Stabbing pain is toes

[mtleik]

I have stabbing pain in some toes and fingers, on the same spot for long at a time, does anybody diagnosed with fibromyalgia have this symptom?

 

[JayCS]

Yep, exactly that and there, but not too bad. No idea what it c'd be yet...

 

[sunkacola]

Sometimes. I will get up from sitting down and one of my big toes will refuse to bend and will be very painful. It goes away after a few minutes.

 

[JayCS]

Ah, surprisingly I had it last night. Maybe it heard us talking ;-). Lying in bed my right big toe and the 2nd one 'got stabbed'. Usually I just wait till it goes away after about 5 mins. This time I tried 2 things: my usual hack-for-everything, i.e. twist-stretching, didn't help. So I turned on my front and pressed the toes into the mattress, using my other foot for additional pressure. Then it stopped. Can't promise that it'd've stopped anyway tho...

 

[Flexecif]

Yup, it goes away after a few minutes, and I'm kinda got used to it when it happens.

 

[Affinity]

I have this too and for me it's related to sciatica L5 issues. In addition to the stabbing pain in my toes and my foot kind of involuntarily arching in a weird way sometimes I also have pain down the outside of my left leg. I have been working with my PT to help alleviate the pressure on the nerve but it's taking a long time. I did have a steroid injection into my spine L3 and L4 in December which helped other areas of pain but the L5 nerve is still bothering me but I don't want to have another epidural and so I am trying to treat it these other ways.