Foot pains?

Reba beat me... :lol:

Yes, it's not just brain but nerves system from head to toe.
 
RebelGirl said:
What's good for athlete's foot? I have that on my left foot.. does lavendar oil work good for athlete's foot? everytime i wear shoes, my foot start to itch really bad. I've had that for 5 years now and it won't go away. my right foot is perfect
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I has similar problem as you during summer time... but not itch ... Yes I use homemade foot bath... to soak my athlete foot.. (dry foot) and then cream with lavender foot cream and sometimes use vaseline cream in most nights (few hours before go to bedtime). It's less now than before now...

It also use natural soap as well... chopped natural soap and soak them in hot foot bath and leave it for 5 minutes... cool your foot bath with cold water if you feel its too hot for you.
 
Liebling:-))) said:
I has similar problem as you during summer time... but not itch ... Yes I use homemade foot bath... to soak my athlete foot.. (dry foot) and then cream with lavender foot cream and sometimes use vaseline cream in most nights (few hours before go to bedtime). It's less now than before now...

It also use natural soap as well... chopped natural soap and soak them in hot foot bath and leave it for 5 minutes... cool your foot bath with cold water if you feel its too hot for you.
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does it make your skin peel off from your foot? i'm soo sick of it.. i even went to the dr about it.. they said go buy over the counter athlete's foot cream. none of it helped. then it'll start to itch like crazy! I'll try the suggestion you made. Thanks for the advice.
 
RebelGirl said:
does it make your skin peel off from your foot? i'm soo sick of it.. i even went to the dr about it.. they said go buy over the counter athlete's foot cream. none of it helped. then it'll start to itch like crazy! I'll try the suggestion you made. Thanks for the advice.
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Welcome :hug:

Yes, my skin is peeling and dry during summer time.... I hate it...

Don't use perfume soap or cream on your feet... It make worst if you do.

I use lavender feet care... I'm faith customer of Yves Rocher for over 20 years and love it because they have plenty herbals cream, loition etc. Lavender is my favorite... I use lavender lotion, cream, perfume, bath, oils feet cream etc during summer time... I have ALL of lavenders things... check the list in this link.

You can see lavender feet care cream and spray here.
http://www.ecomtrack2.com/shopcart/shops/568/109/default.asp?campid=171


non-perfume like herbals, natural soap, vaseline cream, etc...


Why can't you check with Dermatology? They are specialist for skin system. It's them who advised me to use foot bath with herbals, non-perfume........
 
quiet gal said:
foot doctor are called ~ ~ ~ podiatric / podiatrist
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I googled to find out what's podiatric is... Interesting, because we don't have Podiatric here in germany but Dermatology or Neurology. They are specialist for head to toe... (skin or nerves system)

We have sports doctor here in Germany who also massage the head to toe as well.
 
It occured me sometimes. All I did was having foot spa or spa foot. It helps me alot to reduce pain and swell. Also It happened to my grannie.
 
This is a little off topic but maybe this list will help you understand which kind of doctor takes care of your various needs.

Medical Specialties in America

Acupuncture
A Chinese medical practice or procedure that treats illness or provides local anesthesia by the insertion of needles at specified sites of the body.

Andrology
Andrology is the science and medicine that deals with the male reproductive system.

Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and total care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery.

Audiology
A branch of medicine dealing with hearing and therapy of individuals having impaired hearing.

Cardiology
The study of the heart and its actions and diseases.

Clinical Chemistry
The application of chemistry and biochemistry to the diagnosis of human disease

Clinical Virology
The study of viruses in a clinical environment.

Dermatology
The study of the structure, function, and diseases of the skin.

Emergency Medicine
This branch of medicine encompasses the decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability for patients in health crises, as well as health promotion and injury prevention efforts.

Endocrinology
The study of the structure, function, and diseases of endocrine glands.

Environmental Medicine
This branch involves research into the health effects of environmental polution.

Epidemiology
A medical branch that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population.

