The first metatarsophalangeal joint is the joint that connects the big toe to your foot's first metatarsal bone. It plays a key role in supporting body weight and how your foot works. Treatment will ...

Pain in the balls of the feet is medically known as metatarsalgia. It can result from activities, footwear, injury, or ...

Genetic bone structure of the foot can also play a role ... and tenderness around your big toe joint. The area may be inflamed, hot, and discolored. Sometimes symptoms are sudden and severe ...

but I know he sawed through the joint of my big toe. I heard the drill going into my foot for the screws and staples that hold the cut bone in its new position. The whole procedure is like carpentry.

It happens when the band of tissue that links your heel bone to the front of your foot gets inflamed ... to get this bony bump at the base of the big toe. A big reason people get them, narrow ...

Tendons surrounding the finger and toe joints control the movement of the digits. A sheath, called the synovial membrane, surrounds the tendons. If the synovial membrane becomes inflamed ...

Sanders' initial surgery was in September, treating a dislocated toe and an inflamed nerve ... Sanders had his big toe and second toe on his left foot amputated. He also lost 35 pounds during ...