Causes

The tibial nerve squeezed behind the inner ankle burns the sole of one foot. Why imaging earns its place here more than in most nerve entrapments.

Baxter’s nerve is compressed deep in the inner heel and hurts where plantar fasciitis hurts. It is a common reason heel pain never settles.

Both cause numbness and burning in the foot. One leg in a stripe with back pain points to the spine; both feet in a stocking pattern points to the nerves.

Alcohol damages nerves by direct toxicity and vitamin deficiency at once. How far it recovers, and why stopping safely needs medical supervision.

Neuropathy is classified by how many nerves are affected, which fibers are damaged, and what caused it. A podiatrist-led map of the types and what each one changes.

Small fiber neuropathy causes burning, electric pain and temperature changes while standard nerve conduction studies read normal.

Diabetes damages nerves in four distinct patterns, and only one of them is the numb feet everyone pictures.

Peripheral neuropathy starts in the feet because the longest nerves fail first. A podiatrist-led explanation of what the damage actually is.