Morton’s Neuroma
Injection Therapy
Specialist assessment and corticosteroid injection therapy
for Morton’s neuroma in our Clanfield clinic
Make an injection enquiryWhat Is Morton’s Neuroma?
Morton’s neuroma is a painful irritation and thickening of a small nerve in the forefoot, most commonly between the third and fourth toes.
Symptoms can include burning, shooting or tingling pain in the ball of the foot, sometimes with altered sensation into the toes.
Some people describe the feeling of walking on a pebble or having something inside the shoe. Symptoms are often aggravated by tighter footwear, prolonged walking or higher-impact activity.
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When Can an Injection Help?
Corticosteroid injection can be helpful when Morton’s neuroma is causing persistent forefoot pain, burning or altered sensation that is affecting walking, footwear, exercise or everyday activity.
Reducing irritation around the nerve can make walking more comfortable and help you return to the activities you want to do.
Your specialist will assess the location and pattern of your symptoms, footwear, activity levels and previous treatment before discussing whether an injection could be a useful option for you.
How Does a Morton’s Neuroma Injection Work?
Corticosteroid is an anti-inflammatory medicine.
For Morton’s neuroma, the injection is placed around the affected nerve in the forefoot with the aim of reducing irritation and pain.
For some people, this can make walking and footwear more comfortable and provide a useful opportunity to increase activity again.
Do I Need an Ultrasound Before an Injection?
Yes. We require ultrasound imaging before proceeding with a Morton’s neuroma injection.
Ultrasound helps confirm the diagnosis, identify the location of the neuroma and check for other possible causes of forefoot pain.
If you have already had an appropriate ultrasound, your specialist can review the report and imaging where available.
If you have not yet had one, we can arrange the ultrasound for you as part of your assessment pathway.
Once the imaging has been reviewed alongside your symptoms and clinical examination, your specialist can discuss whether injection therapy is the most appropriate next step.
That is the wording I’d use — clear, but not “you can’t have treatment until you go away and organise a scan yourself.” Your imaging service already supports ultrasound referral and interpretation.
Is Corticosteroid the Only Treatment?
No. Management of Morton’s neuroma often includes reducing pressure through the forefoot and improving comfort during walking.
This may include footwear changes, wider toe-box shoes, metatarsal padding or insoles and temporary modification of aggravating activity.
Injection therapy can form part of this wider plan when symptoms remain troublesome despite appropriate measures.
If symptoms remain significantly limiting, your specialist can also advise whether a foot-and-ankle surgical opinion may be helpful.
Specialist Morton’s Neuroma Injections in Clanfield
Assessment and injection therapy for Morton’s neuroma are available through our specialist Foot & Ankle service in Clanfield with Suzanne Gray, Foot, Ankle & Knee Specialist Physiotherapist. Suzanne’s current clinic and specialist profile are based in Clanfield.
Suzanne will assess whether your symptoms are consistent with Morton’s neuroma, arrange or review ultrasound imaging and discuss whether corticosteroid injection, footwear modification, rehabilitation or onward referral would be the most useful next step.
Frequently Asked Questions About Morton’s Neuroma Injections
Do I definitely need an ultrasound?
Where Is the Injection Given?
What Is the Aim of the Injection?
Will I Still Need to Change My Footwear?
Can the Injection Be Repeated?
When Might Surgery Be Considered?
Not Sure Whether an Injection Is Right for You?
You do not need to know whether Morton’s neuroma is definitely the cause of your symptoms before contacting us.
Tell us where your forefoot pain is, how it affects walking or footwear and what you would like help with. Your enquiry will be reviewed by our Foot & Ankle specialist, who can arrange any ultrasound imaging you need and advise on the most appropriate next step.
