Heel spurs: medication treatment at home

The osteophyte is an unpleasant and pleased painful manifestation of the growth of bone tissue in the form of a spine, caused by the pulling action of the tendon or ligament. For such a disease, as calcaneal spurs medication treatment is quite possible, if it does not run. On the causes of origin, the means of help we will talk in today's article.

Why there is a disease

With the diagnosis of heel spur, medication treatment means that the disease has already been detected, for example, by ultrasound or X-ray. The signs of the calcaneal spur are obvious, and despite the fact that the disease develops gradually, calls to the doctor are already actually at the stage when the growths cause considerable discomfort when walking. According to the statistics of treatment with fasciitis (inflammation of muscle tissue due to osteophyte), women suffer more often because shoes with high heels, when the foot abruptly passes from the position of the load to one ligament in a rest position and vice versa, are typical for the female sex. Loads on the feet when walking, active way of life are not at all an indicator that the osteophyte is excluded. The main condition for its prevention is proper nutrition, uniform alternation of loads on the foot with rest and timely diagnosis performed by a specialist.

Asymptomatic course of the disease

Microscopic tears, cracks, which are formed during systematic loads on the foot due to uncomfortable shoes, unusual height of the heel (or his absence after the foot was constantly on his heel) are amenable to treatment. How to treat a heel spur medically? Ensure the foot rest, lubricate with any soothing and inflammatory remedy, anesthetize and try, with relief, to give time to the foot and not load it. Very different measures should be taken if the pain in the heel is agonized due to other causes - infections, injuries, obesity, etc. In this case, identify the root cause of the problem and exclude it first, otherwise use the means directly affecting the tissues Bone, muscle, tendons) will only help for a short time. Their action is based on anesthesia and the removal of inflammation. Even worse will be to insist on conservative methods without confirming the genesis of the disease. Therefore, before treating the heel spur medication, it is worth making sure that your initiative does not hurt: take tests, do an x-ray or an ultrasound of the foot.

Attributes of the calcaneal spur, under which you need to see a doctor

Determine the disease is not difficult, if it is already progressing. First signs:

• Discomfort in the heel with a load on the foot, piercing the pain - it's plantar fasciitis.
• Bony growths on the heel from behind, developing and sticking out from under the skin, visually easily diagnosed, deliver no less problems - it is a calcaneal spur.

Drug treatment of the heel spur at home is possible, but self-medication without diagnostics should not be done, if only because different stages of the disease have different purposes, and that on one of them will be an effective remedy, in another it can aggravate the course of the disease.

What are the causes of the disease

One of the main causes of the spur is the impaired metabolism, which is usually associated with the overweight of the patient. The wrong course of the metabolism of carbohydrates in the body leads to the formation of calcium deposits and inflammation of the calcaneal tuber tissues. Experiencing the maximum load during walking, running, jumping, internal foot tissues sometimes get microtraumas, which as a result of a constant load do not heal, but are aggravated by new loads. Therefore, the disease often accompanies athletes, fans of athletics. Usually, treatment of the calcaneal spur with medicines is possible even before diagnosis, according to the primary signs: sharp pain inside the foot, impossibility to step on the heel because of the sensation of the "hammered nail". In such cases, do not step foot baths, you can not warm up with compresses: this will help in later stages of the disease, but on the initial can cause swelling and increased pain syndrome. That is why if you suspect a "calcaneal spur", treatment with medicines should be prescribed by a specialist, and self-medication is not recommended.

First of all - we treat the source

Other causes of the disease include flat feet, orthopedic diseases and curvature of the spine (due to unevenly distributed weight on both feet), chronic hidden infections (chlamydia, causing Reiter's syndrome), rheumatic diseases (arthritis, Bechterew's disease, gout). To confirm the diagnosis of heel spur (medication can be prescribed only after the establishment), you need to pass some tests. They allow us to determine that the disease is indeed of an osteopathic nature, and not another (joint, vertebral) with similar symptoms. With some of them, the load on the feet may not even be so significant, so the treatment of the heel spur with medication will no longer produce a stable effect. In this case, you need to do a thorough cure of the primary source of problems.

Heel spur: treatment with medicines

Reviews about the drug treatment of patients are often positive, because carefully met the requirements of an orthopedist or surgeon at the initial stage of the disease can remove the pain syndrome and get rid of the symptoms. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used in the form of capsules, tablets of creams and ointments, for applications and compresses, hormonal preparations in the form of a gel, cream or injections. Combining with massages, which also need to be performed competently, treatment with such a means can remove all the pain for a two-week course of use. Effectively help ointments and creams steroid or non-steroid type. It is shown and effective for the disease "calcaneal spur" treatment with medicines: saber, bee venom, on the basis of which creams are created to alleviate the symptoms. Ointments need to be applied not periodically at the most intense pains, but thrice-four times a day, preheating the aching heel. Their action is manifested as softening of the skin, relieving inflammation, anesthesia, improving blood supply in the painful area.

Sabelnik

Sabelnik swamp has long been widely used both internally and externally, and promotes the healing and removal of inflammation of a different nature. It is taken as alcoholic tinctures, broths and herbal infusions, use topically. Its leaves contain many valuable substances that have a pronounced anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect, improve metabolism when ingested, contribute to strengthening the body's defenses, immunity. In addition, the sabelnik has no contraindications. Unless pregnant and nursing mothers should not resort to a saber.

To treat the calcaneal spur, the saber is recognized as one of the best natural remedies. On the basis of this natural preparation, an alcoholic tincture is made. The course of treatment is three weeks for oral administration. On the basis of the tincture from the saber, night compresses are also made on the diseased heel using a foil or plaster. From badger, goose fat or glycerin, mummy tablets and a dessert spoon of such a tincture make an ointment that is applied to the pre-heated skin and remains as a compress for the whole night.

Methods of conservative medicine for the treatment of calcaneal spurs

Allow to alleviate the symptoms of the disease and such means as:

• Shockwave therapy (UTV), aimed at improving blood circulation. It quickly makes the bone part more loose with impulses.
• X-ray therapy, which has no contraindications, which anesthetizes the site of spur localization.
• Ultrasound, a warming painful place, and accelerating metabolic processes, which contributes to the regeneration of damaged tissues.
• An excellent way to get rid of such a disease as a calcaneal spur is treatment with medicines: ointments, creams that presuppose a whole course of treatment, lasting and effective. Suitable are various ointments and creams containing components such as butadion, diclofenac, ibuprofen for the removal of inflammation.
• One of the extreme methods, which are tried to be used as rarely as possible, is surgery, it is necessary only if all other methods have not helped.

Types of treatment of calcaneal spurs

Other methods of conservative treatment include the use of orthopedic insoles, silicone pads under the heel with a depression or a hole in the location of the build-up. Such a method can be combined with a more traditional one, the effect of a cream or ointment combined with gentle heel care will make healing more rapid and effective.

In addition, such types of care are used, such as patches, warm foot baths, wrapping, paraffin heating (paraffin therapy), metal therapy with foil, mud therapy, laser therapy and drug blockades. Blockades are a tool that you can not use on your own. Injections into the heel of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs can be entrusted only to a specialist, otherwise there can only be a deterioration.