Spurs on the legs (plantar fasciitis) - a concept meaning a bony, spiky protrusion on the calcaneus. The reasons for this bone growth can be increased stress on the calcaneus (with overweight), flat feet, injuries of the calcaneus, prolonged overload of the heels (in athletes), bone irritation as a result of wearing uncomfortable shoes, metabolic disturbances, and sedentary work. The disease mainly occurs in people after 40 years.
Spurs on the legs: symptoms and diagnosis
Symptoms of spur on the legs include pain in the sole of the heel (especially in the morning), a feeling of pain when walking.
Diagnosis is based on complaints and an x-ray. In this case, the differential diagnosis is taken into account: the symptoms of spurs on the legs are similar to the manifestations of some inflammatory diseases - Ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, since their onset can also be associated with heel pain.
Treatment methods
How to cure spurs on the legs? As a rule, spurs on legs can be cured without surgery (they resort to it only in extreme cases, when other methods are ineffective).
Spurs on the legs in the initial stage of the disease can be eliminated by folk methods:
- ½ heads of onions are taken, 1 drop of tar is applied to the middle of the half. Next, the onion is applied to the sore spot.
- Honey (100 gr.) And mummy (5 gr.) Are dissolved in a water bath. The mixture cools. The resulting composition is rubbed on the night of the heel.
- Ammonia (50 ml) and sunflower oil (1 tablespoon) are mixed. A swab moistened with this mixture is applied every day for 30 minutes. to the sore heel. The treatment period is several weeks.
- The feet are steamed in a container of hot water (with a small amount of baking soda added), then gauze soaked in a solution of kombucha is applied to the heels. After 3 hours, dried gauze should be moistened again.
- Traditional healers advise pouring a glass of partitions from walnuts with two glasses of vodka and insisting for two weeks in the dark, then strain. The infusion is taken in 30 minutes. before meals three times daily.
- Grind the white pulp of a sunflower, place it in a glass dish and fill it with vodka. The container is tightly closed and insisted for 10 days in a dark place.
- Using a grater, ½ head of garlic is crushed and tied to the heel overnight. However, if a burning sensation occurs, it is better to refuse the procedure.
- In the morning for the whole day, put a sheet of burdock or young cabbage at the sole, tie it on. During the day, greens can be replaced 1-2 times.
The treatment of spurs on the legs due to flat feet is the use of orthopedic insoles of different types. For example, the heel is installed on the foot in any shoes. It is made of soft material, silicone. Or another kind of orthopedic insoles - half-insole is designed to reduce the feeling of tired legs.
Conservative treatment methods include anti-inflammatory drugs (paraffin applications, warm baths, mud therapy, UHF, novocaine chipping of painful spots, injections with anti-inflammatory drugs).
For severe persistent pain and in the absence of the effect of other types of conservative treatment, X-ray therapy and shock-wave treatment are used.
Spur prophylaxis
The appearance of a heel spur means the wear of the osteoarticular apparatus. To prevent this pathological process, it is necessary to monitor body weight and prevent sudden increases in weight load, do not overload the feet, treat spinal diseases in a timely manner, prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases (flu, SARS, tonsillitis, gonorrhea, etc.), wear comfortable shoes, with the aim of improve blood circulation do leg exercises.