You have indicated that you have a toe pain

Below are some specific descriptions of symptoms related to a running toe injury or toe pain.

Decide which description most closely matches the toe problem you are experiencing then click on
the button next to it. You will be presented with a likely diagnosis for your toe injury and advice as to
what to do.

You can diagnose other running injuries here.

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Click on the description that most closely matches your symptoms:

Symptom 1

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  • Pain in and around the ball of the big toe.
  • The big toe may have started to point towards the 2nd toe, creating a bump on the outside of the base of the big toe, which may be tender to touch.
  • Often worse when wearing shoes, and during and after running.
  • Can be an episodic problem (on and off over time).
  • Bunions are a very gradual deformity, often taking years to develop, even if symptoms have only been there for a short while.

Symptom 2

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  • Quite localised pain in the toes, normally in the space between the third and fourth toes.
  • Pain may be sharp or dull, and is often described as electric.
  • Pain on running and wearing tight shoes.
  • Often there is pins and needles or numbness in the toes.
  • Pain when you squeeze your toes together at the ball of your foot.
  • Pain if you press between the bones of your toes.
  • Can be caused by tight or old shoes, overuse, running on your toes, wearing hard soled work shoes.

Symptom 3

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  • Sharp or dull pain radiating into the arch of the foot/heel/toes.
  • Tingling, numbness, burning, or electric shock feeling on the inside of the ankle or the sole of the foot.
  • Pain with prolonged standing.
  • Pain when running.
  • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome is commonly caused by tight shoes or fallen arches.