Than just do not suffer from our long-suffering legs, then arthritis attacks them, then varicose enlargement, and then still attack - spurs on the legs, the treatment of which is very long and difficult. And for some reason, they visit the most lovely ladies. Maybe because we love high heels, or maybe because the female body is prone to metabolic disorders. Pregnancy, childbirth and menopause imprint their imprint. But anyway, let's talk today about the treatment of heel spurs at home.
What are the heel spurs?
But before dealing with treatment, let's see what these spurs are on their feet, and where they come from. In general, this phrase refers to the bony outgrowths formed on the calcaneus as a result of metabolic disorders. Contribute to the emergence of spurs, such diseases as diabetes, schitovid diseases, obesity, problems in the work of the kidneys and the gastrointestinal tract. And help can serve uncomfortable shoes with high heels, heavy weights, long stay on your feet.
The appearance of the spur resembles a thin and rather long needle. And according to the laws of physics, the smaller the surface area, the more pressure it exerts. It's exactly the same with the spur. The more it is longer and thinner, the more painful it becomes to keep one foot on. After all, the soft tissues of the heel are entirely covered with nerve endings, and the pain from the spurs is sometimes just hellish. Well, we shall not suffer, and we shall better look, that the national medicine offers from this annoying illness.
Methods of treating heel spurs at home
Since the spurs on the legs - a complex disease, then the treatment for them requires a comprehensive. And, whatever one may say, at least once a doctor has to go, it is necessary to determine the reason for the formation of a spur in a specific personal case. And from this and then in folk medicine it will be easier to choose the means. Well, if to speak in general, here's what recipes for treating spurs at home can be taken on board.
- Treating the calcaneal spur with bile. Take 40 g of the bile of a bear or some domestic animal, mix it with 20 grams of vodka and a teaspoon of shampoo. Before going to bed, unzip your foot and compress from the prepared mixture. Bandage the foot and put on a woolen socks. According to the testimony of the ladies who used this recipe, the pains are gone within 3 days.
- Treatment of spurs with propolis. For this type of treatment for spurs, take a small piece of propolis, form a cake and place it on the location of the spur. Just before that, do not forget to steam up your leg. Stuff the propolis cake with a bandage and put on a sock. So act until the spur disappears. It is more expedient to spend the procedure at night.
- Treating the calcaneal spur with iodine. Very effective treatment of the calcaneal spur is obtained with iodine. Especially it is suitable for those who have a reduced function of the thyroid gland. Mix 2 crushed aspirin tablets and one small ampoule of 3% iodine, apply the mixture on cotton wool and pribintuyte it to the place where there is a spur. Put your sock on and go to bed. In the morning, rinse your feet, and repeat the procedure 2 more times with weekly intervals between each.
- Plaster for treatment of calcaneal spur. As such a plaster walnut, mixed with its own hungry saliva, is suitable. As soon as you get up in the morning, split one nut and thoroughly cut it. Then put the resulting lump to the sore spot and fix it with a bandage or band-aid. Repeat the procedures daily until spurs completely disappear.
- Spur treatment with potatoes. Equally beneficial is the treatment of heel spurs with grated potatoes. For this, take a small potato and grate it on a fine grater.
The resulting gruel is placed on a four-layer gauze, attach it to a sore spot, fix it with polyethylene and a bandage and put on a woolen sock. The procedure is repeated every night before going to sleep until the spur is healed.
As you can see, there are very, very many methods of treating spurs at home. But some of them will not be enough. To spurs have disappeared once and for all, one must change one's lifestyle, reconsider the mode of work, rest and nutrition, and tackle the underlying disease that caused the appearance of spurs. And without medical assistance here can not do. After all, only a qualified specialist will be able to select the method of treatment and advise the necessary food. Trust doctors, and be healthy!