METATARSALGIA: How to relieve the pain

Does the pad area hurt when you walk?
Also known as the “ball of the foot”?
In today’s post, let’s talk about METATARSALGIA: How to relieve the pain.
We will see what this common pathology is, what kind of pain it produces and what are its causes; and finally we will tell you what you can do to relieve the pain produced by metatarsalgia.

What is metatarsalgia

Metatarsalgia appears when inflammation of the metatarsals or metatarsal heads occurs.
That is to say, the part of bone that is below the height of the fingers, and that is one of the points of support of the foot.

Metatarsalgia is a very common condition, it is not serious but it is painful and uncomfortable, and many people do not know that they suffer from it.
It causes a stabbing pain in the area, sometimes callosisades or “chicken eyes” also appear, and we think that this is the problem of our pain; when in fact there is an underlying problem that is causing these hardnesses.

Why metatarsalgia occurs

Among the most common causes that can develop metatarsalgia are:

– Pes cavus.
The pes cavus can cause that we have an excessive support on the metatarsal area.
What we would provoke in this case is to load in excess the zone, producing the inflammation of the metatarsals.

– Walking with incorrect weight distribution. There are certain foot shapes that modify the way we walk and we do not distribute our body weight correctly on the sole of the foot.
If this occurs, we are more likely to load one area more than the other.
If we load the metatarsal area with more weight than we should, it is possible that we start to suffer metatarsalgia.
The same thing would happen in an overweight person.
We load more the metatarsal heads, which favors the appearance of this pathology.

– Morton’s neuroma. It is a thickening of the nerve between the toes, around the metatarsal heads, which usually occurs between the third and fourth metatarsal.
It is a benign tumor, consequence of a chronic compression.
If you suffer from this pathology, it is also frequent the appearance of metatarsalgia.

– Inadequate footwear. Inadequate footwear can cause different conditions, one of which is metatarsalgia.
Inadequate footwear makes us walk incorrectly, making a wrong distribution of our weight on the sole of the foot.
We modify the tread and the areas of our foot that have to support the weight and the impact against the ground.
This causes certain areas such as the balls of the foot or metatarsal heads to become inflamed, causing pain.

– Certain sports or intense physical exercise. Sport is more than healthy, it is necessary and essential to maintain a good general state of health.
But too much sport, or certain types of sport, can be counterproductive for some people.
Impact sports such as running, especially if practiced on hard surfaces, make certain areas of our feet have to withstand more pressure.
This would be the case of the metatarsals if we combine impact and hard surface.

Metatarsalgia: how to relieve the pain

Taking into account the causes that provoke this pathology, let’s see what we can do to alleviate the pain produced by metatarsalgia.

– Rest and apply ice to the area. It is clear that if the cause is due to overload, resting, pausing this impact or excessive activity that we have been doing, will prevent the area from continuing to swell.
If we combine it with the application of ice, we help the process of desinflamación improving the pain.

– Take an analgesic. Always under medical prescription, ibuprofen or aspirin help reduce inflammation in the area.

– Use metatarsal pads. Metatarsal pads are specially designed for this problem.
They cover half of the foot, the metatarsal area, and relieve pressure at the point of support thanks to a more comfortable surface.

– Wear appropriate footwear. The use of appropriate footwear will ensure that your body weight is correctly distributed when walking and that the foot is well supported.
This will ensure that the areas of friction of your foot with the surface are adequate and that you do not overload certain areas of the sole of your foot.

Insole for Metatarsalgia

There are also insoles for metatarsalgia on the market, such as SMOU.
Specially designed to correctly distribute the weight of our body when walking, and with a metatarsal reinforcement that provides comfort and rest in the area, and the necessary support to the foot.
As mentioned in the article, the keys are proper weight distribution, not overloading the area, and avoiding overweight, excessive exercise and impact sports on hard surfaces.

Wearing the right footwear is not always possible.
In most cases we get carried away by fashion instead of what we should be wearing or instead of prioritizing comfort.
At the moment, seasonal trends in shoes are usually not very compatible for our feet.
But we have the solution, and that is to use a suitable insole.
SMOU is designed by orthopedists, after years in practice treating people who had the same foot problems as you.
We saw that 90% of them had metatarsalgia, plantar fasciitis or heel spurs, and that these 3 pathologies are often related.

We decided to make a tailor-made but universal template that would fit the vast majority of our patients, thus being able to reduce the selling price of the template.
And we succeeded!
After testing it in the office with hundreds of our patients and seeing the excellent results in their treatments, we decided to launch it to the market.

And here they are! Available on the web or in pharmacies so that you too can eliminate your foot pain.
Distribute your body weight correctly when walking and feel like you’re flying with the metatarsal reinforcement developed with soft and comfortable materials that do not deform over time.

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You will be surprised!