Do not self-medicate if you feel heel pain. You can only guess the reasons why you feel uncomfortable, but the final diagnosis should be made by a surgeon or orthopedist. In most cases, problems are associated with inflammation of the plantar fascia and the formation of a saline growth - spurs. They cause pain when walking, which is most pronounced after rest.
You can’t hope for a miracle and let the disease drift, because it can even lead to loss of mobility. It is better to visit a specialist who will appoint you the necessary procedures. For example, quite often surgeons recommend treating heel spurs with Dimexidum. This is a fairly simple, cheap, but at the same time effective drug. It improves the metabolism in tissues, being both an analgesic and anesthetic. Its main advantage is the ability to penetrate through the skin through the membranes of inflamed cells, reaching the sore spot in the shortest possible time. This drug increases the effectiveness of all ongoing procedures, because damaged cells become more susceptible to drugs.
If you have a calcaneal spur, Dimexidum treatment is used as part of complex therapy. This drug should never be taken inside, it is used only for compresses on a sore spot. Before making an application with the drug "Dimexidum", it is necessary to steam the diseased leg well, smear the heel with an anti-inflammatory analgesic ointment and wait about 15 minutes. Only then it is worth moistening the gauze liberally in a 50% solution of this drug and applying it to the sore spot. Wrap the compress with polyethylene and a warm cloth.
You should not sit too long with a lotion installed on your leg, 20-30 minutes is enough for the treatment of heel spurs "Dimexidum" to be effective. During this time, the drug will have time to penetrate the diseased tissues and deliver to them the active substance of the ointment, which was previously applied to the leg. Most often, it is recommended to use funds that include diclofenac, ibuprofen or ketoprofen. But it’s better not to make a choice yourself, let a specialist choose the option that is suitable in your case.
Also, the surgeon can advise how to make the treatment of heel spurs "Dimexidum" more effective. For this, antibiotics or hormonal drugs are used, which are simply added to the compress solution. But even with such treatment, you should not hope for an instant result. Of course, a little relief should come after a few days, but the pain will completely disappear no earlier than 20 days after the start of the procedures.
The key to the fact that treatment of heel spurs with Dimexidum will be effective is the regularity of the procedures. You need to do them daily. At the same time, it is important to change your regime: you need to unload the sore leg as much as possible, while doing special exercises and massage. This will help stretch the plantar fascia and improve blood circulation in the affected tissues.
Before you begin to make compresses with the drug "Dimexidum", you need to familiarize yourself with the list of contraindications and check in a small area if you are allergic to it. Note, the drug "Dimexidum" is also used to treat joints, therefore, applications with it can be done not only with calcaneal spur, but also with arthritis, bursitis and other diseases.