Family Medicine
A branch in which a specialist is trained to treat most health problems, as well as to coordinate medical care that requires further evaluation and treatment by other specialists.

Gastroenterology
The study of the diseases and pathology of the stomach and intestines.

Hematology
The study of blood and blood-forming organs.

Immunology
The study of the phenomena and causes of immunity and immune responses.

Internal Medicine
A branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of nonsurgical diseases.

Nephrology
A branch of medicine concerned with the kidneys.

Neurology
A branch that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue.

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics is a branch of medicine that deals with birth and its antecedents and squels. Gynecology is a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women.

Ophthamology
A branch of medical science dealing with the structure, functions, and diseases of the eye.

Optometry
The profession of examining the eye for defects and faults of refraction and prescribing correctional lenses or exercises but not drugs or surgery.

Orthopedics
The correction or prevention of skeletal deformities.

Osteopathy
A system of medical practice based on a theory that diseases are due chiefly to loss of structural integrity which can be restored by manipulation of the parts supplemented by therapeutic measures.

Otolaryngology
A medical specialty concerned especially with the ear, nose, and throat.

Pathology
A medical specialty where one interprets and diagnoses the changes caused by disease in tissues and body fluids.

Pediatrics
A branch of medicine dealing with the development, care, and disease of children.

Plastic Surgery
A branch of surgery concerned with the repair, restoration, or improvement of lost, injured, defective, or misshapen body parts.

Podiatry
The care and treatment of the human foot in health and disease.

Preventive Medicine
A branch of medicine devoted to the prevention of disease.

Psychiatry
A branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.

Radiology
A branch of medicine concerned with the use of radiant energy in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Rheumatology
A medical science dealing with rheumatic diseases, marked by inflammation and pain in muscles or joints.

Sports Medicine
A branch of medicine that focuses on the treatment and prevention of sports related injuries.

Surgery
A branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures.

Urology
A branch of medicine specializing in the urinary or urogenital tract.

Vascular Medicine
A branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of circulatory diseases.
 
Oh no, Angel...I'm sorry about your foot feeling bothered.

I'm not a doctor but maybe your foot has a nerve disorder. Check it out.

Hope the doctor will be able to find what's wrong with your foot.
 
Angel, I don't think I've experienced the same pain that you have but I have experienced other foot and leg problems. Each problem required a different kind of doctor and treatment, so that is why I recommend you start with your regular doctor. He already knows your medical history, and he can get "the big picture" of your general health.

The better doctors will usually recommend the least invasive course of treatment first. For example, when I had heel spurs, the doctor first tried shoe support inserts, daily anti-imflamitory medication (like Ibuprofen), and stretching exercises. When that didn't work, he tried a more "invasive" method--steroid injections into the heels. That didn't work (but wow, it hurt!). Eventually, as a last resort, surgery was an option. However, the Navy hospital doesn't do surgery until a person needs to use a wheelchair. Instead, they gave me a wooden cane to use.

In my situation, I never got the surgery. Now I'm glad that I didn't. After about one year of continuing the anti-inflamatories, exercises, and shoe inserts, the pain gradually went away.

I still use the exercises and shoe inserts to maintain my foot health.

Heel spurs are easy to diagnose with xrays. I saw mine, and they were very clearly there.

I have also had sciatic nerve pain, which sounds kind of like your description, except I got mine from sitting too long in certain positions. You get your pain from standing too long, right? Mine used to hurt up and down the whole length of my leg. Again, stretching and shifting my position has been the most help for that. My regular doctor advised me about that.

When I was younger, I used to be running "nut". :D Every day, rain or shine, I was out running. Every Saturday, I would run in 1 mile, 5k, and 10k races, and I ran one half marathon. Eventually, I had to quit because I developed chondramalacia in both knees. My sports medicine doctor described the tissue under my knee caps like "ground hamburger meat". Ugh! I can't run anymore. :( I have to be careful going up or down stairs because sometimes my knees "separate" and don't support me.

