Suggest Remedy For Tingling And Numbness On Foot

Posted on Wed, 6 May 2015

Question: About a year ago, I missed a stair coming downstairs in my house and fell. I landed on my left foot and hurt it. The pain was pretty bad. When I tried to get up I would get light headed and about pass out. After a time I was able to get up. I went to the ER. When I got there I was cold and shaking a lot. An x-ray was taken. The ER doctor felt the foot was broken. I was fitted with a temporary cast. Two days later I saw an orthopedic doctor and he said it was not broken, he told me to put a shoe on it and walk. I am still having problems with the foot. The bone on the top of the foot sticks up some but the main issue I am having is the foot swells and hurts. It also has a tingling or numbness feeling to it. The pain starts in the arch of my foot towards the heel and goes over the top of the foot in between the toes and bone at the top of the foot. The main numbness is on the bottom of my foot. I like to walk - a lot, but am finding it is painful to walk other than day-to-day walking. I am 52 years old; 5 ft 6" and weight 145 lbs.

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (59 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Likely to be due to a nerve root compression .

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for your query.

Pain, tingling and numbness in the foot that you are having are likely to be due to a nerve root compression at back . You need to get an MRI scan of the area done and consult a neurophysician for proper diagnosis and treatment.

The main treatment of such pain is bed rest along with pain killers and muscle relaxants. Muscle relaxants can help with your symptoms if used in appropriate dosage in combination with a potent analgesic.

I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.

Take care

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar