Hi Karrianne, this sounds like a muscle that lifts up your big toe (and also lifts your foot up at the ankle joint to a lesser extent) – the muscle extensor hallucis longus (EHL). It may be ...

Extensor tendonitis causes pain across the top of the foot. The extensor tendons join the muscles on the front of the lower leg, to the toes. They pull the toes upwards away from the ground. The two ...