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What To Do About Navicular Pain

by Mattie Knight

Shaped a bit like a boat, navicular bones are located in the wrists and feet. Between two and 15 percent of people are born with an extra navicular bone called the accessory. Horses are prone to accessory bones, and often become lame as a result. Many humans can carry these extra bones and not notice them. Others, unfortunately, experience <A href="http://www.naviculardisease.com">navicular pain</A>, heel spurs, bunions and plantar fasciitis.

Foot specialists in the medical world are known as podiatrists. Older practitioners may call themselves chiropodists. In European countries where English is not the first language, doctors who specialize in problems with the foot are called podologists or podologos. Down Under, in Australia, they are known as podiatric physicians or podiatric surgeons.

The field of the podiatrist is not restricted to feet. They also train to care for structures in the leg. Current chiropodic curricula is broad. Courses may include physical rehabilitation, embryology, microbiology, genetics, sports medicine, histology and more in addition to basic anatomy and physiology.

Probably the commonest reason why someone would walk (or be carried) into a chiropodist's office is for a broken toe. This can be caused in a single catastrophic event like something being dropped on the foot, or it may happen over time with repeated insults to the same area of the toe. Podiatrists see a lot of construction workers, ballet dancers and people who just trip over their own feet. Other symptoms of a broken phelange are swelling, stiffness, bruising and difficulty walking.

With proper rest and attention, broken toes generally heal quickly, within five or six weeks. Care involves keeping the leg elevated, applying icy compresses and sitting quietly watching junk television. This is a good time to enjoy being waited on hand and foot and get away with it so make the most of it. Your friends and families will develop super-human memories and expect the same treatment in similar circumstances.

Less serious than a broken toe but no less irritating, or even debilitating, are conditions like corns, athlete's foot, ingrown toenails or gout. Athlete's foot starts out with an irritating red rash between the toes and is the result of a fungal infection. An ingrown toenail develops when the top side of the toenail grows into the skin. Left untreated, they can grow deeply into the tissue and require surgical intervention. One way to avoid them altogether is to not cram your toes into shows that are too narrow to accommodate the human foot.

Feet smell and look funny and we often take them for granted. We are embarrassed about going to the doctor about them and will suffer tremendously in silence. This is false emotional economy, because we will feel foolish about neglecting the problem for so long.

Pain in the foot shows up in the face, no matter what we do. Many of the facial expressions on people in paintings by Toulouse Latrec look like they belong to people with painful fet. It is the kind of pain that cannot be masked by makeup. For a happy face, make sure you have happy feet!



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Title: What To Do About Navicular Pain
Author: Mattie Knight
Email: nathanwebster335@live.com
Keywords: medicine, health, treatment, healthy
Word Count: 519
Category: Medicine
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