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You take your shoes off at the end of the day and your feet feel hot — not sore, not swollen, but burning, as if the soles were pressed against…

Almost everyone gets cold feet in a chilly room or after a winter walk. But if you find yourself asking “why are my feet always cold?” — even when the…

A foot cramp comes out of nowhere: the arch knots up, your toes curl or splay apart, and for a few seconds to a few minutes you can’t do much…

If you’ve had a gout attack, you already know how fast it comes on — often overnight, most often in the big toe joint, with pain so sharp that even…

Morton’s neuroma is a common cause of burning pain in the ball of the foot, usually between the third and fourth toes. Despite the name, it isn’t a tumor —…

Sesamoiditis is a common cause of pain right under the big toe, at the ball of the foot. It comes from irritation of the sesamoids — two tiny bones, each…

Turf toe is a sprain of the big toe joint — the ligaments there get stretched or torn when the toe is forced to bend upward too far. It earned…

Ball of foot pain — the medical name is metatarsalgia — is aching, burning, or sharp pain under the front of your foot, right where the toes meet the sole.…

Pain on the outside of your foot usually traces back to a short list of causes — an irritated tendon, a joint knocked out of place by a twist, or…

Most people want one number: how long does a sprained ankle take to heal? The honest answer depends on how badly the ligaments were stretched or torn. A mild sprain…