Diagnosing Foot Pain Associated With Trauma
The first guess doctors will probably make when you come to the emergency room with foot pain is that you had some type of trauma. It is the most common diagnosis of foot pain.
In such cases, your doctor will not have enough knowing where it hurts. They will also need to know the mechanism of injury. In other words, how you got your foot injured. They will ask you to point to the area of maximum pain, and even if all the area hurts, we recommend you ponder if there’s an area where it hurts the most.
The physical examination of your feet after trauma should include the assessment of the range of motion, which will be done by yourself without the doctor’s intervention, and then they will try some maneuvers to delimitate the diagnosis. After that, you’ll be ready for a radiograph, which is fundamental if you have sudden foot pain after trauma. The ideal radiograph is a weight-bearing radiograph and not a radiograph with a hanging foot. So even if it hurts to get your feet on the ground, you might be asked to hold the position for a few seconds.