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If spending more time at home due to COVID has meant less time wearing shoes or sporting your favorite pair of slippers , sandals, or flip flops , you may be experiencing more foot pain than usual. Or, if you've added at-home workouts to your schedule, not wearing the proper footwear or working out barefoot more often could also be causing issues with your feet. Either way, foot pain is alarmingly common: 77 percent of people say they have experienced significant foot pain, according to research by the American Podiatric Medical Association. Specifically within the current stay-at-home period, there's been a rise in certain conditions involving heel pain and nerve pain in between the toes, in part because people aren't wearing supportive shoes, says Grace Torres-Hodges , DPM, a podiatrist based in Pensacola, Florida, and APMA spokesperson. And causes of foot pain can range from injury and inflammation to structural issues and maladaptations.

Pain at the front of the ankle is known as anterior ankle pain. It can be sudden onset acute or develop gradually through overuse. Here we explain the causes of pain at the front of the ankle. The tibialis anterior muscle is the large muscle that runs down the outside of the shin. More on Tibialis anterior tendinopathy. Ankle impingement is when a bony growth at either the front or back of the ankle bone restricts normal ankle range of motion.

Medically reviewed by Drugs. Last updated on Jan 22, Heel pain is a common symptom that has many possible causes. Although heel pain sometimes is caused by a systemic body-wide illness, such as rheumatoid arthritis or gout, it usually is a local condition that affects only the foot. The most common local causes of heel pain include:.

Back to Foot pain. Pain in the bottom of your foot ball, arch or sole will often get better in a few weeks. See a GP if it does not improve. This exercise video is suitable for most people, but is not tailored to any specific condition, characteristic or person. Find out about using the NHS during coronavirus.