- All right, Bob and viewers,
the fore foot pain,
the fore foot of your foot is the front part of your foot
and that typically is a majority of foot pain
and the majority of fore foot pain
is typically from metatarsalgia or Morton's neuroma.
There are other ones and we'll - Those are separate things
but oftentimes treated similarly.
- Oh, sure.
- So hold that if you got fore foot pain,
you'll probably have some good hints from this video
but we've got 9.3 seconds to wait and we'll get right at it.
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- All right, location of these pains specifically.
Let's get at it.
Now I sacrificed my foot and
- And it happens that you have Morton's neuroma.
- Ah, yes. So let's look at this.
The blue is a side that you have metatarsalgia on,
the big toe side.
And then where we got the pink
or the reddish splash is Morton's neuroma.
I do have Morton's neuroma, it is on this foot
and I've been dealing with it lately.
- [Bob] Often between the third and fourth toes.
- [Brad] Yes, yeah, right there.
Typically, right, right.
You'll know it's at fourth toe right there
and it's below that and it really hurts.
- [Bob] Yeah. It fires up.
- [Bob] Absolutely. So if we take a look at the bones,
hey we do have a model of a foot here.
We're gonna look this bone
that third or that fourth toe
it's down in this joint right here or below it.
There's a nerve bundle in there that actually gets inflamed
and it's one of those pains that really hurts
but it really doesn't cause any physical damage.
You just can't walk on, it hurts, it's no fun.
- [Bob] It feels like something,
a rock is in your shoe right?
- [Brad] Well, I even describe it when it was really bad
as if you took a pair of pliers and you pinched around there
and someone squeezed really hard.
- Gotcha.
- And you want to get that pressure off there
and we'll show you a few ways to do it.
Then up in the great toe, the big toe
and just below that is typically the other location
or a lot of fore foot pain is there
and luckily, like I mentioned,
the remedies or the home remedies
solutions are both similar.
All right, Bob.
Causes of a pain, we've talked about this before
and everyone, not everyone
but people should be aware of this.
- Right. Very common.
- The shoes are too tight in the toe box.
In other words, where your toes are
needs to be. - The vast majority of shoes.
- Look at the shoe, they come to a point.
They're wide enough back here but they come to a point,
the toes get all squished in.
- [Bob] Here's one where it's been a wider toe box.
- Specifically divided it doesn't or widen it.
Doesn't look as cool perhaps
but I think these are gonna be coming in style.
- [Bob] Yeah. More comfortable everyone.
- Yep. They're more comfortable
and they're gonna look cool when people get used to it.
So get a wide toe box, get some room in there.
The next one is high heels.
I didn't bring a pair of high heels, I forgot mine at home.
Anyways, but your foot slides into that.
- Narrow box.
- Yeah. That pointed and narrow box really?
- It's a torture device.
- Yeah, exactly. They look kind of nice,
so I got to admit
and then the last one is something that may be born with
or it happened with the calcium deposit is bone spurs.
That also, if you have bone spurs
and a tight toe box, it can amplify.
- Bad combo.
- Right. So definitely get the right pair of shoes
and wear those roomy toe boxes.
Yeah. The first thing you do
when you get this fore foot pain
and it becomes very painful and uncomfortable.
- Either one.
- Yeah. Either.
Yeah. Whether it's metatarsalgia or Morton's neuroma,
you need to settle it down.
First of all, quit doing whatever you're doing
that irritates it.
So if it's walking and you have the improper shoes.
- Take a few days off.
- Yep. Take a few days off.
Don't go on your long walks
and then start searching for some shoes.
- You can also use a cold pack.
- Cold pack.
- Right.
- I put cold pack on mine
or just walking on a cold tile floor really feels good
when normally people don't like that.
- And then maybe antiflammatory.
- Ibuprofen, whatever works best for you.
Then the next thing you need to do is address the footwear
and I'm gonna show you a neat little trick
particularly with Morton's neuroma
I've had excellent success with.
Get the wider toe box, we discussed that
and nurse 'em already
but now this is actually my biking shoe
but it doesn't matter, this flared up my Morton's neuroma
is a brand new pair.
