Thanks for your kind words,
Thanks for your kind words, Jesko.
I developed Morton's Neuroma from wearing the wrong kinds of shoes, shoes with tight toe boxes and elevated heels, very typical of today's traditional running shoes. Studies show that the number one cause of Morton's Neuroma is the types of shoes we wear. If you have to wear shoes, try to get some that have a very wide toe box, are very loose-fitting, and have no heel.
When the podiatrists would palptate my neuromas, I didn't always feel pain either. I don't think a pain test like that is a good indication of a neuroma. I was just at the podiatrist the other day, and out of the four neuromas I have been dealing with for the past few years now, he could only get one of them to feel pain, and it was really just extreme discomfort, not pain. If he had kept doing that, it would have evolved into great pain, I'm sure. That's the way these neuromas work on me: I have to be using my feet for a few minutes in order to start feeling, numbness, tingling, then pain. If I'm sitting around, as long as I don't have anything touching my toes, I'm fine. As soon as my toes touch, say the carpet, a blanket, even a sheet, they start to go numb. I can walk on anything soft, like dirt, grass, or carpet, since the uneven/soft surface allows my metatarsals to flex. Only walking (and running) on hard, flat, solid surfaces allow me to go farther before the numbness starts.
Good luck with your treatment, Jesko. Please let us know how you progress and what is done to resolve your pain.
