Arthritis on toes

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Autumnleaves Jul 2021 8:42pm, 27 Jul 2021 16,915 posts	0 Autumnleaves If you haven't already tried, volteral 12 hour pain relief gel is pretty good.
Dooogs Jul 2021 8:45pm, 27 Jul 2021 6,968 posts	0 Dooogs Ooh, thanks, AL - I was saving analgesics as a last resort for when all the other options had been exhausted...
LazyDaisy Jul 2021 9:26pm, 27 Jul 2021 33,869 posts	0 LazyDaisy I just looked up local NHS MSK Podiatry self-referral options. It sounded hopeful to begin with - it covers Painful musculoskeletal foot problems in children and adults</> but then goes on to say they will not accept referrals for Adult MSK conditions that cause mild pain but is not affecting the ability to work I guess running at least 20 miles a week would be similar to 'not affecting ability to work' In fact, mostly, my toe pain is helped enormously by having these amazon.co.uk together with these shoeinsoles.co.uk to spread my weight more evenly across the foot, in every pair of running shoes.
LazyDaisy Jul 2021 6:30pm, 28 Jul 2021 33,879 posts	0 LazyDaisy Oops
Dooogs Aug 2021 7:27pm, 21 Aug 2021 7,127 posts	0 Dooogs Update: meeting with the specialist (physio? podiatrist? - he never introduced himself so I don't know!) went well a couple of weeks back. It helped that he's had osteo-arthritis and plays/ed sport (mostly rugby, by the sound of it) himself. He wasn't impressed by the GP's default idea of managing it purely by pain relief , but was surprisingly positive/open-minded about the idea of surgery. I'd rather not, ideally, but will be interesting to see what he says after we've looked at the X-rays. I had both feet X-rayed on Thursday, so hopefully, seeing the specialist again within the next month or so...
Gus Nov 2021 3:06pm, 15 Nov 2021 1,785 posts	0 Gus Finally got an appointment with podiatrist after self referral posted on July! Will see what they suggest.