Question: I am often woken during the middle of the night with a pain in my foot. It is not in my toes, but the bone that goes from my big toe – the first metatarsal. It isn’t connected with activity ...

"Metatarsalgia is a generic term that describes pain or inflammation under the ball of the foot," explains Arianna Gianakos, ...

Metatarsalgia is a condition that causes pain in the ball of a person’s foot. Metatarsalgia generally affects the heads of a person’s second and third metatarsals. The metatarsals are long ...

These joints form the ball of the foot. The first metatarsal phalangeal joint sits in line with the big toe. It is a common area for foot pain and other problems. Arthritis can affect many ...