The sports medicine doctor was the first doctor who found out that I my pelvis is not symetrical, so one leg is one-half inch shorter than the other. That is not too important, except that it caused more stress on my knees when I was running. (I always wondered why all my skirt hems looked crooked, my pants legs weren't even, and my height varied, depending on which foot I put my weight--now I know.) What was really bad for my knees was my daily practice runs thru the neighborhood. Runners face traffic on the streets. That side of each street slopes downward for water drainage. For me, that was the same side as my shorter leg. That meant my short leg became even "shorter" because of the road slope. That increased the stress on my knees.

Anyway, the reason for this long post is to show that sometimes you only need to make adjustments in the way you do things to get rid of the pain. It might just mean wearing better shoes, or using stretching exercises, or changing your position when you work. You can go to the doctor to find out the cause. Then, you can also evaluate your daily work routine. Try different ways of standing and moving during the day.

I hope this helps you. I know how awful it is to have foot or leg pain. No fun!
 
I used to have very similar foot problems—pain in the heels and arches, shooting pains up the leg nerves, parasthesias, etc. All off my problems disappeared when I just lost weight (about 40 pounds) and invested in some good shoes. Hopefully, it will turn out to be that simple for you too. :fingersx:
 
Yes, I do get pains from standing too long, since I work at the rib cook off and I have to be on my feet for about 15 to 22 hours a day depends on the cook-off hours and when it gets so busy that when I move around soo quickly to the point where my left foot because so painful to walk on than my right foot, and it has gone worse last year then the year before, now that I'm experience electric shocks on my left foot off and on, and it's been driving me crazy....I agree with you that I would need to see by my regular doctor and believe me I have tried to buy serveral different types of shoes, nothing seem to work for me yet, so I dunno.... :dunno:



I know how you all feel, and feeling the pain is no fun at all ...Thank you all for sharing your experiences, feedbacks and advices with me here and glad to hear that some of you had found some ways to help heal the pains in your foot etc....


I'll let you guys know once I find out what it may be ....
 
NEUROMA

(MORTONS NEUROMA)

INTRODUCTION TO NEUROMA

The term neuroma refers to a swelling of a nerve. The nerve commonly affected is a small nerve that connects the 3rd and 4th toes, counting from the big toe. The patient will complain of pain in the sole of the foot.



SYMPTOMS OF A NEUROMA

Begins with numbness or tenderness in the foot, just behind the 3rd and 4th toes
At a later stage, pain, numbness, burning and tingling sensations can radiate around the foot.
The symptoms may appear and disappear spontaneously.
Severe pain may be present at weight bearing.
The patient may experience spontaneous shooting pains, which is often referred to as an "electric shock". This can affect patients when are sleeping at night.


CAUSES OF A NEUROMA

The pulling of the ligaments under the foot irritates the nerve.
High heels can damage the nerve.
A tight toe box will squeeze the toes in the foot and therefore put pressure on the nerve.
Mechanical problems with the feet such as "over pronation". Over pronation can be simply described as a condition, which causes your arches to flatten out when you stand up. This causes your ankles to roll in towards each other and disturbs your normal walking pattern. If a foot over pronates the structures of the foot are put under stress, which increases the likelihood of a neuroma occurri


NEUROMA


This may be what I have, but not quite postive sure yet, have to wait and see what the doctor says, and beside I don't experiences " electric shocks " while I'm sleeping but when I'm awake...
 
Levonian said:
I used to have very similar foot problems—pain in the heels and arches:
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Me too :( Only when I'm working 15 to 17 hours a day, that does it for me.
 
^Angel^ said:
NEUROMA

(MORTONS NEUROMA)

INTRODUCTION TO NEUROMA

The term neuroma refers to a swelling of a nerve. The nerve commonly affected is a small nerve that connects the 3rd and 4th toes, counting from the big toe. The patient will complain of pain in the sole of the foot.



