What causes chronic foot pain, besides injuries?

For the past year my husband has been getting these weird foot pains that will go away in a few days to a week. I'm getting scared now because he has been limping around for days now. Then today was even worse...when he was getting up to go to work, he stood up and the pain was so unbearable that he had to crawl to the phone to call in. There has to be something wrong because it happens every once in awhile, and it just seems to be getting worse. He has gone to two doctors for the previous times that it happened. One told him it might be gout so they tested-negative. One told him it was tendonitis, but he had no proof. I was just wondering if you, family or friend has experienced this. Do you think that there is some kind of underlying problem? A disease? I'm getting scared now.

Also, he has had no recent injuries to his foot. He did not step on it wrong or anything like that. Evertime it hurts, he wakes up like that.

Ok i might be able to help with this im not sure. you know how everyone has heard of carpal tunnel syndrom in the hands. well i had it taken care of yrs ago. and then i started having real bad pain in my feet. and for more than 2 yrs i lived with it but it got so bad i could hardly walk so i went to a foot doctor and had tests done . you will never believe what i found out . damn. i had the same thing in my feet i had in my hands but its not called carpal tunnel, it is called tarsal tunnel it is painful and a ***** to walk at times i would go see a foot specialist really i would. good luck

He might have arthritis in his foot. Maybe he tore a tendon you don't have to do much to do that !

Plantar fascittis or heel spurs. Plantar fascittis is when the tendon on the bottom of your foot gets stretched out and causes pain when you walk on it. In the morning, the pain is usually the worse since he's been off of his feet and the tendons have shrunk back into place. As you walk on it more, it stretches back out and gets warm so the pain lessens some.

Unbearable pain means get him to a doctor right away! He should have been referred to a podiatrist, since he has probably had all of the necessary bloodwork to rule out conditions like diabetes. Is his foot swelling? If so, it might be a circulation problem and that is DEFINITELY cause for concern. If not, it might be the bones in his foot. They do change as we age, gain or lose weight, increase or decrease physical activity, and a host of other things. I have pain in my feet that is from a hereditary condition, but not disabling. My husband has foot pain because he has "flat feet" and needs special shoes.

Get him to a podiatrist to get properly diagnosed.