Causes of heel pain in middle-aged people
Heel is commonly known as ankle. Anatomically, ankle (or ankle joint) is the joint between human foot and leg, which consists of 7 tarsal bones plus metatarsal bones of foot and bones of calf.
The heel pain of the elderly has a great relationship with malnutrition. Inadequate nutrition leads to poor physique, lack of qi and blood, lack of nutrition for the heel, osteoporosis, serious wear and tear, etc., which will easily lead to many problems, among which long bone spur is a big problem. In treating the heel problem of the elderly, topical Chinese medicine plaster can help solve many heel problems of the elderly.
The first cause of heel pain: rheumatism in the heel. This kind of patients are greatly influenced by weather changes. When the weather is hot and cold, the heel pain is unbearable when walking.
the second type: the blood in the heel is not alive. The symptoms of this kind of patients are as follows: if you get up in the morning and walk on the ground (or} when you walk on the sofa for a while, your heel hurts like a needle, but the symptoms of pain gradually disappear after walking for a while, and then it hurts after walking on the sofa for a while, and so on.
The third type: Achilles tendinitis, heel spur and heel pad inflammation. The symptoms of this kind of patients are pain in the heel when walking on the ground, and swelling in the heel is the most serious when the heel is swollen. How to prevent and reduce heel pain: First, choose to wear soft and suitable shoes and use sponge heel pads to reduce heel pressure and prevent calcaneal injury. Second, the elderly should prevent excessive load and exertion, including weight control and avoiding heavy physical activity. Third, insist on foot exercise to enhance the strength and elasticity of muscle ligaments, such as walking barefoot in the sand. Fourth, insist on soaking feet in warm water for about 3 minutes every night, or simply pressing the feet. Promote local blood circulation. Fifth, apply external plaster to treat heel pain < P > Solution to heel pain
1. Bushen can alleviate the problem of heel pain. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heel is the area where the kidney meridian passes, and the pain here represents the loss of kidney qi and the loss of liver support. And the main muscle of liver; Liver blood deficiency, the tendons and veins are dystrophy, and the blood is stagnant; When qi and blood stagnate and collaterals are out of harmony, the disease will occur. Therefore, it is correct that Chinese medicine mainly treats heel pain by tonifying kidney. However, heel pain is not only caused by kidney deficiency, but also caused by calcaneal spur, plantar plantar aponeurosis, plantar fat pad atrophy, heel pad pain, rheumatism, gout and other factors. Therefore, ordinary Chinese medicine kidney-tonifying therapy cannot be discussed in full.
2. Never be tired, exercise excessively, exercise as little as possible or walk less, but you must not walk. Many patients with more serious symptoms will be advised by doctors to close needles, surgical treatment and other treatment methods, and patients can choose according to their own conditions. However, the possibility of recurrence after treatment is not mentioned, but the cost is also unbearable for many patients. Many patients think that the pain can be completely relieved after surgical treatment, which is incorrect. Surgery only removes the lesion, but heel pain is usually a kind of aseptic inflammation, but when the time comes, the patient will relapse again, and the foot is rich in blood vessels and nerves, so the operation risk is high, so it will only be chosen if all conservative treatments are ineffective, so reducing walking can avoid this problem as far as possible.
3. Try not to catch cold or freeze. Heel pain is not an incurable disease. Choosing the right medicine will definitely get good results.
4. Be sure to wear soft-soled shoes and reduce walking.
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Methods to protect the heel
Therefore, to protect the heel, we must first choose qualified shoes, especially sports shoes; At the same time, be careful not to let your feet get too tired. Some people, such as salespeople, stand for a long time every day because of work needs, so they can change their standing posture, stand forward and backward alternately, or sometimes hold the counter to relax their ankle joints to prevent a certain part of the ligament from bearing too much force for a long time. If there is pain and inflammation in the heel, you should stop exercising and let the ligament rest fully. You can also use one? Heel pad? Cushion the heel to make the stress point of the sole move forward, reduce the tension of the heel ligament and help the ligament recover as soon as possible.
Common sense of health care
Because heel pain is not a serious disease, it is often easily overlooked. Some elderly people think that it is a by-product of human aging, so there is no need for treatment. In fact, it is not. For people with heel pain, general rest, physical therapy, sealing, anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs are all helpful to improve symptoms and quality of life. Some scholars also believe that heel pain may be a warning of osteoporosis in elderly patients with no history of trauma, because osteoporosis can be manifested in the calcaneus at the earliest. Therefore, attention should be paid to heel pain, especially for the elderly. Physical therapy, thermal therapy and magnetic therapy should be used at home for nursing care and prevention. Foot thermal therapy can generally play a good role in hyperthermia by soaking feet in hot water, but foot soaking is also very particular. Since it is foot soaking, it is necessary to reflect the selection requirements of a bubble and foot soaking basin, with sufficient depth and heat, comprehensive material safety function and convenient use. China Health Association. It consists of a basin and permanent magnets. The key point is that there are two bosses at the bottom of the basin, which are similar in size and shape to the soles of feet. There is a circular protrusion in the middle of each foot-shaped boss, and a plurality of permanent magnets are embedded in it. The depth of the basin exceeds 16mm. Inject hot water of 4-5 degrees to stimulate the reflex zone of feet, promote human blood circulation, regulate endocrine system, enhance the function of human organs, and achieve the health care effect of preventing and treating diseases. At the same time, hot water stimulation will accelerate the microcirculation of the foot and open the pores. On this basis, the magnetic field lines of the foot bath basin can easily penetrate and act on the important acupuncture points and organ projection areas of the foot, regulating the viscera function of the whole body, so that our feet can be fully cared for and relaxed.
the function of magnetic therapy
magnetic field can improve blood circulation and tissue nutrition, reduce the excitability of peripheral nerves, and promote the decomposition and transformation of pain-causing substances, thus having analgesic effect; Magnetic field can strengthen local blood circulation, improve tissue permeability, and is beneficial to the dissipation of inflammation and the absorption of exudate. At the same time, the magnetic field can also improve the nonspecific immune function of the body, which seems to change the patient's general state, improve the resistance to diseases, and inhibit and prevent the recurrence of diseases; Magnetic field can promote local blood circulation, accelerate the absorption and dissipation of inflammatory exudates, and has the effect of detumescence.
the function of hot water soaking feet
promotes blood circulation. Feet have been said to be the second heart of human body since ancient times. According to the theory of keeping in good health, the foot is farthest from the heart of human body and bears the heaviest burden. Therefore, this place is most likely to lead to poor blood circulation. A man with feet is still like a tree with roots. When a tree dies, its roots are exhausted first, and a man's old feet are decayed first. ? Especially for those who often feel cold hands and feet, soaking feet in hot water is an excellent method.
stimulate acupoints, reflex zones and meridians of the foot. According to medical theory, there are reflex zones, acupoints and meridians on the feet of various organs and organs of the human body. Many people have done pedicure, and when the masseur presses our feet, it will feel pain and soreness. This situation can basically explain that there is something wrong with the viscera in the corresponding reflex zone. Therefore, when we finish the foot massage, we will feel relaxed all over. At the same time, there are six main meridians on human feet, including the ending points of three yang meridians (bladder meridian, stomach meridian and gallbladder meridian) and the starting points of three yin meridians (spleen meridian, liver meridian and kidney meridian), all of which are on the feet. Therefore, soaking feet with hot water is equivalent to stimulating these six main meridians.