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I have numbness on the right side of my big toe with pain on the back end of the ball of my foot toward the right side about 1/2 inch from my tendon for 2 months. I walk for exercise and am on my feet for work 3 times a week for 8 hrs. Thanks

 

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July 30 4:22 PM (32 minutes and 1 second later)
         
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Hello and Welcome to Just Answer.

I recently myself had this, so I know what you are going through. This is most likely what they called "repetitive stress injury." It is when you overuse or put too much stress on a body part. When this is ignored and you continue to put stress on your foot for instance, it will continue to get worse, often causing damage. I was walking on a treadmill 2 miles a day. My left foot began to hurt and was very sore, but I kept on walking. It got to the point that I could hardly walk, so I had to stay off of it for several days. Something that I did notice, is that if I wrap my foot and ankle with an ace bandage, it really helps the pain and numbness. I walked 2 miles today with the ace bandage on and i didn't feel any pain or numbness. You just have to make sure that the bandage is not too tight. If you see your toes having a blue tinge or alot of redness, you probably have the bandage too tight. If you have anymore questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

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July 31 5:16 PM (1 day later)
         
Reply to Pam's Post: That suggestion may work for walking when I wear tennis shoes but since I live in Hawaii and work at a retail store I have to wear "cute" (flat OK) to work. Is there an exercise I can do to strengthen or a massage pressure point to press for some results. Thanks
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August 1 12:20 AM (7 hours and 4 minutes and 12 seconds later)
         
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Hello again,

Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. Usually a repetitive stress injury has to have time to heal. Massage might help, but the only thing that I have found that has worked is if something was pretty snug around my foot.   I have tried all sorts of things and nothing has helped. So I am really not sure what to tell you about work. I wish there was a way that you could let that rest for a couple of days. Usually after a couple of days just staying off of it as much as you can, maybe the weekend when you are off, usually helps tremendously.

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