Morton’s neuroma
resting the foot, better fitting shoes with low or no heels and a wide toe box, a domed insert in the shoe to support the metatarsal arch, anti-inflammation medications, and ice packs. Rapid relief of symptoms can follow a local cortisone injection. For those with persistent symptoms, the swollen nerve tissue may be removed by surgery. This condition is named for the American surgeon Thomas George Morton (1835-1903), whose father was the dentist who discovered the anesthetic effect of ether.
Also known as Morton disease, Morton metatarsalgia, Morton nerve entrapment, Morton’s disease, Morton’s neuroma, Morton’s metatarsalgia, and Morton’s nerve entrapment.
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