Pressing pain at the root of the big toe can have the following reasons: First, bunionitis, bunionitis is often due to bunion or wear high heels, long-term heavy exercise, caused by inflammation of the bunion of the medial part of the big toe and lead to pain, there can be obvious pressing pain, serious cases will have local redness, swelling, joint movement limitation, this time, we need to early checkups and take foot X-ray to early diagnosis. Secondly, gout, gout can also appear at the root of the big toe pressure pain, then we should check the blood uric acid and shoot the foot X-ray examination, to early diagnosis and treatment. Third, rheumatism and rheumatoid, rheumatism and rheumatoid involved in the big toe can appear pressure pain, accompanied by obvious swelling and activity limitation, serious cases will have deformity, this time to early blood tests and X-ray filming for early diagnosis. Fourth, infectious diseases, when the joint at the root of the big toe has tuberculosis or bacterial infection, there can also be pain when pressed, then early blood tests and X-ray film of the foot, nuclear magnetic to early diagnosis and treatment.