Pain in the forefoot (below the head of the metatarsals), calluses appear in this area.
It is due to an overload of this area, tend to favor: obesity, deformities of the foot (foot dig), use of inappropriate footwear (with heel), deformity of the fingers (toe claw and hammer).Neurological and vascular disorders.
It is done by using appropriate footwear, insoles with a pad behind the calluses to unload the area, periodic filing of the calluses.Surgery is rarely necessary, when in spite of the treatments described above important skin hardness and ulcerations occur.