Pain in the heels is an unpleasant phenomenon that deprives a person of joy and does not allow him to fully enjoy life. This problem can affect adults and children. Some people feel uncomfortable in the foot in the morning, and during the day they only remind themselves of themselves. Other people complain that the heel hurts when walking, after running or at night. What causes can cause unpleasant sensations in the back of the foot? How to get rid of pain in the heel of folk ways?
Reasons for aching heel
When constantly or regularly heels are baked with fire, this lowers the quality of life, because with each step a person feels unbearable discomfort and strong soreness in the foot. What are the causes of this condition? Why does the heel begin to literally burn with pain? Causes of leg soreness can be different: chronic pain, infectious diseases, foot injuries, ankles, problems with the tendon over the heel. Still this phenomenon sometimes arises because of external factors at which elimination the dyscomfort in the foot passes. These are:
- wearing high-heeled shoes;
- long stay on legs;
- rapid and significant increase in body weight;
- formation of cracks, corns on the foot;
- depletion of subcutaneous fat stores around the heel with a dramatically increased physical load, which sometimes leads to pain in this part of the foot.
Pain in the morning after a dream: what can it be
Why do the heels of the legs ache in the morning? A common cause of this problem is plantar fasciitis, which often leads to the development of a calcaneal spur. This disease occurs with a permanent traumatization of plantar ligaments caused by wearing tight shoes. Regular and prolonged stay in inconvenient, leg-binding shoes or boots does not allow the tendons, ligaments of the arch of the foot to function normally( relax / contract), which provokes the appearance of micro-traumas.
With permanent damage to the anatomical structures of the foot, deposits of calcium salts may appear at the attachment points of the ligaments to the bones. This leads to the appearance of bone osteophyte( calcaneal spur).If there is a lump on the heel, the pain will bother at the back of the foot or localize on its side. The cause of plantar fasciitis is also obesity.
When the body weight increases, the feet begin to experience additional pressure. This causes a violation of blood circulation in this part of the foot, leads to the appearance of microcracks, the growth of the calcaneus and the formation of cones. Often this disease occurs in patients with flat feet, diabetes, athletes( from increased training) and pregnant women. With plantar fasciitis, acute pain from the inside of the foot and in the heel area occurs in the morning, and then slightly or completely subsides during the day. Why is this happening?
While you rest at night, microcracks formed in a day on the inflamed part of the fascia attached to the back of the sole fuse, which shortens their surface. At the first steps after awakening microbreaks of ligaments again occur, which causes acute pain. Then the discomfort subsides, but in the afternoon sometimes comes back again. In the morning, pain on the back of the sole can cause other diseases. Arthritis caused by inflammatory processes of the foot tissues provokes discomfort in the heel after your awakening. To remove such pains helps massage of the feet.
It hurts to tread on the heel when walking or after running
If a person constantly feels that it hurts to walk because of unpleasant sensations in the heel, perhaps this indicates a serious illness or injury. Then, to eliminate discomfort in the foot, it is necessary to correctly diagnose and treat the root cause of this phenomenon. After a long walk, the heel of the legs can "burn" because of the developing inflammation of the Achilles tendon, which is located on the foot above the heel. If the back of the foot is constantly or regularly hurts when moving, this may be caused by the following diseases:
- Bechterew's disease, rheumatoid arthritis.
- Bone tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, jet arthritis of the heel bone joints, which occurs against the background of genital tract infections.
- Plantar fasciitis, osteochondropathy of calcaneus calcaneus, tendonitis of Achilles tendon.
- Malignant tumors of bones.
- Diabetes mellitus.
- Stretch, tendon rupture, heel bruise or calcaneus fracture, Northern disease.
Why heavily heel inside during pregnancy
Being in position, women often encounter pain in the feet. The cause of unpleasant sensations in the heels often becomes the increasing mass of the future mother. In pregnant women, the center of gravity changes( it shifts forward), and this can lead to an increase in the load on the feet and heel pain. As a rule, these problems occur with the birth of a child. Uncomfortable shoes or a sharp change in the habit of high-heeled shoes before high-low shoes are also causes of heel pain. Another acute pain in the heel may indicate saline deposits or spur.
Causes of pain in a child
Children 7-11 years old can regularly get sore. As a rule, in this case doctors diagnose - Schintz's disease. This disease indicates a violation of the process of ossification of the heel bone of the heel. It often affects only the heel region of the left or right leg, but more often develops on both legs. The causes of Shinz's disease in children can be: a constant high load on the foot, a violation of the hormonal background or the process of assimilation of the body by the body, vascular diseases, heredity, microtrauma in the heel. The following symptoms are typical for this disease:
- heel pain, which is aggravated by movement;
- swelling on the heel;
- difficulties with flexion / extension of the foot;
- increase in local temperature;
- lameness;
- redness of the skin on the heels.
To which doctor should be treated and how to treat
If the heels hurt, consult a neurologist, rheumatologist or traumatologist for advice. A specialist will carefully examine the problem site, ask a series of special questions to determine the presence or absence of certain symptoms. A qualified doctor, after setting an accurate diagnosis, will advise what better exercises to remove the pain syndrome and take medication. If necessary, the doctor will prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs and / or orthopedic shoe inserts to help heal pain.
