Numbness big toe

I have little feeling in the big toe of my right foot. I can walk normally with the help of adapted orthotics. Recently I was busy behind the computer and then my foot fell asleep. When I got up I couldn’t use my foot anymore and I fell to the ground. I also sometimes have complaints about the small vertebrae in the back, but these are treated by a physiotherapist.

Do you perhaps know what I can do best with my foot and where the complaints come from?

Anonymously

Sepp Mortelmans, podiatrist

The complaints you experience sound like a pinching of a nerve. Locally, this can be a nerve in the foot, but it can also be a nerve that gets pinched higher up in your body from time to time. Initially, you should make sure that when you sit, you don’t bend your knee all the way, but try to keep it slightly stretched. This reduces the chance that the nerve that is in your knee pit will become wedged. If this does not reduce the symptoms, you should definitely ask your physiotherapist whether the cause may be in your back.

If you still have persistent complaints, I advise you to go to your doctor with these complaints for further advice.

Do you also have a question? Then ask one of our experts. Always go to your doctor with urgent questions, the experts are not the right person for that. They also do not diagnose. You can find the other conditions here.

Sepp Mortelmans is a podiatrist. He is a specialist in the field of ultrasound and foot complaints as a result of rheumatism. You can ask him questions about foot problems in general and his field in particular.