NOTE: Before I became a member, I posted the following, and received one reply. I have added to the posting and re-submitted it as a member.
For years now, I have suffered intermittent stabbing "pain" in my feet, mostly at night. It isn't "pain" so much as it is a tingling, or in the right place, tickling. Mostly, it's irritating and wakes me up at night. The "attacks" used to last about 30 minutes, then go away. I haven't seen a foot specialist. I see a chiropractor regularly, and when I told him my symptoms, he said it was likely a heel spur, even though these irritating sensations were seldom in my heels. He suggested I put a golf ball under my foot and roll it around vigorously. Amazingly, that seemed to help. Until recently. Lately, I have had a recurrent, intermittent stabbing on the outside of the big toe on my right foot, mostly at night, and it lasts for hours. I am 57 years old, male, and active physically. I don't run currently, but have been a runner for 30 years. I play racquetball and kayak for exercise now. During the day, I mostly sit at my desk. My most recent physical was a year ago, and I just had a pretty complete blood workup 2 months ago. No problem areas were diagnosed by my medical doctor.