Why does it feel like I have a stone under my heel?

If every step you take feels like you’re stepping on a rock causing pain on the ball or heel pad of your foot, you might have a bone bruise. You might also have another condition such as metatarsalgia, plantar fasciitis, a heel spur, a stress fracture, or Morton’s neuroma.

Why does it feel like there is a ball in my heel?

Morton’s neuroma, also called intermetatarsal neuroma, is the thickening of tissue in your toe. This tissue is next to a nerve. Pressure against the nerve irritates it and causes pain. You might be walking along and feel a pain near the ball of your foot, like there’s a little pebble inside your shoe.

Can heel pain be something other than plantar fasciitis?

Bob Baravarian explained, “Heel pain could stem from many causes: nerve pain, bursitis, stress fracture, bone bruise, bone cyst. When you’re dealing with a mechanism as complex as the human foot, every possibility must be considered.”

Why does it feel like something is stuck on the bottom of my foot?

A condition called Morton’s neuroma entails swelling or extra growth around the nerve between two of your smaller toes. The thickened area can feel like something under your foot when you walk. It can also cause a lot of pain—because the nerve is pinched—and numbness—because its normal function is impaired.

What is the lump under my heel?

If the lump on your heel develops gradually, appears on the bottom of your foot, and is less than an inch in diameter, it may be a plantar fibroma–a benign lump that is a mass of cells. Plantar fibromas usually show up on the bottom of your foot, beneath the heel.

Why do I feel something under my foot?

What causes tarsal tunnel syndrome?

Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) is caused by compression of the posterior tibial nerve as it travels through the tarsal tunnel. Compression of the posterior tibial nerve can cause pain, tingling or numbness in the foot.

What is spur heel?

A heel spur is a bony growth that pokes out below your back heel bone inside your foot. Heel spurs happen when there’s stress on your foot ligaments. Most people don’t realize they have a heel spur until they seek help for heel pain. Heel spurs can’t be cured.

How do I know if I have plantar fasciitis or heel spurs?

Some patients have a duller pain before they notice the stabbing heel pain. While many people with plantar fasciitis also have heel spurs, the spurs are not usually the cause of pain. When a heel spur is indeed responsible, the jabbing pain may be centered in the heel.

What does it mean when your foot Hurts when you step?

If every step you take feels like you’re stepping on a rock causing pain on the ball or heel pad of your foot, you might have a bone bruise. You might also have another condition such as metatarsalgia, plantar fasciitis, a heel spur, a stress fracture, or Morton’s neuroma.

What does it feel like to have a callus on your foot?

Generally, the complaints patients present with are feeling like they are walking on a painful stone or thorn on the ball or heel of their foot, they don’t recall stepping on anything to cause this pain, and while there is a small callus in the area of pain, it does not seem to help when the patient grinds the callus down at home.

What is a stone bruise on the ball of your foot?

A stone bruise is a pain on the ball of your foot or the pad of your heel. Its name has two derivations: If you step down hard on a small object — such as a stone or pebble — it’s painful, and often the pain lasts long after your foot is off the pain-causing object.

What causes heel pain at the bottom of the heel?

Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of pain in the bottom of the heel, the arch or both areas. The plantar fascia is a thick, fibrous, ligamentlike band on the bottom of the foot. It is attached to the heel, runs forward along the foot and attaches again at the ball of the foot.