I broke my ankle about two months ago. The ankle doesn’t hurt and seems to have healed. But the pain on top of the foot above my toes as I roll my foot and put pressure on the front pad is pretty intense. X-rays of the foot showed no broked toes and ankle practically healed. I’ve been out of the cast for a few weeks, and the pain above the toes (on the top) is getting worse. I’ve done the ususal stretching of hamstrings and achilles tendon and exercises with the ankle and toes, but it’s not improving. If anything it’s getting worse. I’ m wondering if they missed a hairline fracture above the toes. Wondering what it could be. Orthopedist is pretty clueless. I’m thinking of a podiatrist next. I have no pain unless I’m walking. I have no pain when I ride my bike. Any thoughts, suggestions, similar experiences.
you need to go to a Podiatrist… (i should know i am one! lol) there are a few problems that could have been missed without a specialist eye?
your right about a possible fracture, may be not an obvious one, a fribergs fracture or a green stick that may be too small to be seen on a stanard x-ray… caused at the time of the ankle injury, or becose you have been walking akwardly on the foot becouse of it?
there is also the posibility of a ‘mortons neuroma’ a trapped and inflammed nerve most commonly between the 1st and 2nd toe (but can be between any), the pain is felt on the top of the foot and only when walking as this is when the bones compress on it!
this again may have alwasy been there and agrivated by the ankle injury or as a direct result of the injury or as a symptom of you walikng akward post injury…
what ever it is get it checked and idealy an MRI/CAT scan to observe the sorft tissues…
there are a number of treatments depending on the outcome of investigations…
good luck but get to a podiatrist…asap