Mortons Nueroma any advice

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I've just been confirmed as having 2 of these.

Has anyone had steroids injections ?

If so what was the outcome.
thanks

Only me then 😄

Hi, I was diagnosed with them in May this year.
Got custom made orthotics (from a private MSK podiatrist) which have a metatarsal dome and I'm now pain free. I'll need to wear the orthotics for life as I'm hypermobile and issues will keep reoccurring if I don't, but well worth it to be pain free.
You could look for shoes inserts with a metatarsal dome online if you wanted to try a cheaper option first. I didn't know what was causing my pain until I'd seen the podiatrist, or I might have done that.

Sorry, to answer your actual question - no I haven't had steroid injections for mine!

I did exactly the same as @SchoolNightWine

The orthotics cost a fortune but if I even go a day without them, my feet get sore. I will also have to wear them for life.

The Morton's neuroma is so so painful, it actually makes me gasp if it comes back and I walk on it.

Was also told to avoid walking in bare feet and that has also made a difference (as I used to walk barefoot around the house).

I wasn't offered the steroid injections either (though I have had one in my hip). Even if they do work, it's probably worth taking preventative steps so they don't come back! Horrible things

I was also told not to walk barefoot. I wear Hoka OneOne Recovery sliders in the house all the time and they are like a comfort blanket for my feet! Definitely recommend them to help with all sorts of foot problems - I was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis and tendinopathy too. Orthotics and these sliders have just about sorted them all.

No injections, but I do wear very comfy shoes. Sketchers work well. I also bought a foot massager from Amazon (relatively helpful, certainly relaxing!).

i first noticed pains in my feet in about 2019 and, though I was told no solution, my feet sometimes feel (almost!) fine/normal now (just mild twinges).

One thing (possibly not related!) but I used to drink a couple of glasses of wine every eve — do you? I’m mostly alcohol free now, and my feet have improved (though this may simply be because of generally improved health). Interested to know if anyone else has experienced this correlation.

anyhow here’s the Amazon gadget www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07F387YFK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I've had one for years. As long as I wear good insoles, it's pain free. I definitely don't do barefoot! I have memory foam insoles in my docs or wear sketchers trainers. As I've had previous surgery on my feet, I'm leaving well alone.

First injection - worked for a couple of months
Second injection - didn’t work
Surgery - quick recovery and pain free ever since. I can walk barefoot!

I had the surgery done by a Professor (as opposed to his minions) who does both NHS and private work in London. I cannot recommend him highly enough so if you want his name, please PM me.

Thanks for replies.

Don't drink.
No longer walk barefoot. ever.

Just to make it really awkward I can't wear any type of trainers or boots.
Because I have pustular psoriasis on my feet... and if they get warm....its horrendous.

I think I'm doomed to live in one pair of sandals...including winter 🙁

@DifficultBloodyWoman can't work out how to message.
can you try and message me please.

I had this, it's agony. I had the steroid injection which was excruciating. Not the injection itself but afterwards. I could even cope with a breeze blowing across my foot for a few days as it was so sensitive. I'd still recommend it though as I've had no further problems for 20 years now.

I have had them in both feet. 2 in one and one in the other. I was able to have surgery to have them removed. Best thing ever - I honestly haven't had any problems since! Good luck.

I have a 1cm diameter MN in one foot. The podiatrists think it was caused by me running on a treadmill in unsuitable shoes (Skechers which offer no support) during lockdown.

I was given insoles which didn’t help at all. Then had a steroid injection and the pain was incredible for a couple of days afterwards then it subsided until it was back down to the original level that I had before.

I have to wear completely flat shoes and I have only found one pair of shoes that I can walk any distance in (Asics).

I have now been referred for surgery and am just waiting for a date. Really not looking forward to it as the recovery takes 4-6 weeks and I live alone so it will be awful not being able to drive or even leave the house for the first couple of weeks, so they say anyway.

But they tell me it will get worse over time so I need it doing as walking is my thing, it’s what I do to keep fit physically and mentally. And when I was just trying to walk through it I started to develop pain in my hip as well because of the adjustment I was making to my gait. So I need it sorting once and for all (hopefully).

Wish me luck!

Yes. I had (<- note the tense) a terrible one in my right foot between 3rd and 4th toe. It was agony.

I first had a cortisone injection and then an insole. The injection was great (enabled me to run a marathon), but the insole was meh. It were basically a "button" designed to sit under the neuroma and elevate the relevant joint so as to spread the toes apart, but it made my entire foot and leg very sore because it disturbed the workings of the whole physiological chain).

After a lot of experimentation, I swear by always buying wide fitting shoes (so that your forefoot hardly touches the sides and there is never any lateral compression on any of the toe joints), by never wearing completely flat shoes and by never wearing heels. I've now had no further relapses in 10 years.

Just get the surgery and have it removed. It's done under a local, they inject around your ankle, and is a quick procedure as operations go. The recovery was fine and the sheer blessed relief of no longer having the burning, shooting pain is fantastic.

Good luck to those having the operation.

Gosh the steroid injections sound scarey. thanks for warning me though. 😀

I’ve PMed you. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Unlike a pp, my op was done under general anaesthetic rather than local. My recovery time was far quicker though. I took a week off work and then used crutches for a week, maybe two, while commuting in London on the tube. I wore very supportive trainers for a few weeks and then back to normal shoes. No reoccurrence of the problem in (about) ten years.

My feet are wider now (well, that one is anyway) and they were wide before the surgery too. Wide enough that I can’t buy shoes from places like LK Bennet (who has feet that narrow?!?). M&S normal fitting are usually ok, M&S wide fitting is fine (although currently boycotting them for other reasons) and Hobbs wide fit are also fine.