Medical Instructor/Young and middle-aged doctor in Guangzhou, Deputy Chief Physician of Trauma Orthopedics Department of Nanfang Hospital, Xiang Dayong
Stepping on the “Hantian Gao”, with a graceful figure, which woman doesn’t love high heels? But some girls can’t control high heels no matter what, they will fall, swell and sore, worry about sagging their feet, and can’t move an inch at all. They can’t help but suspect that they are born “female men”. Don’t panic, maybe you still have a chance to counterattack. Xiang Dayong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Traumatology of Southern Medical University, reminded that if you have a poor experience wearing high heels and cannot walk, you may wish to find a doctor to investigate the problem of the ankle. At the same time, think back, have you ever slapped your feet and didn’t pay attention?
“100 days” may not be enough for a sprained ankle.
Some people have a sprained foot. “I slapped my feet repeatedly. If it is a girl, it is often impossible to wear beautiful high heels. Xiang Dayong reminded that, in fact, these problems may all be due to unhealed old injuries.
How does the human body heal from injury? Painkillers or anti-inflammatories? Or tuina massage or even surgeon surgery? Actually neither. The human body has a powerful self-healing ability.
There are four processes in the healing of human tissue.
The 1st to 3rd day of injury is the process of stopping bleeding and initiating the body’s self-healing mechanism.
Day 3 to 20 is the process of filling the damaged defect with new tissue, which will build a new framework for the growth of nerves and blood vessels.
The 15th to 200th day is the process of scar shrinkage and wound closure. At this time, the joint area will feel tense or stiff. At this time, the tissue strength of the injured area can reach 70% of the original state. The injury is thought to have healed, when in fact the injury healing process is not over.
On the 100th to 500th day, the tissue can be completely healed, and even then, the structure and function of the tissue are still difficult to return to the best state before the injury.
As the saying goes, “It takes a hundred days to break a muscle and move a bone.” For the ankle joint, a key part of walking, 100 days is not enough.
It is not a matter of luck to suffer from a total sprain after an old injury is not healed.
Xiang Dayong introduced that ankle sprain is a very common injury. Elevation, braking, compression bandaging and other treatments can improve after 2 to 6 weeks. However, in the outpatient clinic, there are often many cases that have not improved for more than 3 months. This situation accounts for about 20%, which is called “chronic lateral ankle instability”.
What causes ankle sprains to keep getting worse?
The main reason is that the ligaments are severely damaged during the injury, and the sound in the ankle joint can often be heard during the injury, and the anterolateral swelling is very obvious, which indicates the possibility of the ankle ligament rupture.
If the ligament rupture is not treated properly, after a period of time, although it is possible to walk, the joint will lose the cushioning and fixed protection of the ligament and become very unstable. This is why some people often twist their feet when walking on flat roads. If the ligaments are damaged and the joints are unstable, some people’s joints will be easily fatigued, swollen and painful, and they cannot walk long distances; when going down the stairs, they are very careful not to twist their feet, which makes it difficult to control their ankles; raletively hard.
Women who have this situation, of course, can’t wear high heels. In fact, it has nothing to do with the coordination of the body. It’s just that the joints are sick.
If you really want to wear high heels, please keep these suggestions.
Xiang Dayong reminds that if ankle instability is detected early, there are still many effective ways for doctors to treat it. The prognosis is Not bad either.
Our ankle joint needs to bear several times the force of the body in daily activities. If it is not dealt with in time, the unstable joint is prone to impact, and over time, traumatic inflammation and pain will occur. If the symptoms persist, You may end up with ankle fusion or ankle replacement surgery. So don’t carry it hard if you have a swollen foot. If you think there is no fracture, you don’t need to go to the doctor. If you have ever swollen your feet and are confused as above, you should seek medical attention sooner.
Having said that, although high heels are beautiful, they are not so friendly to the health of the feet and legs.
First of all, when you put on high heels, the negative gravity line of the human body will change. When a person stands, the normal center is in the center of the sole of the foot. After wearing high-heeled shoes, it is more difficult to control the center of gravity, the Achilles tendon is easily injured, and the calf muscles are more prone to fatigue. Abnormal lines of force can also cause low back pain and even stress fractures.
In addition, if you are not skilled in wearing high-heeled shoes, it is easy to sprain and cause the ankle joint to become unstable.
Wearing high-heeled shoes also has a great impact on the forefoot, such as valgus toes, claw-shaped toes and other toe deformations, which may cause pain in severe cases; the center of gravity of the body moves forward to the soles of the feet, and it is also easy to occur when the weight is concentrated. Pain, calluses on the soles of the feet, stress fractures, etc. Wearing high-heeled shoes for a long time can cause deformation of the foot tissue structure, and then cause pain that affects walking.
If high-heeled shoes are really indispensable, Xiang Dayong has the following suggestions:
1. Avoid wearing high-heeled shoes for a long time, and prepare flat shoes for replacement at any time on different occasions to give your feet a rest time.
2. Don’t choose high heels.
3. Once it causes obvious discomfort, be sure to stop wearing high heels.
4. Often wearing high-heeled shoes will shorten the Achilles tendon of the foot. The problem of the Achilles tendon is the root cause of many foot diseases. Frequent stretching of the Achilles tendon can reduce the occurrence of foot diseases. You may wish to keep a set of Lajin boards or yoga belts at home, in the office, etc., and it is also very convenient to stretch at any time.
(Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Zhou Jieying, correspondent Li Xiaoshan and Xu Shiyuan)
[Editor in charge: Shen Tian]