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Practical, sourced articles from Dr. Efe Ozturk on nerve pain, numbness, tingling and burning in the foot, ankle and leg, and how they are found and treated.
Numbness & burning
Nerve problems after fast GLP-1 weight loss have been reported, most often a squeezed nerve at the knee that surgery can free. The new FDA warning is about the eye, not the feet.
Numbness & burning
Tingling or burning feet can be the first clue to diabetes or prediabetes. Here is what to check, what else causes it, and when a trapped nerve on top of neuropathy can be treated with surgery.
Foot & ankle nerves
Nerves rarely cause swelling on their own, but swollen veins or a cyst can trap the tibial nerve at the ankle. Here is how to tell, which swelling is an emergency, and when surgery helps.
After surgery or injury
An inversion sprain can stretch the peroneal and sural nerves along with the ligaments. Stretched nerves can recover within weeks; when numbness or burning lasts, a nerve release, neuroma surgery or ligament repair can help.
Numbness & burning
Cold narrows the blood vessels in the toes, so brief numbness is normal. Color changes, numbness that won’t fade after warming, or symptoms over one nerve point to Raynaud’s, neuropathy or a pinched nerve that surgery can treat.
Finding the cause
A 10-gram monofilament pressed on the sole shows whether your foot can feel an injury. A failed test means loss of protective sensation, and fixing deformity or a trapped nerve can lower the risk that follows.
Finding the cause
Numbness and weakness come from different nerve fibers, and the pattern points to the cause. A trapped nerve causing foot drop can often be fixed with surgery, while slowly spreading weakness without numbness needs a neurologist.
After surgery or injury
A small nerve next to the big toe or along a lesser toe can be stretched, scarred or cut during forefoot surgery. Most numbness fades; a painful neuroma that doesn’t can be treated with nerve surgery.
Numbness & burning
For people with diabetic neuropathy and a trapped nerve, randomized trials report less pain after decompression, and other studies report fewer repeat ulcers. Who qualifies, and where the evidence still falls short.
Foot & ankle nerves
The fix starts with finding what is squeezing the tibial nerve. Which causes tarsal tunnel release can remove, how well it works, what predicts success, and why imaging matters.
Foot & ankle nerves
Pressure on the nerve just below the outer knee can cause pain, numbness and a weak foot lift. What decompression surgery does for pain, strength and feeling, and why the clock matters.
Foot & ankle nerves
The pain can settle when pressure comes off the nerve, but the scar-like thickening stays. What shoes and injections can do, and what surgery has achieved for people followed up to 15 years.
Numbness & burning
Complete reversal is uncommon, but many people with neuropathy may also have a trapped nerve that surgery can release. How a specialist finds it, what the results show and where the evidence stops.
After surgery or injury
Often, yes. How surgeons match the injury to the repair, how fast nerves regrow, and why the calendar matters more for muscle than for feeling.
Foot & ankle nerves
Often, yes. What decompression, nerve transfer and tendon transfer can restore, why results fall with delay, and how a brace keeps you walking safely while the cause is treated.
Finding the cause
The words you use are real clues. What to say about burning, tingling and electric pain, and how to prepare for your visit.
Numbness & burning
Low B12 can cause numb, tingling feet, and it is treatable. Who is at risk, how it’s tested, and why it isn’t the only cause of neuropathy.
After surgery or injury
Numbness near a scar is common; burning, electric pain is a reason to ask. What’s expected, what the research shows and what can help.
After surgery or injury
Toes catching after an operation? Why foot drop happens, how common it is, what to do right away, and what recovery can look like.
Finding the cause
What the tests measure, what they feel like, how to prepare, and why a normal result doesn’t always rule out a nerve problem.
Finding the cause
Where it starts, what triggers it, and what a tap on the nerve does: five clues to whether your foot symptoms come from the back or the foot.
Numbness & burning
Which toes are numb, and whether it’s one foot or both, tells you a lot. Everyday causes, warning signs and when to have it checked.
Foot & ankle nerves
A roomy toe box, a flat heel and a firm sole can take pressure off the nerve. What to look for, what to skip, and when shoes aren’t enough.
Foot & ankle nerves
Stretching and new shoes haven’t worked? A small nerve under the heel can cause pain that looks just like plantar fasciitis. Here are the clues.
Every article is written for patients in plain language and sourced from published research, guidelines and patient-education references, which are listed at the end of each piece. Articles go live only after Dr. Ozturk has reviewed them, and each one says when it was reviewed. They are general information, not a diagnosis; if something here sounds like your symptoms, call the office or request an appointment.
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