Injury, overuse or conditions which cause inflammation, injury to bone, ligament or tendons in the foot can cause foot pain.
Toes, heel, arch and soles can be affected. Pain can range from mild to serve.
Symptoms
Along with pain there may be swelling, redness and burning of foot.
Causes
- Calcaneum spur: pain in the heels due to outgrowth of bone. This causes pricking pain in heels.
- Heels and toes are most affected in individuals who wear tight fitting shoes, angle shoes and high heels. This causes intense pain with burning and redness.
- Some individuals have low arch. This can cause difficulty while walking or standing. Pain increases due to exertion.
- Other conditions like gout, osteoarthritis, diabetes can cause pain in the foot. Foot ulcers or sores also cause pain.
- Corns, bunions, warts, ingrown toenails are other potential causes for foot pain.
- Overweight or obesity can cause severe pain in foot, as foot or ankle bears more weight.
- Individuals who tend to walk on toes have pain in the toes. Physiotherapy, adjustment or training is necessary for those individuals before any medication.
- Also some individuals have cracks on the heels which are most painful.
Management
- Warm application or ice can help ease the pain.
- Oil massage which improves circulation.
- Fallen arch or low arch need to be corrected with foot wears with high arch.
- Soft sole or foot pads are helpful in Calcaneum spur.
- Tight fitting foot wear or high heels should be avoided.
- Resting the foot at height or elevation can help.
Homeopathic approach
Homeopathic medicine has good remedies for foot pain caused due to different issues. Based upon the cause remedies are indicated. For foot pain caused due to Spur calcaneum remedies like Amm mur, Bryonia and Xanthoxyllum are found helpful. In individuals are who affected with gout, remedies like Colchicum and Acid benz are found helpful. For cracks on heels, remedies like Sarsaparilla and Natrum mur are found helpful. Foot pain due to over exertion and standing for longer duration, remedies like Ledum pal, Sulphur and Valeriana are found helpful.
At Gouri Homeo Healthway, offer better services and treatment plan based on the causative factors. In this way we come to best remedies suitable for your ailments and thus providing best relief.
