If, for example, your student loan or mortgage has a before-tax interest rate of 3-5 % (which may be even less after a tax-deduction) and you can reasonably earn 5% with compounding over a longer time horizon in retirement, it may make sense to put money in your retirement account rather than pay off that debt early â always considering cash-flow ...
Lee Sanders, DPM, responds: A painfully hot or burning sensation in the feet, especially in middle-aged and older people, could be caused by small fiber neuropathy. Diabetes is the most common cause of this condition; symptoms typically start with burning feet and numb toes.
More generalized pain on the top of the foot with swelling or a thickness to the foot may be caused by degenerative arthritis. This is seen in people with flatfeet or a slowly collapsing arch. Another area of degenerative arthritis that causes pain on the top of the foot is in the area of the big toe joint. Jamming of the joint will cause bone spurring to occur on the top of the foot. Pressure from the shoe can cause pain.