What Are Calluses/Corns, Hammertoes, Bunions and Neuromas?
Calluses/Corns: Underling bone problems can cause excessive irritation. Where shoes repeatedly rub, dead skin cells pile up, creating calluses on the bottom of the foot and corns on the toes Hammertoes: are produced by a muscle imbalance which causes the end joints of one or two (or more) smaller toes to bend down, while the closer joints bend up. Another cause may be Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome. Bunions: are painful when the bursa sac becomes inflamed from irritation caused by spreading of the fore foot, pronation, supination or imbalance. Plantar Neuroma: is a nerve growth that often accompanies metatarsalgia. It develops when the nerve between two metatarsal heads is pinched and bruised. Symptoms: a burning numbness or electric shock sensation in the ball of the foot caused by tight shoes, repeated impacts or jolts to the fore foot or by a dropped metatarsal arch. Heel Pain is a chronic inflammation of the plantar fascia, a ligament like structure that passes from the heel to the forefoo
