What to do if your heel hurts during military training

Military training for college students is a common part of school life. For spoiled children, the body may not be able to adapt to the sudden high-intensity training, and heel pain is also common. At this time, certain methods must be taken to alleviate the pain. For example, you must pay attention to the shoes you wear. You can use some software to protect them to avoid severe friction during exercise, or even injuries. In addition, soaking your feet in warm water can also relieve pain and has a good effect in relieving fatigue.

What to do if your heel hurts during military training

1. Try to avoid wearing soft, thin-soled cloth shoes.

2. Apply thick soft pads to protect the heel, or use hollow heel pain pads to fill the bone spur area to reduce local friction and injury.

3. Do foot-stomping exercises frequently to increase the tension of the plantar fascia, strengthen its ability to resist strain, and reduce local inflammation.

4. Soak your feet in warm water, supplemented with physical therapy if conditions permit, to reduce local inflammation and relieve pain.

5. When there is persistent pain, some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics should be taken orally.

6. If the pain is severe and seriously affects walking, local blockade treatment is the fastest treatment method.

Ways to prevent heel pain

The prevention methods for heel pain vary depending on the cause.

1. Most cases of juvenile calcaneal epiphysisitis are caused by calcaneal trauma and long-term running and jumping. Therefore, patients at this stage should avoid running and jumping, especially jumping from high places, as the calcaneal epiphysis is still developing. This should be noted in the early stages of symptoms.

2. Senile heel pain is mostly caused by strain, plantar fasciitis, calcaneal tuberosity bursitis, and fat pad degeneration. During this period, you should avoid standing or walking for long periods of time. Raising your heels can reduce the load on your heels. Wear soft soles and a soft round pad on the heel. The center of the round pad is concave and the height is about 2 to 3 cm. This will move the center of gravity of the whole body forward, reduce the pressure on the heel, and treat weight loss.

3. Flat feet cause heel pain because the arch of the foot is reduced or disappears, causing the heel bone to tilt forward. Pain occurs when walking for a long time, so a cushion should be placed in the center of the sole of the foot. The cushion should be 2 to 3 cm high, and the inside should be higher and the outside lower, with the center high and the front and back sides gradually flattened to form a slope.

3. For rheumatoid calcaneal inflammation, you should first use medication to control the rheumatoid arthritis and then put cushions in your shoes.

4. Traumatic heel pain is mostly caused by improper plaster fixation. When making the plaster, the sole of the foot should be used to squeeze the wet plaster towards the center of the foot to avoid the plaster becoming flat due to long-term fixation, which may cause the arch of the foot to disappear. At the same time, reduce the time spent in bed as much as possible and get up and walk as soon as possible. Avoid fat pad atrophy.