What to do at home when the heel of the
cracked. Heel pain often causes cracks on the back of the foot. They can appear as a result of the lack of regular care for soles, lack of vitamins in the body or metabolic disorders. Inconvenient shoes are a common factor provoking the appearance of this phenomenon on the heels. How to treat such cracks at home? Restore the skin will help people's remedies. Medicinal plants are used for the preparation of trays, compresses. Here are the most effective folk methods against cracks on the heel:
- Compress with onions. Before the procedure 10 min.keep feet in warm water with 1 tsp.soda. Grind a small onion and transfer the formed mush into a napkin, attach it to the heel, wrap it with a film, top with a bandage and leave it overnight. In the morning, wash the feet, treat the sole with pumice and spread it over with a fat cream. For a week, do this procedure on the heels 3-5 times.
- Compress with cabbage, honey. Sheet the plant slightly beat, spread with honey, sprinkle lightly with flour and pribintuyte to the crack on the heel. In the morning, follow the procedure as described above. The course of treatment is 4 days.
- Vaseline from cracks on the heels. Before a night rest, make a warm bath for a stop at the rate of 4 tsp.boric acid per 1 liter of water. After that, dry your feet, plentifully spread cracks on the heels of petroleum jelly, on top of the painful areas, glue the patch. Leave for a day. Do this procedure for heels every other day for 8-12 days.
- Tray with potatoes. Undress the soles before going to bed in a decoction of potato peel or use a bath with the addition of 2 tbsp.l.potato starch per 1 liter of water. Then treat the heels with pumice stone, spread them with cream, put on socks. Do the procedure until the cracks disappear on the feet.
- Baths for heels. Three liters of hot water, combine with 3 to ammonia, 1 tbsp.l.soda, 1 liter of decoction / infusion of herbs( chamomile, elecampane, calendula or nettle).Unpick the legs for 20 minutes. After that, spread the heels with salicylic ointment 2% or olive oil, cream.
- Bath for heels with St. John's wort and apple cider vinegar. Pour 2 cups of water 1 tbsp.l.grass, boil, cool. Pour in 2 tbsp.l.vinegar. Strain the mixture and add to the foot bath water. After the procedure, treat the feet, heels as in point 5.
- Flat cake with aloe and onions. Knead the dough with the following ingredients: 1 part of aloe, 1 part of fish oil, 1 part of onion juice, 1 part of flour. Should be a cake. It is applied to the heel and fixed with a bandage, a toe. Leave for the night, and in the morning they remove, wipe the foot with decoction of the oak bark / tincture of calendula.
Folk remedies for heel pain
An effective remedy for the heel spur and pain caused by it is the tincture of Sabelnik. This medicine is sold in pharmacies, but it is not difficult to do it yourself. For treatment take 1 tbsp.l.tincture and pour 1/3 cup water. Drink the drug three times a day for 2.5 weeks. Then 10 days do not take drops, and again they repeat treatment with Sabelnik. A good therapeutic effect is given by compresses with this tincture. If the heel hurts, try to undergo the following folk remedies:
- Baths with salt. Prepare a hot solution at the rate of 300 g of sodium chloride per 1 liter of water, and soar the heels for 30 minutes. In trauma, osteoporosis, this method of treatment is not recommended.
- Pour the red pepper into the sock, wear it, wear it all day.
- Dry lilac flowers pour vodka( 1: 1), infuse for 10 days. The resulting tincture rub your heels.
- Combine 5 g of mummy with 100 g of honey, dissolve this composition in a water bath. The received means to smear heels, feet before a dream.
- Boil potatoes and feet to crush it until it cools. After - wash with warm foot water and draw on the heels of a grid of iodine.
- Grind the garlic and apply the mixture to the feet for 4 hours.
- Rapidly relieving pain in the region of the back of the foot helps to alternately apply heat and cold to it. This procedure is easy to do if we put two basins together with an icy and hot liquid.
- One egg is put in a container with vinegar essence and not taken out 10 days. Then get it, clean it, grind it, mix it with 40 g of oil. Use this mixture to rub feet, heels.
Prevention measures
Pains in the heels bring a lot of problems and significantly worsen the quality of life. These troubles can easily be prevented with the help of special prevention. It includes simple rules, hygienic procedures, the right way of life, which will help to maintain leg health. Consider the main recommendations of doctors on the prevention of pain in the heels:
- Eat a balanced diet, saturated with protein and vegetable components. This will help prevent a failure of the metabolism and the occurrence of diseases leading to pain in the heels.
- Do not allow a sharp increase in body weight.
- Do not exercise if your heels or feet ache. If there is pain in the foot during exercise, stop the session.
- Wear only comfortable shoes, so that it does not strongly compress the foot and heel.
- If you have previously suffered from calcaneal pain, consult a specialist about the advisability of wearing orthopedic insoles.
- Do not forget about regular care for feet and heels with the help of special tools.
- Do daily foot massage, including stroking the feet and heels.