Ten years ago or so, I really enjoyed biking a lot, but I stared to get a pain between the middle and “ring finger” toe on my left foot when I had been riding for a couple of hours.
I tried different shoes to no avail, and went to an ankle and foot specialist, and he diagnosed a neuroma in my left foot. He tried cortisone injections, and when that did no work, he suggested injecting alcohol to kill the nerve - “sclerosing”.
I declined killing the nerve and rode less, I was also hit by a car at the time - not badly heard, but sort of phobia now about cars.
I stopped riding, and the pain mostly stopped.
I do a fairly vigorous kind of social dancing - called “contra dance” - and the toes will occasionally bother me if I dance for more than 3-4 hours.
I kept in mind the advice I had heard about wider toe boxes in my shoes, etc., and I switched over - pretty much exclusively to Vibram FiveFingers 7 or 8 years ago. I don’t think that restrictive shoes are the issue anymore.
I started the Beginner template a could of weeks ago, and I pulled out my old bike for GPP LISS work.
I much prefer riding outside to any indoor work - but last night, I pushed a little harder, and I feel the beginning tingling in my left foot.
Has there been any new treatments developed for Morton’s neuroma in the last decade?
I really don’t want to kill a nerve for what seems to me to be an extremely intermittent problem - I assume that the nerve serves some function, but I would also really like to ride my bike for LISS.
I am 69, if that matters.
Thanks.