with a fascia ball.

I googled the symptoms and mortons neuroma came up (the symptoms match very, very well)

finding a new orthopedic here is hard (usually a 1-2 month wait and many don’t take any new patients at all).

Interesting. I wouldn't likely agree with recommended management based on the information you've provided. We'd be happy to consult with you: https://www.barbellmedicine.com/shop...-consultation/

Something simple as changing shoes may be helpful but we'd be able to give more insight after speaking with you further.