What is flatfoot? What are the causes of flatfoot? How to diagnose, treatment and prevention of the disease? Answers to these questions you will find in the article.
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Flatfoot, reasons
To understand what a flatfoot take a look at
His foot. Note - on the inner edge it is concave. This
A concave plot is like a shock absorber. After all, you know that
When walking or running body weight, you have to go on foot. When,
When this is the most amortization function ceases to cope with the load,
Stop vaults are constructed, called flatfoot. Speaking on medical
Language: Flatfoot is a flattening of foot arches.
This is
The disease can develop at any age, as it happens
congenital and acquired. Acquired flatfoot as
You see, you can warn. Already at the beginning of the disease you can
Note some of his signs (symptoms).
- In the evening, the stops are tired, there are ate downhow, if there was a strong physical activity - the stop parses.
- Pain becomes stronger, reaches the knee.
- Pain pain joins, headache. Appears huge
Desire to throw off your shoes and walk barefoot. You hardly buy yourself
Shoes, as the stop has become more, fingers deformed.
If you observe these changes - it means you have just a flatfoot.
Flatfoot arises from the wrong load. Not necessarily too strong, can develop from a lack of load.
Wrong shoes. This more often refers to
Women. Here and high heel, and long walking. by the way,
Women are 4 times more like this ailmentary than men. It's related
So that there are more reasons for flatfooting - pregnancy,
overweight. In 3% of cases, planefoot is inherited.
Diagnosis of flatfoot
To begin with, spend mini-diagnostics
at home. Spread the stop by vegetable oil and place the track on the big
Sheet of paper. Now look at the next one you left. Normal
on the inner edge of the stop does not come into contact with the support, which forms
Recess. And there should be no trace in this place. If it is, a plot without
imprint less than half of your foot, then you have flatfoot.
Now put the accurate diagnosis - turn to
orthopedic. You need a x-ray study to understand
How much the case with flat-growing is running. Required when visiting
Doctor remember about all the symptoms that you have recently
Observed and even headache.
Treatment of flatopy
Unfortunately, launched flatfoot
Therapeutic methods do not cure. It will be necessary surgical
intervention. But in the start of the stage it is possible to get rid of
From this ailment. To begin with, you will need to choose the right shoes for
of your stop. Individual recommendations, you depend on deformation
foots you get from the doctor. A, in general, the heel shoe should not be
above 4 centimeters, shoe sock is not pointed, but a free round
Forms. The heel must be tightly fixed in the shoes. To help mine
Stop - orthopedic insoles needed. They will allow evenly
Distribute load. The insole must be ordered individually in each
case.
Buy a massage foot rug. Conduct
Foot massage in the evening after work. Summer massage rug can with
Success to replace walking barefoot on pebbles or sand.
No matter how difficult you work or not, let's go
respite. As experienced people say: if there is an opportunity to sit down - not
Stand, and if there is an opportunity to lie down, do not sit.
Do not neglect the medical complex
Physical education and massage that you will appoint a doctor. This is perhaps,
main way to cure flatfoot. By the way, these methods are applicable and
for prevention flatfoot.
Prevention flatfoot
Attention to the footsteps need to be given back from birth.
You can not shy with toddles close socks, tight sliders, not
It is advisable to children under the year to wear boots. These measures will allow legs
Develop correct.
And another important stage of a more careful attitude towards its footsteps - after
40 years. At this age it is better to abandon long loads,
High heel. If you feel fatigue in the legs - not be lazy and
Make a bath in warm water with sea salt.
Your legs will be grateful to you if you take care of them.
