Women Often Wear High Heels And Cause Toe Deformities.

100 million people in China are big bones.

In life, we can often see that there are many women's feet on the thumb root to bulge out a big package, and thumb thumbs outward, so that the front foot like a triangle "big snake head", this is what people often say "big bone", the scientific name "hallux valgus".

Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, deputy director of Department of orthopedics and Yan Hong explained that the hallux valgus is metatarsal inward protuberance, thumb thumbs outward, more than normal angle (such as illustration), serious will cause inflammation of the bursa, so that patients suffering from pain.

It is understood that at least one hundred million people in China have hallux valgus. On the Internet, a pair of Michelle Yeoh has been exposed for years. High-heeled shoes And badly deformed feet. If the situation is true, experts say, Michelle Yeoh must not be able to go far now. Because of her condition, it has been considered severe hallux valgus. Because the toe deformity was exposed at the same time, there were actress Penny Tai and British star Beckham's wife, Vitoria.

Congenital factors account for half.

"A variety of reasons can lead to hallux valgus, including familial inheritance in 50%~70%, mainly maternal inheritance, especially girls." And Yan Hong said. The female foot ligament is weaker than the male. Under the same genetic condition, it is more likely to occur hallux valgus. The ratio of male to female is about 1:16. The flexibility of the ligament decreases with age. This is also the reason why hallux valgus is more common in middle-aged women. Secondly, it is due to acquired factors, usually due to improper wearing of shoes for a long time, such as shoes that often pass through sharp, too high and crowded feet. Now the hallux valgus patients are younger, which is closely related to this. Other causes include trauma, rheumatism, gout, neurological diseases such as cerebral palsy and hallux valgus caused by common peroneal nerve injury.

The better the early intervention, the better.

The early hallux valgus is not beautiful, difficult to choose shoes and easy to damage the shape of shoes. It has not caused much discomfort to people. However, as age increases, the degree of hallux valgus deformity is aggravated, which may cause many serious complications, such as bursa of thumb, claw toe, corns and pads. These complications not only affect foot function, but also cause pain and seriously affect life and work. Some of the above symptoms are not obvious or tolerable, but when walking more or at night, they may feel pain or discomfort around the big toe or ankle. This is related to the changes in the foot's force after the hallux valgus occurs, and it can also affect other joints and lead to some bone and joint complications.

"Many patients are unable to endure the pain until they come to see a doctor, which often requires surgery. Because the more complications there are, the more troublesome it will be to treat them. Therefore, when the hallux valgus deformity is found, it is better to prevent it early. And Yan Hong recommended several ways to prevent hallux valgus.

1. choose a suitable pair of shoes, such as Heel Do not be too high, 2~4 cm is appropriate, the highest should not be higher than 7 cm, the toe should be relaxed, so that the toes have a certain activity space inside, so that it can not feel any pressure, especially can not wear sharp and thin high-heeled shoes, the length is greater than their feet about two centimeters. The sole must be radian to protect the arch. Shoes should be kept as large as possible to reduce the burden on the feet to maintain balance. Girls with hallux valgus should wear fewer high-heeled shoes.

2. do barefoot exercise, if the family is wooden floor or winter heating, it is best to wear shoes at home to relax the feet. If conditions permit, frequent barefoot walking on the sandy soil can better relieve foot fatigue.

3. it's not realistic for women to wear high heels now. Try to reduce the time of wearing high heels and prepare a pair of flat shoes in units and cars. When you get home in the evening, you can use hot water to soak your feet, while you press your metatarsal to the big toe in the opposite direction.

If there is mild hallux valgus, it can be sandwiched between first, second toes. Cotton pad At night, a small splint is placed inside the toe to straighten the toes. In addition, it can be corrected by the hallux valgus orthodontic appliance (daily and night orthosis).

Proper selection of operative indications ensures no recurrence.

When the above conservative treatment can not be effectively corrected, surgical treatment should be adopted, which is the most effective treatment. According to the introduction, there are many operative methods for hallux valgus orthopaedics. In recent decades, there are only soft tissue operations and proximal phalanx osteotomy in general hospitals in China. Unfortunately, although many hospitals in China can do this kind of operation, there are many cases of failure and relapse. Sun Yongqiang, chief physician of the Department of orthopedics, said: "the postoperative recurrence is largely related to the indication that there is no correct choice of operation. Accurate preoperative evaluation is a necessary condition for successful operation. "

The main purpose of treating hallux valgus is to relieve pain, and do not advocate correction for painless or painful deformities. Before the age of 50, if the deformity is not too severe, the skin of the thumb root is not too red and swollen, so we can try conservative treatment, such as the various health care methods mentioned above. With the improvement of people's living standard. For some young women, the main purpose of treatment is not to wear fashionable shoes, or to wear high-heeled shoes for some occasions, but they are too painful to wear. We should be more careful with patients who have such demands. Sun Yongqiang said.