What should I do if my foot joints are swollen?

In daily life, when we walk or climb for a long time, our foot joints will be sore and swollen, which makes us feel very uncomfortable. This raises a very serious question for us: what should we do if our foot joints are swollen? What are the causes? Is it just caused by fatigue? Actually, not really. If you have rheumatism, it will also cause swollen foot joints. So let's talk about these issues today.

1. Overview

The foot joint refers to the human body structure formed by the indirect connection between the bones of the foot. The human foot is composed of bones, muscles, blood vessels, nerves and other tissues.

The foot joints consist of the ankle joint, intermetatarsal joint, tarsometatarsal joint, intermetatarsal joint, metatarsophalangeal joint, and interphalangeal joint.

2. Causes of swollen and painful foot joints

(1) Traditional Chinese medicine believes that injuries, strain, or external wind, cold, and dampness combine to form diseases that enter the meridians, flow into the joints, and block the qi and blood. The wind, cold, and dampness take advantage of the opportunity to enter, invade the tendons and veins, and block the meridians. Blockages lead to blockages, and blockages lead to pain. Long-term pain leads to pain, and long-term pain leads to knots. Long-term knots lead to swelling, and long-term swelling leads to heat. This is the mechanism of swelling and pain caused by imbalance of yin and yang, and the inability of the internal organs to support each other. The root cause is the inactivity of tendons and blood, and the poor capillaries and microcirculation. Guidance: Traditional Chinese medicine treatment is mainly based on regulating microcirculation. As long as the microcirculation is unblocked, the meridians and tendons will be relieved, and the symptoms will gradually disappear as the microcirculation is unblocked. It is recommended to apply traditional Chinese medicine plasters externally, stick them with plasters, block the qi, and allow the medicinal properties to enter the skin through the pores, unblock the meridians and collaterals, and attack and disperse them.

(2) Walking too much will cause pain in your foot joints. If you do not have any external injuries, it is probably caused by internal reasons. Damage to local ligaments can also cause certain inflammation in the foot joints. However, ankle pain is closely related to rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis, coupled with poor blood circulation, will lead to the inability to transport the nutrients needed by the muscles or tissues through the blood circulation, causing the muscles to lack nutrition and accelerate aging and become stiff, ankle pain, rheumatoid arthritis can be cured as long as it is treated effectively early, go to the hospital for regular follow-up examinations, and prevent factors that cause recurrence.

Other diseases can also cause foot joint swelling

Achilles tendinitis, calcaneal spur, calcaneal periostitis, subcalcaneal fat pad injury, calcaneal fracture, calcaneal subcutaneous bursitis, tarsal sinus soft tissue strain, calcaneal tuberculosis, tumor, etc.

3. Treatment methods

You may consider injecting nutrient solution into the painful area, combined with oral treatment of wind pain tablets and mefenamic acid tablets. If there is inflammation, you need to take oral cephalosporin anti-inflammatory drugs. Pay attention to keeping warm and rest well, exercise appropriately, and avoid too strenuous activities. , choose shoes with thick soles, not soft soles, and soft insoles. It is best if the heel has a certain curvature to adapt to the curvature of the heel; the heel should be padded, such as heel pain pads made of silicone, to protect the heel and reduce friction.