Morton’s Neuroma: 5 Nonsurgical Treatment Solutions
Oct 17, 2025
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Morton’s neuroma creates mild to severe symptoms in people who struggle with pain, numbness, and cramping in and between their toes. This type of foot pain can strike without much warning and is fairly common, affecting more women than men, but its exact cause is unknown.
The idea of a surgical treatment can feel unnecessary and even scary. That’s why our team at Southwest Foot & Ankle in Scottsdale, Arizona, offers several nonsurgical interventions for treating this condition.
Our providers, Petrina C. Lewis, DPM, FACFAS, and Mark T. Lewis, DPM, FACFAS, focus on treating conditions in ways that best suit our patients’ overall needs and holistic health. In many cases, this may involve treatments that utilize neither medications nor surgery but other minimally invasive options that are highly effective.
In the past few years, PRP (platelet-rich plasma) has come a long way. A treatment used for over 70 years to manage everything from signs of aging to stiff joints, PRP has been highly effective for managing neuromas, such as Morton’s neuroma. With the help of this nonsurgical procedure, you can start to experience less pain, cramping, and numbness.
PRP therapy involves taking a small amount of your blood, spinning it in a centrifuge, separating out the platelet-rich plasma, and injecting it back into the site of your pain.
The natural properties contained in this serum help manage discomfort and promote healing, while the fact that you’re using your own blood significantly decreases the chance of side effects like infection.
If needles make you squeamish, or you’re simply looking for a secondary option to use with PRP, custom orthotics are extremely helpful. It’s thought that Morton’s neuroma could be related in some instances to improperly fitted, tight, or high-heeled footwear. Wearing custom orthotics in your shoes may help manage some of this damage.
These shoe inserts are made especially for you through the technology of 3D mapping and printing. Once your orthotics are ready, you can try them on, and our providers will tweak the design until they’re perfect.
As previously stated, it’s possible — and often very effective — to use two or more treatments together for a condition like Morton’s neuroma. Shockwave therapy can be used in tandem with other treatments to help promote your body’s healing response.
This treatment involves using a handheld shockwave device that emits sound waves near the site of your pain. The sound waves create microtraumas beneath the skin, which trigger your body to begin healing the area. This procedure is virtually painless and non-invasive, creating a fantastic result with little recovery time.
Botox is another non-invasive treatment that can minimize your pain and give you some feeling and motion back to this area of your foot. Botox stops the muscles in the injection site from contracting, which helps you feel less pain.
In addition, it can take away some of the numbness and make it easier to move your foot, opening up your ability for physical therapy.
Physical therapy can be hard in the beginning, but any of these treatments can make it easier. There are other changes you can make in your life to treat your Morton’s neuroma. For one, wearing different shoes may be a must. No more high heels or flipflops; instead, choose shoes with wider toe boxes so your toes can move more freely.
In addition, try avoiding activities that put pressure on the balls of your feet as well as your toes. You may also want to consider icing and resting when you’re going to need to rely on your feet for a while, making this part of your self-care routine. It’s not glamorous, but it’s effective!
We absolutely recommend treatment for your Morton’s neuroma under the care and direction of a medical provider who can give you the best plan for a safe, effective recovery from this painful condition.
You deserve to feel your best, and struggling with foot pain is never fun. So, come to our office today! To make an appointment at Southwest Foot & Ankle, give us a call at 480-900-7399 or visit us online. We’re here to help.