The pain in the side of the foot may be caused by physiological factors such as walking too much, or it may be caused by pathological factors such as trauma and plantar fasciitis.
1. Physiological factors: due to walking too much or too much exercise, can lead to excessive fatigue of the foot, causing local pain, adequate rest or local massage, can be quickly relieved.
2. Trauma: when the lateral side of the foot is hit, stepped on and other traumatic stimuli, it can lead to soft tissue injury on the lateral side of the foot, or even metacarpal fracture, which can cause local pain, swelling, subcutaneous bruising and other symptoms.
3. Plantar fasciitis: due to chronic strain, the tendons or fascia of the plantar foot undergoes aseptic inflammation, resulting in fasciitis, which leads to symptoms of pain in the ball of the foot, the pain is obvious when waking up in the morning, and the pain is aggravated when walking excessively, and serious patients even have pain when they are standing and resting.
There may be other reasons for the pain in the lateral aspect of the foot, if the symptoms can not be relieved in time after resting, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital in time to improve the relevant examination, after a clear diagnosis for targeted treatment.