Have you had a numbness, burning, tingling shooting pain at your
heel or bottom part of your foot, you could have tarsal tunnel? Do your
feet feel better after you massage them? Now, most of you have heard of
carpal tunnel syndrome in your wrists. The same syndrome can happen in
your feet and cause you the same symptoms, just in your feet.
So, what causes this syndrome? A nerve in your foot, called the
tibial nerve, becomes entrapped, or one of its branches. As a result of
the nerve becoming entrapped, you will feel these sensations in your
foot all common to a nerve that is being irritated. The diagnosis for
this condition consists of your description of your pain and showing
your podiatrist exactly where the pain is affecting you. There are then
some physical exams that can be done that will help confirm the
diagnosis so that you can then get the treatment you need.
What is behind the compression/entrapment of your nerve? It could
be due to varicose veins (large, twisting, engorged veins) in the area
causing compression on your nerve, a space occupying lesion, swelling
from a sprained ankle and inflammation. Any of these reasons could cause
you to have nerve compression. It is important that we treat both the
cause and the result of this condition.
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