When your foot or leg nerves get damaged it causes a burning foot pain. As you can understand, burning foot pain leads to chronic pain in the foot. The common causes of this problem are an injury or medical condition. According to doctors, there is no one symptom for the development of burning foot pain. The amount of pain varies from person to person and may finally result in numbness of the damaged area in spite of inserting pins or needles in that area. Treatment is essential to improve the condition of the person on time or else the condition will worsen.
Let’s look at the most common causes of burning pain in feet and how they are treated
1) Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is caused when the foot or leg nerves get injured due to an accident or medical condition. You may have a burning sensation anywhere from the spin down to the feet. Diabetes, injury such as fractures, infections, or wrong medication may cause Peripheral neuropathy. However, in about 30% of cases the cause remains unknown.
You will start feeling tired, with no effect of pins and needles inserted in the affected area. The damaged nerves will become numb. Also, you will have an altered balance and co-ordination problem. Many people say both their feet are affected by Peripheral neuropathy. Treatment varies depending on the specific cause of the peripheral neuropathy.
2) Morton’s Neuroma
Morton’s Neuroma causes burning pain in one of your foot and feels like you are standing on hot sand or sharp stones. It is caused when the soft tissues surrounding the foot nerves become condensed. The most common causes of this problem are doing strenuous activities every day such as jumping, running, climbing walls, or mountains, or any other high-impact work. Wearing tight-fitted footwear also causes Morton’s Neuroma in both men and women.
You should immediately stop wearing high heels or narrowly pointed shoes since they are main culprits of this disorder. You will get some relief from the pain by resting for a longer period of time, applying ice on the damaged area, taking anti-inflammatory medication, and wearing good-fitting shoes. Orthotics, injections, and surgery may be necessary in case of acute pain.
3) Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)
Peripheral Vascular Disease leads to less blood flow to the extremities. Thickening of the artery wall, stenosis, and blood clot can cause PVD. You will feel burning foot pain along with weakness, muscle pain, sores or ulcers, and note changes in skin colour from normal to blue or purple. You will also start having hair fall and abnormal nail growth.
Your doctor will advise you to do regular exercise, stop smoking and follow a healthy diet. You also need to control diabetes and take medication to improve the condition.
4) Metatarsalgia
Metatarsalgia causes burning foot pain below the metatarsal bones. Excessive walking and running causes stress on your foot leading to muscles weakness and tightness. Also poor-fitting footwear, bunions, stress fractures and gout may result in Metatarsalgia.
You must take good rest, apply ice, do exercises, wearing comfortable footwear and use metatarsal pads to get rid of the pain.
5) Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease
Your feet will start to feel weak and start paining. The condition is caused by abnormal peripheral nerves. Doctors say it is a hereditary disorder caused by genetic mutation. You will be unable to lift your foot upwards, have numbness and poor balance.
Doing exercises, orthotics, braces and occasionally surgery may improve your condition and help you return to normal life.
6) Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
When the tibial nerve gets compressed, this problem arises. Common causes are bone spurs, tumour, foot swelling, cyst, and ganglions. You will develop a burning foot pain on the sole of your foot, with numbness in the heel and toes. Usually this syndrome affects only one foot.
Treatment includes taking rest, performing regular exercises, taking medication, and injections. If condition doesn’t improve, your doctor may suggest a surgery.
7) Erythromelalgia
Only a fraction of people suffers from erythromelalgia where their blood vessels get intermittently blocked causing a burning foot pain. It is a rare neurovascular disorder that is caused because of problem in the neuropathological and microvascular systems. You will develop swelling in your foot coupled with acute pain. You need to cool down your foot by removing socks. However, it id adviced not to take cold water baths during erythromelalgia as it may only lead to greater damage of your foot.
Other causes of burning pain are Diabetic neuropathy, alcoholism, chronic kidney disease, hypothyroidism, Vitamin B12 deficiency, and more.
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Peripheral neuropathy is caused when the foot or leg nerves get injured due to an accident or medical condition. You may have a burning sensation anywhere from the spin down to the feet. Diabetes, injury such as fractures, infections, or wrong medication may cause Peripheral neuropathy. However, in about 30% of cases the cause remains unknown.
You will start feeling tired, with no effect of pins and needles inserted in the affected area. The damaged nerves will become numb. Also, you will have an altered balance and co-ordination problem. Many people say both their feet are affected by Peripheral neuropathy. Treatment varies depending on the specific cause of the peripheral neuropathy.
2) Morton’s Neuroma
Morton’s Neuroma causes burning pain in one of your foot and feels like you are standing on hot sand or sharp stones. It is caused when the soft tissues surrounding the foot nerves become condensed. The most common causes of this problem are doing strenuous activities every day such as jumping, running, climbing walls, or mountains, or any other high-impact work. Wearing tight-fitted footwear also causes Morton’s Neuroma in both men and women.
You should immediately stop wearing high heels or narrowly pointed shoes since they are main culprits of this disorder. You will get some relief from the pain by resting for a longer period of time, applying ice on the damaged area, taking anti-inflammatory medication, and wearing good-fitting shoes. Orthotics, injections, and surgery may be necessary in case of acute pain.
3) Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)
Peripheral Vascular Disease leads to less blood flow to the extremities. Thickening of the artery wall, stenosis, and blood clot can cause PVD. You will feel burning foot pain along with weakness, muscle pain, sores or ulcers, and note changes in skin colour from normal to blue or purple. You will also start having hair fall and abnormal nail growth.
Your doctor will advise you to do regular exercise, stop smoking and follow a healthy diet. You also need to control diabetes and take medication to improve the condition.
4) Metatarsalgia
Metatarsalgia causes burning foot pain below the metatarsal bones. Excessive walking and running causes stress on your foot leading to muscles weakness and tightness. Also poor-fitting footwear, bunions, stress fractures and gout may result in Metatarsalgia.
You must take good rest, apply ice, do exercises, wearing comfortable footwear and use metatarsal pads to get rid of the pain.
5) Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease
Your feet will start to feel weak and start paining. The condition is caused by abnormal peripheral nerves. Doctors say it is a hereditary disorder caused by genetic mutation. You will be unable to lift your foot upwards, have numbness and poor balance.
Doing exercises, orthotics, braces and occasionally surgery may improve your condition and help you return to normal life.
6) Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
When the tibial nerve gets compressed, this problem arises. Common causes are bone spurs, tumour, foot swelling, cyst, and ganglions. You will develop a burning foot pain on the sole of your foot, with numbness in the heel and toes. Usually this syndrome affects only one foot.
Treatment includes taking rest, performing regular exercises, taking medication, and injections. If condition doesn’t improve, your doctor may suggest a surgery.
7) Erythromelalgia
Only a fraction of people suffers from erythromelalgia where their blood vessels get intermittently blocked causing a burning foot pain. It is a rare neurovascular disorder that is caused because of problem in the neuropathological and microvascular systems. You will develop swelling in your foot coupled with acute pain. You need to cool down your foot by removing socks. However, it id adviced not to take cold water baths during erythromelalgia as it may only lead to greater damage of your foot.
Other causes of burning pain are Diabetic neuropathy, alcoholism, chronic kidney disease, hypothyroidism, Vitamin B12 deficiency, and more.
Article Provided By MBT UK Physiological Footwear. Visit our official webstore - https://shop.mbt.com/uk.