You may get numbness or tingling in the affected area. You have tenderness between the bones of the third and fourth toes or between the bones of the second and third toes. Your health care provider will examine your foot and review your symptoms. Surgery may be required to remove the neuroma. The effects of a Morton's neuroma may be temporary or long-lasting.
Some people get better simply by wearing more comfortable shoes.
Others need cortisone injections or surgery. A cortisone injection may give you relief in a few days to a few weeks. Recovery after surgery takes several weeks or longer. It is not known how to prevent a Morton's neuroma. However, wearing properly fitting shoes with good padding will help decrease the pain of a Morton's neuroma.