Foot Pain

Assessment of common foot problems.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

Musculoskeletal

Clinical Guidelines

CKS: Plantar fasciitis

Management of diabetic foot disease

NICE guideline [CG10]

NICE guideline [NG19]

NICE guideline [NG19]: Diabetic foot problems: prevention and management

12. Retinopathy, Neuropathy, and Foot Care: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2024

2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections

2019 IWGDF Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Diabetic Foot Disease

ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Chronic Foot Pain

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Clinical Consensus Statement: Diagnosis and Treatment of Heel Pain

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity

Diabetes-Related Foot Infections: Diagnosis and Treatment (AAFP Clinical Practice Guideline)

Heel Pain – Plantar Fasciitis: Revision 2023: Clinical Practice Guideline from the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and the American Physical Therapy Association

ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2024: Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Heel Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline–Revision 2010

The ESSKA-AFAS International Consensus Statement on Peroneal Tendon Pathologies