big toe/pad pain

[jackd]

sound very similar to an injury I had a couple of years ago. i thought I had some thing called turf toe which is common in footballers where you tear ligament/tendons from the big toe however after 18 months!!! I sought professional advice he sorted in 1 week. There's a little bone under your big pad where the tendon runs over called a sesamoid. this can get damage and will not heal unless treated properly but like most injuries unless you know what it actually is you can't treat it. go see a physio/podiatrist.

I had an overuse injury which was diagnosed as a sesamoid problem. I did the same thing with an insole and also made a raised pad to go under the other metatarsal heads in my work shoes. Took a while but It got sorted. It's also worth checking out trigger points for that area to see if the cause is referred pain from some where else. Hope it gets sorted soon for you.

[old un]

thanks everyone for your replies booked in at physio next week