Foot Pain
Arthritis is a common cause of foot pain, but the pain can be treated. Diabetic foot pain treatment provides relief for the disease that leads to top-of-foot pain and throbbing, sometimes unbearable, discomfort. Ankle injuries and accidents that lead to pain on top of the foot are surprisingly common. Your Midtown Manhattan sports medicine clinic can relieve your pain and get you back to your favorite sport.
Your feet are complex structures made up of ligaments, tendons, muscles and bones that serve you, providing functional mobility and flexibility. Yet they're so vulnerable to damage. Protect your feet as much as possible, but don't hesitate to seek medical help if they start hurting.
When there's something wrong with your feet, you may feel burning sensations and pain on top of the foot. If the sensitive nerves running to your extremities are compromised, such as in the case of peripheral neuropathy, you end up with top-of-foot pain. Or you may need foot heel pain treatment if you have a torn or tender Achilles tendon.
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Without sufficient foot pain treatment, even mild discomfort can be disabling. Rarely is foot pain just an irritation? Instead, because of the many potential causes of foot pain and because your feet are so vital to your continued mobility, get a thorough examination from an experienced sports medicine doctor familiar with the many causes of foot pain.
Commonly seen conditions that require treatment:
Any injury or disease that affects your ankles or toes — or causes radiating pain like certain cases of lower back pain – can create foot pain. While you may think you can diagnose and treat your own foot pain, see a specialist instead, particularly if you experience:
Diabetic Foot Pain Treatment
Type 2 and type 1 diabetes can lead to damage to your feet by affecting the blood vessels and nerves. The two most common types of conditions that require diabetic foot pain treatment are peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD). Untreated, PAD and PVD can lead to severe infection and gangrene that could eventually lead to the need for amputation of your foot.
And not all the symptoms of PVD and PAD are in your feet. You may have other symptoms that appear before you ever even feel the need for diabetic foot pain treatment. At the same time, when you have diabetes, you need to have your feet regularly examined.
Some symptoms of PAD and PVD include:
- Hair loss
- Foot and leg coldness
- Discomfort in your feet even when you're resting
- Weak calf muscles
- Extremity numbness
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Athletes and Pain on Top of the Foot
Top-of-foot pain typically is due to overuse. When you extend your foot for long periods of time, like years spent running or speed walking, your feet may rebel with top-of-the-foot pain telling you to take a break or stop altogether. While you'll certainly encounter top-of-foot pain if something heavy is dropped on your foot, it's also easy to overextend the tendons there.
Playing a sport like a football, where you may twist your foot as you fall, also can result in pain on top of the foot symptoms. Mild tendonitis often can be relieved by home remedies such as ice, rest, and elevation, while foot pain treatment for athletes may require surgery, casts, and physical therapy.
Foot Heel Pain Treatment
Treatment for pain in the back of your foot may require repairing tendons if you have a ruptured Achilles tendon. Otherwise, rest, activity modification, and shoe inserts may be enough of a foot heel pain treatment. To prevent injury, wear proper shoes for your activities.
Other potential treatment options include:
Foot injections
Ankle injections
Prescription or over-the-counter pain medications
Surgery
Sciatica treatment
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Dr. Febin Melepura, MD
Double Board-Certified Pain Specialist
Meet Dr. Febin Melepura — Your Foot Pain Specialist in NYC
Dr. Febin Melepura, MD is a double board-certified interventional pain management specialist and the founder of the Sports Pain Institute of New York. He completed his residency and fellowship training at New York Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center, one of the nation's leading academic medical centers.
He holds dual board certifications from the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Medicine, and has treated more than 7,500 patients and performed over 5,250 procedures throughout his career. He has been named a Top Pain Management Doctor in New York and one of America's Top Doctors™ by Castle Connolly.
Dr. Melepura's approach to foot pain is rooted in precision: identify the exact source, treat it with a targeted injection, and get you back to your daily life as quickly as possible.
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"Dr.Melepura was very efficient and interpersonal, felt like he was understanding the problems I was having and explained the processes to take to rehabilitate. I would recommend."
"I felt listened to and truly understood by Dr. Melepura. Started PT the very next day. They were very friendly and I didn't feel rushed at all. Already recommended them to my friends who have or continue to play through pain."