Love to wear high heels, be wary of hallux valgus

Experts remind that if the patient's toe valgus is severe and meets the indications for surgery, he should be treated in time when he is young, so that the postoperative recovery will be better, and it can also prevent the elderly with walking inconvenience and falling fractures.

What is the hallux valgus?

Hallux valgus is a common foot disease in women, commonly known as the bigfoot. According to experts, it is more likely to happen to beautiful students who love to wear high heels for a long time, even star-studded actresses are not immune.

According to experts, hallux valgus is the excessive inclination of the hallux to the outside of the foot. Generally speaking, if the angle of the foot's hallux valgus exceeds 15 degrees, it may be suffering from hallux valgus. It is more common in women. The cause of the disease is congenital and acquired. It is more common when passed from mother to daughter. If the mother has hallux valgus, then the daughter should take care of her feet when she is young and avoid wearing high-heeled, pointed shoes.

Hallux valgus is not simply a single-plane deformity of the first metatarsophalangeal joint, but a three-dimensional deformity involving a series of anatomical and biomechanical abnormalities of the foot. In severe cases, it will cause full foot dysfunction and cause many harms, such as: Beautiful, life is affected, such as inconvenience to buy shoes; cause pain, inability to walk for a long time, inconvenience to travel, etc.; unstable walking, easy to sprain, and the probability of falling of the elderly increases. Once falling, it will cause fractures and threaten life and health. .

Behind the elegance is naked pain. If you prefer high heels, how do you protect your feet?

1 Changes in the weight-bearing ratio of the forefoot and hindfoot

In general, the feet are flat, with 47% of the forefoot and 53% of the hindfoot. No matter how high the heel is, it will change the weight ratio of the foot. When the weight of the forefoot increases, the weight of the hindfoot decreases, and the forefoot will produce too much load According to biomechanical research tests, for every 2cm increase in the heel, the weight of the forefoot will increase by 10%-15%. Then the foot will gradually adapt to and compensate for the change in weight distribution. Once decompensation occurs, the forefoot pain will appear, such as Forefoot pain, painful calluses, fatigue fractures, etc.

2 Forefoot squeeze

The narrow forefoot space of high-heeled shoes will inevitably cause the forefoot to be squeezed, which is prone to deformation and pain of various toes, such as hallux valgus, hammer finger, tailor's toe, and ingrown nails. Once these situations occur, it is difficult to restore to the past.

3 Changes in biomechanics of lower limbs

When wearing high heels, due to the uneven force on the soles of the feet, the force on the ankle joint is reduced, the pressure in the knee joint increases, the muscle strength of the lower limbs decreases, the pelvis is tilted forward, and the spine load increases. It is prone to ankle sprain and low arches. Knee joint pain, back pain, etc.;

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How is hallux valgus treated?

Experts remind that if you find that your big toe is getting crooked, accompanied by local redness and pain, and plantar calluses, you may have suffered from hallux valgus. Although the vast majority of hallux valgus can be treated conservatively, a small number of cases with obvious deformities and serious impact on life still require surgical treatment.

According to experts, the surgical treatment of hallux valgus has undergone hundreds of years of development and evolution. There are more than 130 surgical methods. The reason why there are so many types of surgical methods is because no one surgical method can perfectly solve all problems. So many surgical methods can be roughly divided into two categories: soft tissue surgery and skeletal surgery. They often need to be used in combination. According to different pathological changes of the patient, tailor-made ingenious ones that have less trauma, fast recovery, beautiful appearance, and ideal results can be obtained. Surgical methods. To master these surgical techniques and use them in a reasonable combination is more like an art. It is by no means a do-and-go as some advertisements say. Patients must think carefully during treatment.

Experts emphasize that the majority of patients with hallux valgus who have severe toe valgus and have met the indications for surgery should not be delayed. They should be treated in time when they are young, so that postoperative recovery is better, and it can also prevent elderly people from walking inconvenience and falling. The problem of falling fractures.