Morton's Neuroma

It often begins with a strange sensation — as though you're walking on a stone that isn't there. Then comes the pain: stabbing, burning, sometimes like an electric shock between the toes. The forefoot becomes a minefield. Every step a calculation: how do I place my foot so the lightning doesn't strike?

Medically, Morton's neuroma is a thickening of the tissue around a toe nerve, most commonly between the third and fourth metatarsal bones. The nerve is compressed, irritated, inflamed. Narrow shoes and improper loading are considered triggers. But from a psychosomatic perspective, a different question arises: what is happening in your life that is literally taking away your firm footing? Why does it hurt precisely at the point where you push off from the ground — the very point from which every next step begins?

Morton's neuroma is no accident in the forefoot. It is a compressed impulse.