Having some issues this year with pain on the underside of my big toes. The tenderness is centred on the 'foot side' area immediately next to the knuckle (on the long axis of the foot) and over towards the second toe side (on the short axis). Sort of equivalent to an A2 pulley area on the fingers. Some googling and asking chat gpt suggests Sesamoiditis but the pain and tenderness is on the bit of the toe I described, not the ball of the foot so unconvinced about that. My toes also click a fair bit if I flex them back and forth though unsure to what extent that may be related. If I'm on a pitch for a while standing around on fairly small feet they can be pretty painful afterwards (even walking in trainers) and I think there can be some swelling. First noticed and got quite bad on a trip in Feb earlier this year and don't feel like it's fully gone away. Fortunately standing more on outside edges and/or heels at rests really helps and if they've got quite bad, they seem to improve surprisingly quickly (overnight really) to a more tolerable pain level.
Anyone else had this? Know what it is? How to get rid?
