Causes

Injury, overuse or conditions causing inflammation involving any of the bones, ligaments or tendons in the foot can cause foot pain. Arthritis is a common cause of foot pain. Injury to the nerves of the feet may result in intense burning pain, numbness or tingling (peripheral neuropathy).

Some common causes of foot pain include:

• Achilles tendinitis
• Achilles tendon rupture
• Avulsion fracture
• Bone spurs
• Broken foot
• Broken toe
• Bunions
• Bursitis (joint inflammation)
• Corns and calluses
• Diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage caused by diabetes)
• Flatfeet
• Gout (arthritis related to excess uric acid)
• Haglund's deformity
• Hammertoe and mallet toe
• High heels or poorly fitting shoes
• Ingrown toenails
• Metatarsalgia
• Morton's neuroma
• Osteoarthritis (disease causing the breakdown of joints)
• Osteomyelitis (a bone infection)
• Paget's disease of bone
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Plantar fasciitis
• Plantar warts
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Raynaud's disease
• Reactive arthritis
• Retrocalcaneal bursitis
• Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)
• Septic arthritis
• Stress fractures
• Tarsal tunnel syndrome
• Tendinitis
• Tumors