Metatarsalgia is an umbrella term for discomfort in the ball of your foot that is usually triggered when your metatarsal heads become prominent and tender. If calluses are forming under your ...

Prominent metatarsal heads cause these to form. Metatarsalgia can affect males and females of all ages. It is primarily related to repetitive stress and impacts on the foot, and often experienced ...

The pain seems to be focused in the area of the second metatarsal heads. I land forefoot/midfoot, and have much thicker calluses under the second metatarsal heads than on the rest of the ball of ...

A: Freiberg’s Disease is a destructive process involving the metatarsal head, followed by a healing process, which occurs in athletes involved in activities that keep them on their toes (running ...