I think I may have regularly pinched nerves in my feet. I have had this since I was probably in 1st grade or so, though it was very rare. Now in the last 7 or so years, it’s been happening much more often, though it’s not an everyday thing. I get sharp pains (I wouldn’t call it "pins and needles" and it only may get "tingly" after the pain and such starts to go away), and my toes lock up. Which is where the pain mostly is, it also reaches up my foot, but never has it passed my heel. I say "sharp", but that doesn’t quite fit. I’m not quite sure what word nor series of words, other than "pinched nerves", that accurately fits. (Sadly my vocab is much more limited than I’d like.)
And when I say my toes "lock up" I mean it. It’s Not like when your arm or something falls asleep and you can take your other arm and move it with ease. My toes can’t be moved without force (though how much exactly, I don’t know, I always thought it wise not to try). It feels more like trying to bend the middle of a bone, then a joint. Sometimes rubbing it helps slightly, and sometimes walking may help, though (walking) only in the rare happenstance. So my question really is "What is causing this?" I’m guessing pinched nerves, (…It honestly feels like it the nerves themselves that hurt, if that makes any sense), but obviously I’m not able to be sure. Also what are somethings I can do to help prevent it?
And yes it does hurt very very much!