I got 'em because the toe box was wider than my old pair.
- [Bob] Still a little bit narrow.
- [Brad] Yeah. It's still narrow.
Plus it has the way it's built,
it was irritating my foot.
I could ride for 45 minutes and it hurt so dog on bad
I wanted to quit riding, not what I wanted.
So what you do is you take the insert,
doesn't matter if it was a biking shoe or walking shoe.
- [Bob] Or running shoe.
- [Brad] Yeah. Whatever shoe it is,
hopefully you gotta insert in it.
Okay. Pull the insert out
and the, now on my foot,
Morton's neuroma, it's in the pink area.
Okay. If I pushed on that, when it was inflamed,
oh it hurts like a son of a gun.
So I want to put the pressure when I bike or walk
down here where you don't have inflammation.
Take the pressure off the inflamed
and it doesn't matter whether it is metatarsalgia,
you can do it, it'll work it for either one
and I took the insert and I put it,
I've done this a number of times
but this method is by far the easiest.
Put it there, I'm pushing right there
actually I can feel a little tenderness right there,
not bad at all, but I know that's the spot,
so I'm not gonna put,
well, this is what I did
I went to the store and I get these little felt pads.
- [Bob] That's a great idea.
- [Brad] They're made for putting under your chair
so they don't scratch your floor.
Yep. They're just felt, and they have a sticky side.
So you can see on here
I've already put three of 'em on there.
My pain, just from putting three of those on there
I went for another ride, went from an eight over ten
down to a two over ten.
So I have to tune it in a little bit.
- [Bob] Right. It's almost there.
- [Brad] Yep. So if you could see the brown pad here
then the two green ones,
they're just different thicknesses.
The Brown's a little thicker
right there where my finger is
is where the Morton's neuroma is here
and I think I'm gonna put another one down in my arch
right there and it sticks and it's nice.
- [Bob] So Brad, I have to say this.
My wife has Morton's neuroma
and I watch your video
and we did what you said and it worked well.
- Well, Bob, you think I just making this stuff up?
- Who knows? - Well, you never know.
- I mean, I'm really amazed.
- You could take these home with you.
- I think I want take some home with me.
- You take some of them as home.
And this is by far the easiest
because they're stuck there
and then you can stick them in there.
- [Bob] You could do multiple adjustments
- [Brad] Before I was putting felt in there or padding
and then I put some duct tape over it.
It's hard to get things to line up.
You stick it in there to darn thing would move.
It really makes you say bad words,
but this is there and it stays where it's supposed to
and it's gonna stay there
and then you try it
you'll feel it, you can clearly feel
if it's too close to the source spot
then you have to move it around a little bit
and you know, it may take two or three times maybe more,
but it works and it's a lot cheaper
than going and getting custom arches
which may or may not work.
It's cheaper than going to the doctor
and cuz there are other nice treatments.
They can inject it, they can do surgeries.
- The fact is it should work.
I mean, it should feel better
if it doesn't, it's not working for you.
- And it's very, very simple, very cheap.
I bought these at the dollar for a dollar.
It's a dollar. - A dollar $25.
- Yeah. It's a dollar and a quarter store now.
So a dollar and a quarter plus tax anyways
and if they don't work on your foot
you can use 'em on your furniture.
- Well done Brad.
- So again, you must get the shoes,
get your pads in there
and then make sure you stretch your calf.
- Oh yes.
- That's a basic one.
The wall, I'm doing the stool stretch.
Can you see that back there, Mike?
If you go to Bob and Brad and how to stretch your calf,
we'll show you multiple ways to stretch your calf properly.
It'll take you a few minutes to watch it
and listen to us babble of course.
- You know, Brad, I'm starting to believe in you.
- Well, Bob, Bob, after how many years now?
And hopefully the viewers are too.
This is really an option that works well.
- Good option.
- Yes. So be careful with those feet.
Remember what they said,
Cap and Dan, you know, in Forrest Gump, yeah.
- [Both Men] Take care of your feet.
- You gotta take care of your feet.
Adios, be careful.