Morton's foot

Introduction

Short, hypermobile 1st metatarsal.

Pathology

• hypermobile 1st metatarsal is often inadequate for push-off

Clinical manifestations

• characteristic weight-bearing pattern centered at the 2nd & 5th (rather than 1st & 5th) metatarsal heads
• knee & foot pain (metatarsalgia) especially with activity

Management

• modification of footwear to include an inner border of the shoe bottom that provides a more stable base for push-off may alleviate symptoms
• foot orthoses

More general terms

• musculoskeletal disease/disorder

Additional terms

• metatarsal bone
• metatarsalgia (forefoot pain)
• Morton's neuroma; Morton's entrapment; intergidital or intermetatarsal neuroma