Foot Pain Treatment in Hyderabad
The foot is a remarkable biomechanical structure composed of 26 bones, 33 joints, and over a hundred muscles, ligaments, and tendons that intricately fit together, forming two intersecting arches. Acting as a vital connector between the foot and lower leg, the ankle joint plays a crucial role in foot function.
Foot pain can stem from various factors, with the most common causes being trauma, injuries, and diseases.
Typically, foot pain is short-term or acute, lasting from a few days to a few weeks and manifesting as mild discomfort. In most cases, it improves naturally through self-care and simple measures. If the pain persists between 4 and 12 weeks, it is referred to as subacute foot pain.
Conversely, chronic foot pain endures for three months or longer, even after the initial injury or underlying cause has been addressed. While chronic foot pain can develop in a minority of individuals experiencing acute foot pain, it often extends beyond the expected recovery period. In certain cases, treating chronic foot pain can present challenges.
FOOT PAIN SYMPTOMS :
Foot pain can manifest abruptly or develop gradually, depending on the underlying cause. In most cases, foot pain arises immediately after an injury, although there are instances where symptom onset may be delayed.
Common symptoms of foot pain include ankle pain and stiffness in the foot. Certain movements may be restricted, such as the inability to raise the foot (heel walk) or lower it (walking on toes). Weakness in the foot may also be experienced. The pain in the foot can radiate throughout the region and even extend up into the leg. It is possible for the pain to radiate downward into the foot as well. Additional sensations like tingling, numbness, pins and needles, and weakness may also be present.
Common causes of foot pain include:
Process of Treatment
Medications to reduce the pain. These may be simple over the counter medications or can be medications prescribed by a pain specialist. Medications might include muscle relaxants or anti-neuropathic (nerve pain relief) medications. Sometimes analgesic compound creams are used to ease pain.
Injection therapies can be used to target, diagnose and manage chronic pain caused by muscle, joint and nerve pain. It includes interventional therapies like nerve blocks (saphenous nerve, sural nerve, superficial and deep peroneal nerves, tibial nerve, lumbar nerve roots, the sciatic nerve and lumbar plexus) radiofrequency ablation (RFA), pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) to the nerves previously blocked and mentioned above. Epidural and nerve root steroid injections. Sympathetic nerve blocks can also be performed.
Platelet-rich plasma can also be used in some locations around this area. Botox injections can be considered for certain types of muscular or nerve pain. For muscular pain, it can be injected into the muscle and for nerve pain it is usually injected under the skin of painful areas and can be helpful in providing pain reduction that can last many months at a time.
Nerve stimulation, also called neuromodulation or spinal cord stimulation are advanced pain reduction techniques that can work really well for severe foot pain Some forms of spinal cord stimulation are high frequency stimulation (HF10), tonic stimulation, multi-waveform stimulation. Spinal cord stimulation is a commonly used treatment for foot nerve pain that does not respond to other forms of treatment.
Surgery is generally recommended when tests show structural changes that need corrective surgery. Types of foot surgery include repair surgery, removal (excision) surgery, remodelling (arthroplasty) surgery, stabilisation/fusion (arthrodesis) or replacement. Surgery is not a common treatment for chronic foot pain.
