I have the same thing to a T. I got tired of reapplying pads, so I bit the bullet and got orthotics with the lift built in. Are your big toes creeping over?

Can't say that I understand "Are your big toes creeping over?".

I do know that as I was increasing my mileage preparing for a marathon I ended up with a nueroma... The nueroma symptoms have been cured by a series of cortizone injections, however, now I'm left with metatarsal pain. I'm hoping it's just a temporary injury and looking for the quick and easy solution...

What I meant was, are your big toes, while foot is at rest in the air, bent over toward your pinky toes? If so, one of the muscles in your foot has petered out. That is a big player in metatarsal pain as you have described. I thought I had a neuroma only to learn that pebble in the shoe feeling was what you described.

Can't say when my foot is at rest that I notice anything different about my toes... They seems to be fine, pointing in the right direction laying flat... It's interesting you mention "pebble in the shoe feeling" After my 3rd cortizone injection and the anti-inflamatory meds I was on the pain dimished greatly, but when presure was applied to whole foot (I was walking on the outside of my foot for about 3 weeks) it felt as though I was standing on stone. That feeling has since left in the past 10 days for I no longer can feel a bulge in the bottom of my foot. However, my foot is still a little sensitive and tight (Sometimes burning sensation.)