UAN:214 Article type:--Symptoms You’ll feel pain down the side of the nail of the big toe (hallux), especially to the touch.Signs The signs are obvious – and unpleasant. There’ll be reddening, festering and ultimately discharge of pus, caused

UAN:208 Article type:--SymptomsYou’ll feel tenderness over the inner side of the joint between your first metatarsal (MT) and big toe, or hallux, and notice that the end of the toe starts to point outwards, forming an angle of up to 90 degrees

UAN:231 Article type:--SymptomsSimple pain in the Achilles tendon on contraction, particularly if you tip-toe or run, although it may settle after a couple of miles. It is often stiff on first getting out of bed.SignsThere may be little

UAN: Article type:--SymptomsIt’s hard to miss a rupture or break of the Achilles tendon (TA). You’ll feel an acute pain, possibly hear a noise as loud as a gunshot, feel faint and a little clammy and find that you cannot stand properly on your toes

UAN:207 Article type:--SymptomsYou’ll notice a painful, hot toe after a run in new shoes or without socks. This may then cause discomfort in any shoes.SignsYour nail turns dark red or black due to blood underneath. This happens because the constant

UAN:211 Article type:--SymptomsHallux rigidus refers to osteoarthritis of the first MTP joint. You’ll feel pain in the joint, worsened by pushing or pulling the toe up and down.SignsAlthough the joint may be swollen, there is often little to see

UAN:221 Article type:--Symptoms You’ll normally feel numbness down the insides of the third and fourth toes, and pain under the ball of the foot which gets worse as you run. Although it may feel like walking on pebbles in shoes it is often relieved

. If the limb goes numb, the bandaging should be released.E reminds us to Elevate the limb. Blood pressure reduces with height – it is lower in our brain than our toes – so the higher the limb is above the heart, the less force there is within the damaged blood

prevent and treat all minor TA problems. Prevention should include: 1 A Sorbothane-type heel raise, lessening the strain on the tendon and softening the landing forces; 2 Ensuring that the heel tabs on your shoes don’t press on your TA when your toes

.Symptoms As well as the pain, you may feel the ankle is a little swollen and becomes progressively more uncomfortable as you point your toes, or turn them in, out or upwards. Sometimes you can pinpoint the exact spot; sometimes it’s more evasive.Signs A doctor