To wear high heels for too long easy toe hallux valgus

Miss Li is engaged in ceremonial work. Her cheongsam and pointed high-heeled shoes are her “head”. However, recently, Miss Li found that her feet seemed to be distorted. She went to hospital for a slight hallux valgus, and the doctor said that the culprit was her pointed high heels every day.

Often wearing high heels is easy to get "big bones"

According to the introduction of the left middle male director of the First People's Hospital of Foshan City, the hallux valgus, commonly known as "bigfoot" disease, is a common forefoot malformation in which the hallux is excessively inclined to the lateral side of the foot and the first metatarsus is adducted. The main manifestations of clinical manifestations are hallux valgus deformity, pain, and bruises. The forefoot is widened; severe hallux valgus will cause the second toe to extrude toward the back, forming a hammered toe. Symptomatic disease often occurs, but also flat feet.

"This disease is more common in adult women, especially women who often wear high-heeled shoes and pointed-toe shoes. Long-term standing or walking too long, excessive weight-bearing can induce the disease, not only causing pain, but also the appearance of the foot is not beautiful. Affects daily life and work." Zuo Zhongnan said.

Prevention is to relax your feet

According to doctors, the key to prevention of hallux valgus is to liberate the foot. The specific method is to avoid wearing high-heeled shoes for long periods of time. On weekdays, wide-width front-end shoes should be used. There should be no high-heeled shoes, especially when exercising or long-distance walking. Secondly, it must be necessary for certain jobs or occasions. Wearing high heels, you can use hot water to soak your feet after you go home, ease your foot squatting, or prepare a pair of comfortable flat shoes in the office when you go to work, alternating with high heels.

Back home, you can walk barefoot to eliminate leg and foot fatigue. Whenever you have a chance, you should liberate your feet and replace shoes with a heel below 2cm.

Mild foot hallux valgus without surgery

Experts pointed out that when there is a deformity of the hallux valgus, it should be treated as soon as possible to prevent deterioration. The treatment of hallux valgus has non-surgical treatment and surgical treatment, and can achieve better results. Mild hallux valgus, can take physical therapy massage to ease, but also in the 1st, 2 toe pads between a cotton pad, tied to the inside of the hallux at night has been splint, to prevent the hallux valgus heavier, so that it gradually becomes straight . Walking on barefoot on sandy soil, exercising the muscles of the feet, or correcting flat feet with orthopedic shoes or flat insoles can correct mild hallux valgus.

For the non-surgical treatment ineffective, severe pain or severe deformity, Zuo Zhongnan Director recommended surgery.

Surgical methods include soft tissue surgery and proximal phalange osteotomy of the metatarsal bone. Patients with second toe hammer toe deformities need to be corrected for deformity. Since such operations are more difficult, they should go to regular hospitals to find experienced specialists to accurately measure changes in the angles of hallux valgus, and select the appropriate surgical method based on the patient's age, symptoms, work nature, and general condition. Perform surgery again, otherwise it may aggravate the condition and cause adverse consequences.