Other Causes of Forefoot Pain
- Metatarsalgia (pain and inflammation of the metatarsal bones and their soft tissue sheath)
- Capsulitis (pain and inflammation of the joints between the metatarsal bones and toes)
- Tendonitis (inflammation of the tendons which run along the top of the foot)
- Dislocation of a joint between a metatarsal and a toe(metatarsal-phalangeal joint)
- Severe plantar callus (callus on bottom of the foot) or bursitis (an inflamed fluid-filled sack often between a bone and an area of pressure)