I pretty much can't walk anymore. The pain is only felt when I put weight on my left foot. It worked! Ibuprofen seems to help. Except my pain only lasts a few seconds, 15seconds has been the longest so far. It's about the peroneal tendon: Please help, I am not sure what to do now! It speraticly came on and off about every 5 seconds or so each intense pain lasting about a second or two. I was having problems with it, wrapped it, tried to be very careful but one minute I was standing at the counter where I worked, and the next second I was on the floor.

Sometimes it gets pinched near the knee by either tight muscles or IT band etc...it makes sense. Typical symptoms include a burning or shooting pain in the area between the third and fourth toes, most often with walking. Intermittent, no rhyme or reason, in about a 10 on a scale of 1-10, (and I have 4 children, so I know what pain is! I compeletly understand your pain. I'm starting to feel like a crippled old lady. But this pain has landed me on the floor several times as it is so excruciating at times.

You start out slowly taking one a day, until you work up to 3. I hate it, I have 2 young boys, n it's challenging. This is exactly what I am getting too. The following list covers most of the causes:Both a physical examination and a review of symptoms can help determine the cause of foot pain. It happened twice yesterday when I was going down steps. There's no warning...it usually occurs when I'm sitting. I have been having the same issue. The pain is excruciating and I'm starting to get depressed over it. I am absolutely sure it is the root of this. I did in June and December. Sometimes the pain is quite intense.

Cannoy move foot at all. Just started to have the pain yesterday. I also thought this is the craziest thing ever.

I am struggling to work with it at times but I don't seem to be getting anywhere with it any Doctors at present. unbeleivable- i am 55 never had it happen before. I'm having an extremely sharp stabbing pain followed with a severe burn. I have had some back issues in the past, so I think this might be a disc issue where I aggravate a bad disc and then it presses on the nerve that leads down my leg. Like someone stabbing me with an ice pick that as been heated to 500 degrees. The shots of pain were very similar to the ones in my left side of my heel/ankle. A professional therapist may perform a number of tests to help diagnose your injury. I was put back in a cast for 4 weeks, I wore it dilligently for 5 weeks.
No diagnosis on the ankle issue. None of the other posts have been helpful other than to know that most peoples ankle pains are much worse than mine. The right ankle got much better but the same pain was there on the left. Not really sure but, hope the pain goes away.
Mine have been happening for about 6 weeks or so now. I am so thankful to the person that posted that it worked for them! Out of the blue it just goes "BOOM". I never twisted it or anything . I saw a picture of the bodies nerves and it is just odd that I had my baby and it started occurring. If none of your doctors found anything, please ask them to do a CT Scan, they will find anything if there is something to find. I have had no injuries to my ankle or foot so this is a mystery. I dont know what it is, but please someone out there, give us some darned hope!!! I can walk around for a while with no pain and suddenly I will take a step and almost collapse from the pain. Only difference is that it feels like nerve pain shooting through the outside of my right foot under the ankle bone. I was feeling the same thing on my right leg but lesser. Recently, I've had my 6th surgery on my ankle. After rotating my ankle and resting about 20 seconds I can walk again, sometimes a few steps, sometimes 20 minutes at it happens again. Nothing. Very severe shooting pains around the left ankle on outside. The pain is terrible. Sharp, stabbing pain on the outside of my ankle really hurts! Lateral foot pain is common, especially in people who regularly exercise or play sports. This time it I have been dealing with it for almost a week.

5 hours later I can walk pain-free. Well two things. Please respond as I really need my rest!!!! For several months now I have been seeing the doctor who has sent me to the physio back again had ex-rays they say just a little arthritis in my ankles nothing to worry about. I had same symptom in my left ankle for about a year, sudden intense shooting pain, takes your breathe away and put you at a complete stop. Sometimes I cry myself to sleep if I can even get any sleep.

I have exactly that symptom on the outside right ankle. Interesting that others can relate to this ankle pain. i have the same shooting pain in my right ankle inside portion. I googled stabbing pain in ankle on my Blackberry and that's how I got here.

Just curious if anyone has had xrays to their ankles and what it may have shown.

The pain level is 10. You may have pain when pressing in on the outside of the ankle. That is until this morning (7 HOURS later) it happens again exactly the same way!

It even hurts when there is no pressure on it. I too have had sudden ankle pain. I was ready to go to the ER, but I searched here and found all of you! (The only thing I had difficulty finding was the "ask a question" page. It just wore off and the pain is coming back in the left, the right is healed it seems and now I have a good one to limp on. I have been hoping it will just disappear. I have the same problem...it started about two ago and it feels like an electric shock....it is agony. And your site is so intelligently arranged.I used to work for a podiatrist (front desk) back during summers in And if so how was the surgery? Did anyone get any answers? I have been having pain in my knees, worse on left, when I get up from a sitting position I have to put weight on my right leg, a few days ago my left ankle started having this strange "feels like I am being stung/hot poker " on the outside. college years ago, so I know the benefits of good care.