Conservative measures — such as resting, changing shoes or using a metatarsal pad — might be all you need to relieve signs and symptoms. In rare cases, when conservative measures don't relieve your pain and your metatarsalgia is complicated by foot conditions such as hammertoe, surgery to realign the metatarsal bones might be an option. More @Wikipedia
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