SYMPTOMS OF A NEUROMA

Begins with numbness or tenderness in the foot, just behind the 3rd and 4th toes
At a later stage, pain, numbness, burning and tingling sensations can radiate around the foot.
The symptoms may appear and disappear spontaneously.
Severe pain may be present at weight bearing.
The patient may experience spontaneous shooting pains, which is often referred to as an "electric shock". This can affect patients when are sleeping at night.


CAUSES OF A NEUROMA

The pulling of the ligaments under the foot irritates the nerve.
High heels can damage the nerve.
A tight toe box will squeeze the toes in the foot and therefore put pressure on the nerve.
Mechanical problems with the feet such as "over pronation". Over pronation can be simply described as a condition, which causes your arches to flatten out when you stand up. This causes your ankles to roll in towards each other and disturbs your normal walking pattern. If a foot over pronates the structures of the foot are put under stress, which increases the likelihood of a neuroma occurri


NEUROMA


This may be what I have, but not quite postive sure yet, have to wait and see what the doctor says, and beside I don't experiences " electric shocks " while I'm sleeping but when I'm awake...
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Well, well...seeing how often you're in pain-as it comes and goes. Surely once you see a Podiatrist, hopefully there'll be some sort of remedy that won't require any surgery and lessen the electrical and throbbing pains whereas it'll be more tolerable. Sure hate to see you limping once in awhile or bellowing out in pain whenever you get a 'shock' within the 'sock'....I guess all the foot massages I've given hasn't really help a whole lot even if you have felt some temporary relief. I really do hope you'll benefit greatly once you do see a Podiatrist. Whenever possible, just lean onto me at any time and I would love to see you feel a whole lot better real soon! :hug:

As I mentioned before, my hunch has been with your tendons and nerves being affected, now seeing that the pain has been increasing lately...gonna havta yank ya to the car and head out to see the good o' foot doc! ;)

Remember dearie--there's an AD event coming up and wouldn't want to see such a lovely angel sitting behind mending her wings and not being able to participate in activities, etc.,--now wouldn't we? Heh.... :D
 
Roadrunner said:
Remember dearie--there's an AD event coming up and wouldn't want to see such a lovely angel sitting behind mending her wings and not being able to participate in activities, etc.,--now wouldn't we? Heh.... :D
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ROFL!!! that's was cute hon!! :ily:
 
Im sorry to hear about your foot problem, Angel but your best bet is to go
to a Podiatrist..its possible that you might have "Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome"
it is like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome of the hands, only its the feet! Thats what
my husband has on his feet. He has had surgeries on both of his feet and he is fixing to retire on permanent disability from Federal Government where he
has worked for 28 years! He was on his feet all day and used heavy machinery all day also so it took toll on his feet.
Only your doctor can tell you what your problem may be, so you might want
to make an appointment if pain persists, dont let it go as it can get worse, ok, Sweetie?
 
I have been throbbing pains on my tendon bottom on right foot. Now it is moving upward to my tendon nerves pitch. I hardly walk when it was nerve pitch and extremely pain with throbbing.

I had to wear good shoes for me to work more than 24 hrs a day. I walked alot upstairs and downstairs at the group home. My ankles were swallow up really bad. I kept my feet up every night to let the fluid circle.

During summer time, I have so much problem with my ankles swallow up. I could not wear any sandle due to embarress how ugly my feet are. :(

I need to lose weight and eat avoid of sodium food. I drink alot of water to let fluid circle.
 
A weight could be a factor that caused " pressure " when the feet carry the whole body. It would be a good idea to see your doctor and tell him/her about your foot problem. Don't wait too long otherwise, you will be sorry later when you get older.

Feet are very important to take you to places to enjoy your life.
 
^Angel^ said:
...[/b] This can affect patients when are sleeping at night.

... beside I don't experiences " electric shocks " while I'm sleeping but when I'm awake...
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It says you can experience the electric shock feeling while asleep. That means it is possible to feel the "shocks" at daytime, or nighttime, or both times.

The only way to know for sure is to go to a doctor.

I know, that is no fun, but it will be a relief for you to get answers. Please don't suffer any longer than necessary.
 
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