I've had this a couple of times but this time is agony 
. I can't think of any knocks, I don't do any exercise that could of done it, I just woke up one morning unable to walk
I tried to get a doctors appointment today but they can't see me until next Wednesday and I'm hoping it's bloody well gone by then, I've already had to put up with it for a week!
I can't stretch my foot, as in pointing the toes. I can't bend it at the toes, sort of when you are walking heel - toe, I can't do this, I can only walk flat footed. And more than anything, I can't bear wearing any shoes, my lightest slippers are all I can manage without severe pain, socks are a problem too, but more the getting them on part rather than wearing them.
The pain is over the top of my foot, from the ankle down to the big toe. My big toe and ankle are sort of sore but that's not the main problem. Touching anywhere along that line is very painful.
Oh, I should probably mention it's swollen, but not bruised looking (mind you, I rarely bruise)
Please, please tell me what it is and more to the point, what I can do to make it go away and make sure it doesn't come back.
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Please diagnose me - bad foot pain and can hardly walk
ohtobemeagain · 30/04/2014 18:46
Ok, we really can't diagnose you on here, sorry. It sounds terribly painful.
I can however tell you that I had something very like this. I had heat and swelling for a short while but intermittent and increasing pain on the top of my foot down to the side. First nurse told me my shoes were too tight. Thanks. 
I ended up on crutches as they suspected a serious stress fracture which requires surgical intervention. After 4 weeks on crutches I had an MRI which showed only swelling, no fracture.
Ultimate diagnosis was hypermobility in the (I think) medial cuneiform bone, mid foot. I have known about my hypermobility for years and mentioned it a lot during checks, but people are unreliably informed about it. The non-weight bearing helped a bit with the foot pain but did lots of damage to my knees via muscle atrophy.
Ultimately what helped was more physio and strengthening.
You could however have a nasty stress fracture, particularly if you have increased your training load and have had no obvious acute injury.
Good luck!
Thank you Ona, I did think of gout (I was so desperate I looked at Dr Google 
) but it talks about redness, and seems to be more linked to joints. The pictures I've seen don't look anything like it - but they are probably the extremes I suppose.
There is no redness or discolouration, my foot is just bigger than it should be, if that makes sense.
increased your training load 
I wish!
It may be lack of exercise, but, sadly, it's not due to too much.
A fracture did occur to me, but not from exercise. I was kneeling for quite sometime the day (or maybe 2 days) before on a hard brick floor. There was no pain at the time, and I was getting up and then kneeling down again a couple of times over about an hour, but surely just pressure on the bone wouldn't break it would it?
You could try MIU but even an X-ray may not show a stress fracture (which it probably isn't!) and they are more likely to be able to help with acute injury. GP will either advise rest or refer for X-ray I suspect.
To be honest I take everything mysterious like this to my excellent physio. And he fixes me
Not hypermobile, but at 50 I can say I have had pain and stiffness in most of those joints - usually after gardening
I've got to go for a little while, but please keep the suggestions coming. if nothing else, it's distracting me
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