People who have had surgery for Morton's Neuroma

I’ve had two flare ups of Morton’s neuroma within the past two years. Your case is obviously much more persistent and serious than mine was, but here’s a suggestion.

I tried pretty much everything you did: wider shoes, rest, ice, NSAIDs, metatarsal pad, an athletic therapy app’t and minimizing barefoot walking. One thing that you didn’t mention that I found more effective than everything else was a tapping/padding technique. It took some experimentation to get things right. This is the procedure I used:

Using athletic tape, tightly secure the 3rd toe to the 2nd toe and the 4th toe to the 5th toe. This should create a v-shaped gap between the 3rd and 4th toes (I assume that this is the location of your neuroma.). Cram a lot of soft padding in this gap and lightly hold it in place with more tape. The tape shouldn’t compress the toes together at all. For padding, I used women’s makeup remover pads which were conveniently wedge shaped and very soft. Keep this on 24/7 (even at night) and change it when the padding gets squashed or the tape starts to give. This virtually eliminated the sharp shooting pain I felt when toeing off. Good luck!