CONDITION: Morton's Neuroma

DESCRIPTION:

Overview of Morton’s Neuroma: Burning pains in various parts of the body are believed to be due to nerve injuries or nerve tumors, called neuromas. They are a noncancerous (benign) growth of nerve tissue, or a nerve entrapment. The most common type, called a Morton's neuroma, occurs in a digital nerve in the foot, often between the third and fourth toes. It involves a thickening of tissue around a digital nerve, which may be a result of ligament or tendon weakness. Morton's neuroma is typically diagnosed from the symptom of burning pain in a toe or toes. Although this burning pain and numbness may be due to nerve entrapment, it may also be due to ligament and tendon weakness. The condition occurs most frequently in women.

How does Morton's neuroma develop? When pressure, injury or irritation is applied to the digital nerves that lead to the toes, ligaments and tendons are weakened. The foot responds to the trauma with a growth of thickened nerve tissue, or a neuroma. A Morton's neuroma can result from wearing poorly fitted or high-heeled shoes that compress and put pressure on the feet, as well as very athletic and high-impact activities that traumatize the feet. It can also be due to poor foot mechanics.
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What are the symptoms of Morton's neuroma? Morton's neuroma involves sensations of pain, tingling or numbness, such as in the ball of the foot, which may radiate through to the toes. Some people also experience numbness in the toes. Pain intensifies during the course of the day and after standing, walking or otherwise putting pressure on the feet. The pain and discomfort increases with poorly fitting or narrow shoes, as well as with high-impact foot activity.

Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of Morton's neuroma but they do not address the root of the problem. By strengthening structural weaknesses in the body, as natural medicine therapies like Prolotherapy do, Morton's neuroma can be healed permanently.

Discover why we believe that natural medicine treatments are the best way to treat Morton's neuroma.