Painful joints can occur is any area of the foot or ankle. Most
often, the cause is due to a previous acute injury which can later
manifest into chronic joint damage and pain.
Pain
can be associated with stiffness, but not in all cases. When one has pain in the
joint this usually indicates that the joint cartilage is worn down to bare bone
or the bone to bone pressure is extraordinarily high (bone end pounding on bone
end).
The the most common areas in the foot or ankle are the
Great Toe joints, 2nd and 3rd toe joints, the calcaneal-cuboid joint and
the ankle.
Pain in these joints can cause severe disability if
not treated accurately and promptly.
