Causes of foot pain

As the old saying goes, the legs age first when people get old. In real life, some people will have foot pain for various reasons. Foot pain can be so serious that it affects a person's daily life. Therefore, the harm of foot pain is very great. Therefore, if you have foot pain problems, you must find ways to adjust them. This will minimize the harm of foot pain and make your life less painful.

To treat the problem of foot pain, we actually need to find the cause of the foot pain. It should be said that there are many reasons for foot pain. So what aspects of life can cause foot pain? If you have foot pain, how should you treat it?

1. Plantar pain:

It is more common in elderly people who are weak and bedridden due to illness for a long time. It also often occurs in elderly people with flat feet. The cause of this disease is excessive physical weakness or long-term bed rest, which causes the ligaments that maintain the arch of the foot to gradually relax, making it impossible to maintain the shape of the arch of the foot, causing the metatarsal bones of the foot to sink and the muscles on the soles of the feet to become fatigued. The method of prevention and treatment is to often put five fingers together and bend them, walk with the five fingertips and heels on the ground, persist in the exercise, so that the arch of the foot can be formed soon, and the pain can be alleviated. You can also nail a hard rubber pad 1 cm high, 2 cm long and 3 cm wide in the middle of the sole. When walking, place the soles of your feet on a hard rubber pad so that the weight of your body does not fall entirely on the metatarsal bones, which can relieve plantar pain.

2. Hallux valgus:

It is more common in middle-aged and elderly women. The main symptoms are toe pain when walking or standing, the big toe tip tilted obviously toward the little toe, swelling of the metatarsal joints, and local skin thickening. This disease has certain genetic factors. The method of prevention and treatment is to wear shoes with appropriate tightness. You can use a special small splint to fix the thumb when sleeping at night, and try to return the everted thumb to the neutral position. When the condition is serious, surgical treatment is required.

3. Aponeuritis:

The plantar fascia of the elderly has poor elasticity and reduced function. If they run or jump vigorously, walk for a long time, or are exposed to cold and damp conditions, inflammation is likely to occur. The prevention and treatment methods are that the elderly should not run or jump violently, wash their feet with hot water more often, and try to walk on tiptoe. If the condition is serious, ask the doctor to use local blockade with methylprednisolone combined with procaine.

4. Achilles tendinitis:

The Achilles tendon and its surrounding tissues are prone to aseptic inflammation due to trauma, excessive friction or long-term strain, especially when wearing small and hard leather shoes, where the heels repeatedly rub against the Achilles tendon, which makes the disease more likely to occur. The method of prevention and treatment is to change into wide, soft cloth shoes, walk less, soak your heels in hot water more often, and rest for a few days to heal.

5. Calcaneus spur:

Heel spur is a common disease among the elderly. Most people suffer from pain due to aseptic inflammation of the bursa caused by bone spurs in the heels. If you have a bone spur, you don't necessarily need surgery to cure your foot pain. You can prevent and treat your foot pain by preventing the bursa around the bone spur from getting inflamed. The commonly used method is to soak your feet in hot water frequently and avoid strenuous running and jumping activities. Physical therapy, acupuncture, and massage can also be used for treatment. If the pain is severe, ask your doctor to inject procaine and methylprednisolone suspension into the heel once a week. Generally, three or four times can cure it.

Foot pain

1. Raising your feet can help blood circulation.

2. Soak in warm salt water to relieve fatigue, then wash with cold water, pat your feet dry and massage with skin care lotion.

3. Rinse your feet alternately with cold and hot water, each time for one minute, with the last time being cold water; but if you have diabetes or poor blood circulation, the temperature should not be too low or too high.

4. Soak your feet in hot water with tea leaves, then follow the aforementioned method of alternating hot and cold water.

5. Massaging your feet with baby oil can help relieve foot pain.

6. Wrap ice cubes in a towel and rub your feet and ankles for a few minutes to relieve inflammation and provide mild anesthesia. Then wipe your feet with alcohol or vinegar to cool and dry them.

7. Regular exercise of the feet and leg muscles can eliminate foot pain and promote blood circulation. Shaking your feet, moving your toes, stepping on the spot, rotating your feet, etc. are all activities that you can do in your daily life.

8. Choose thick and shock-proof shoes to protect your feet from rough and hard asphalt roads.

9. Do not wear high heels for too long, and do not wear them too high.

There are many reasons for foot pain, but if you have foot pain, you must mediate it in time. Of course, if the foot pain is caused by disease in life, you must also actively treat it, so that you can make your body healthier and stay away from the trouble of foot pain.