This article highlights a common species known from foot pain known as metatarsalgia, better known as a ball of foot pain.
Metatarsalgia – Ball of foot pain
Pain in the balls (in Latin: metatarsalgia) is a disorder of the foot is very common, especially for women. It assumes that the majority of women, high heels or tight shoes gas (or those that have done in the past) helps suffer from metatarsalgia. Men can also sufferState, especially if they have to wear boots or hard drive without padding inside, and his job requires standing or walking for long periods. For example, work shoes or military / police boots can easily cause pain in the ball.
What are the symptoms of the ball of foot pain?
People with metatarsalgia often experience a burning sensation on the soles of the feet. Sometimes with a strong combination of tingling in the vicinity of the toes(This condition is called Morton's neuroma, see below). The pain may also excruciating pain that comes and goes during the day. In some cases, people experience a sensation similar to a stone is located under the forefoot.
Ball of foot pain worse when you wear high heels / fashion shoes for a long time or for men to walk long distances in hard shoes. Usually people with ball of foot pain also show excessive callus formation under the Balls of the feet.
What causes metatarsalgia?
Typically, the two main causes of balls of pain:
– Wear high heels / fashion shoes
– Pronation (flat feet)
Most (young) women like to look stylish and wear a shoe with a heel medium-high. The problem with high heels, is that the body weight is not distributed evenly across the sole of the foot, but 80% of the weight applied to a single area> Feet, the forefoot area. ie, the balls of your feet. This is completely unnatural and it was not long, the entire structure collapsed forefoot, which at constant pressure and friction on the sole of the foot. The body reacts and produces corneal thickness in this area, which in turn leads to a burning sensation in the foot.
They tend also as part of the aging process for women, most of the cushioning pad "fibro-fatty acids" under the ball losesFoot. Without this natural padding pain caused by pressure on the skin above the bone.
Another cause for the ball of foot pain is overpronation. Pronation (excessive pronation or) occurs in a lot of people, especially when they are older. To leave the fallen arches and ankles and feet tend to roll inward. Excessive pronation is a leading role in ensuring that the heel pain and heel spurs, but it can also lead to metatarsalgia. How longitidunal arc interruption, theVault. The transverse arch is the arch that crosses the forefoot and consists of five metatarsal bones. To leave the bones in the foot drop and foot structure is severely weakened. When we put the shoes you wear is not enough support and cushioning pressure on the ball of the foot and often the pain is felt.
Pronation, which combined with the use of hard, flat shoes and walking on hard surfaces such as concrete, pavement,Tile floor, etc. often results in balls of pain, but other common ailments such as leg pain, knee pain and lower back pain.
The treatment of the ball of foot pain (Metatarsalgia)
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ARegular shoes – with metatarsalgia is caused by over pronation – full-length orthotic inserts with arch support and the support is recommended for the prevention and reduction of pain in the ball.
The removal of excess callous from a podiatrist, chiropodist or podiatrist is recommended to relieve ball of pain. You can also easy and hard calluses with daily use (with a pumice stone or foot fine-grainedFile).
Choose the right shoes ..
Shoes that are narrow in the front power of the metatarsal bones together, pinching the nerves and blood vessels leading between the bones. Your continued use of the shoes are too tight to come, one or more of the metatarsal bones, up or down in the transverse arch, causing the arch to collapse completely.
On the other hand, can shoes that are too wide to cause shear stresses under the foot when it comes to films,causes callus build up on the soles of the feet and toes. One foot in a shoe is wide narrow pushed forward so that the pressure and curling of the toes. The fact that the toes curl inside a shoe that disturb the rest of your positions and extensor flexor muscles. Over time this can also lead to fatigue and cramps.
Thin-soled shoes or shoes without padding is all the hard clash with artificial surfaces directly in the transferThe bones of the feet, stimulating the formation of callus. So, always buy shoes with plenty of cushioning and support, or wear orthotics in your shoes.
Ill-fitting shoes should be replaced by anatomically correct, balanced and cushioned shoes. Avoid the use of high-heeled shoes or high heels just do not wear more than a couple of hours a day.
If the problem persists, see a podiatrist.
