Funny Feeling in Bottom of Feet

• #1

Don't know if this is actually Diabetes related or not, fingers crossed it isn't, but someone might have an idea what it could be.

Since last Wednesday I have had a bit of a funny feeling on my right foot. It's on the ball of my foot towards my big toe, on the fleshy pad before the big toe starts. It feels as though I should have a blister or a lump or a bit of hard skin there but I haven't got anything there at all and there is no redness or signs of anything being wrong. It's not painful, either to touch or walk on but when walking it feels like I have something stuck under my foot. As though there is something in my shoe, I'm walking on the stitching of my sock or I have a bit of something stuck on my foot. My intital thought was that I've done something while I've been running or cycling, pulled something or got the start of a blister, but it doesn't feel like an injury. I don't really notice it when I don't have any weight on my foot but as soon as I get up and walk around I get the feeling again.

As I said I get no pain with it and it doesn't feel sore or swollen, just a bit of an irritation. As far as I am aware I don't have any problems with my feet so hopefuly it isn't Diabetes related. If anyone can shed any light on what it could be I'd be grateful.

• #2

Si, I have had neuropathy for a long time, probably 20 years. It started off in just one toe on my left foot and never bothered any other toes or any part of my right foot. Some people say neuropathy is usually symmetrical and if it occurs in one foot then it will ovvur i the other foot too. It has not been that way with me. My neuropathy was diagnosed with an EMG by a neurologist. The neuropathy bothered me very little at first and was not really painful. That was a long time ago though and I cannot recall all of the details. After I started pumping and was no longer having a roller coaster type of control with so many highs and lows, my neuropathy vanished. Do you experience many highs and lows? I am wondering if you have just a wee bit of neuropathy, maybe too little for an EMG to pick up. That is the only thing I have to offer.

• #3

I have numb patches on my feet, which I have had for years (which is why I think I had diabetes before I was diagnosed). They have never got any worse, but they are there continuously.

Sorry have to cut this short, my boss is having problems with the photocopier!

• #4

Richard, The feeling I get is only on one side and doesn't bother me until I put weight on it. I also don't get any pain or numbness just discomfort. Someone else described it as feeling as though your sockes are bunched up under your foot and this seemed a good way to explain it.
My control has been really good since I really clamped down on it since March this year and I don't get swinging highs to lows like I used to, I also don't get many post meal spikes. If anything my control is a lot better than it used to be and is running a bit low. If I ever have to make corrections it's because I have gone below 4 and I take something to bring it back up to around 5.
As you may recall I have had other problems since I clamped down on my control. I got tingling in my hands and fingers, burning on my shins, arms and hands and also a pinched feeling in my finger tips. All these have got a lot better now to the point where they have almost gone but I never had anything with my feet. What I can't understand is why, now that my control is a lot better, I'm getting these problems.

Also I should have an appointment coming through to see a Neuro (for my hands) so I can get this tested and looked at wil I'm there.

• #5

I tend to exercise a lot and pound on my feet a lot. I periodically will get pains in different parts of my feet. I'm a tennis player and bounce on my toes which stretches the ligaments on the bottom of my feet. Once in a while I do get cramps in parts of my feet but they go away. I find it is real important to buy good sneakers and change them every few months. I know last night I was doing a body pump class with an older pair of sneakers. When we came to the lunge track where a lot of body weight was on my back toe, I could feel a lot of discomfort in the toe of my shoe. I do wear orthodics and ball of the foot pads in all my shoes. If it bothers you a lot I would have it checked out.

• #6

Thinking about it I have had a lot of problems with this foot in this area. I got gout about 8 years ago after doing a 24 hour hill walking event. More recently though I have had problems with shoes and trainers. I've just not found them comfortable and have taken several pairs back because I get sore tender feet on the ball of this right foot. I ended up buying expensive insole to run in and I found that using an arche support helped me. This feels similar apart from there is no pain or swelling/heat, it almost feels like i've got something like fluid squishing about when I walk or somethign stuck on the bottom of my foot. Incidentally I do run and cycle quite a bit and the day before I got the problem I'd been to the gym and done quite a bit of rowing.
I'm currently waiting to speak to a podiatrist.

• #7

With all your instense exercise maybe you strained something. I know I can't run anymore because of the wear and tear on my feet. It's ok on the track inside but the pavement outside is too hard on the bottom of my feet. i have found New Balance shoes work best for me because I can buy them in widths which will accomodate my orthodic. The other things that helps me is when I wear 2 pairs of socks. I wear a very thin liner sock and then a diabetic compression ankle sock. I workout a lot to keep bg in a good range and want to keep my feet healthy.

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• #8

Hi, seeing you notice it when you put pressure on it when you stand, it does sound more mechanical in nature [ a mononeuropathy ] usually caused by local trauma, inflamation or infection, in my experience if it was caused by diabetes then the feeling would be there all the time and affecting both feet at the same time, the running or some inflamation [ maybe gout related seeing gout seems to affect the big toe area ] possibly aggravated by the running, your neuro should be able to sort it out for you with tests.

best of luck to you anyway

• #9

I have exactly the same thing. My endo says it can't be diabetic related because my A1C is ok and it's not on both feet, but I'm not sure I believe her. I also am exploring whether it might be from pressure on a nerve where the leg connects to the abdomen, because I almost always end up sleeping on that side and my former stomach folds get bunched up there. (yeah, I know that is disgusting..)

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