Neuropathies are under-diagnosed conditions, although their diagnosis and treatment could improve tremendously the quality of life of a patient. The compression syndromes reviewed in this article are the 6 most common neuropathies of the foot and the ankle, namely, the posterior and anterior tarsal tunnel syndromes, Baxter’s nerve entrapment, the medial plantar nerve and the superficial peroneal nerve entrapment syndromes and Morton’s neuroma. We reviewed published medical articles in order to gather information and obtain a broader understanding of these syndromes, in the interest of an adequate and successful management. In this review paper, we will discuss elemental information on the anatomy of the nerve subject to compression, the possible aetiologies of the syndrome and the symptoms that would result from it. The diagnostic methods and treatments options available to us nowadays would, afterwards, be discussed and interpreted. From this paper, we would highlight that the early diagnosis of a compression syndrome, by virtue of imagery or newly designed clinical tests, would significantly improve the outcome of a surgical treatment. This paper allows an integrative and comparative update on these syndromes.