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Prevention of bones on the legs
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Bones on the legs - the problem of women, not men. The reason is completely different physiology. Nature awarded men with sinewy legs, with strong tendons and joints. In addition, men do not go on heels. Therefore, they are free from problems with bones protruding from the big toes. And women, until such problems are aggravated, you need good bone prophylaxis on your legs.
Endocrine disorders
Disorders in the ratios and production of hormones is a common problem of the weaker sex. This is especially true:
- during puberty (for teenage girls),
- for pregnant women (they have hormonal changes in the body),
- for nursing mothers (they deprive your body of many useful substances, and it is difficult to restore them due to insufficient vitamin menu),
- for women in the menopause period (the production of many hormones simply stops or it is too small to cover the body's need for some hormones)
- for those who take contraceptives with hormones in the
- for those who take hormonal drugs without the supervision of a doctor
To restore the hormonal balance and thereby prevent the appearance of ossicles on the legs, it is very important to take the following steps.
- To address to the endocrinologist for consultation and inspection of a hormonal background.
- Choose with the help of a doctor the optimal method of restoring the hormonal balance (hormone therapy)
- To make an optimal regime of the day, which includes: normal enough rash, exclusion of overloads (physical and mental), exercise.
- Find the right contraceptives with the optimal ratio of hormones and find out if they combine with the vitamins that you take, and the menu that you use. It has been scientifically proven that most of the hormonal disorders are due to uncontrolled use of medications and contraceptives, as well as an unbalanced menu.
Hereditary predisposition
In 30% of cases, cones on the legs or, as they are called, ossicles, arise from the fad of genetics. If your mother, grandmother and aunt were suffering from bones on your legs, then most likely they will be with you. Therefore, to prevent this deviation, we need the following.
Once every six months, visit a traumatologist or orthopedist, in time to detect the onset of a foot defect.
During the day, it is enough to move, but do not overload the foot. If you do not move at all, the foot will not bend well, the ligaments and tendons will also be stiff, and the leg is easily injured in a seemingly innocent fall. Very good exercises on the flexibility of the foot and its strength.
Pay attention to the slightest pain, discomfort in the area of the big toe or foot as a whole. If there is at least a little discomfort, there are calluses on the feet, puffiness, the skin of the fingers begins to swell and shine - it is possible to develop a hidden inflammatory process, visit an orthopedic doctor. This will help to detect the diseases that accompany the appearance of the stone on the finger, at the very beginning of their development.
Excess weight
If you suffer from the fact that you have excess weight, it increases the likelihood not only of cardiovascular disease, but also the appearance of unpleasant painful bones on the big toes. There are at least two main reasons for this. The first is a violation of the blood flow, as a result of which the legs receive less useful substances and oxygen, which are fed through the blood. Because of this stop can deform, swell, hurt.
The second important reason for the growth of the bones is that the weight is too heavy. Legs and so carry the greatest burden on all parts of the body, taken together. And if this weight is significantly increased, small foot joints can not withstand this weight.
They are deformed, and along with them ligaments and tendons are stretched, the muscle tissue can atrophy or stretch, become not so elastic. The thumb suffers first because it is one of the main points of support of the entire foot. And now, please you - ugly and uncomfortable bone.
To cope with this situation, you need the following:
- Visit a dietitian-endocrinologist and find out the reasons for excess weight. If this is an incorrect menu, then correct it. In particular, include in the menu enough vitamin E and dairy products. In milk there is a lot of calcium in its natural form.
- Together with vitamin E, calcium intake helps strengthen bones and joints. If the cause of excess weight - an imbalance of hormones, you need to undergo a course of hormone therapy.
- Visit the therapist and find out if you have concomitant diseases of the heart or blood vessels. If there is, start treating them.
- In passing, calculate the physical load for your weight, age and profession and not be lazy, giving yourself the opportunity to get rid of excess weight.
Inconvenient substandard shoes
From shoes depends not only how you will look, but also comfort for the whole body. It has been scientifically proven that the way the load is distributed on the legs depends on the correct or incorrect posture.
If a woman abuses wearing high heels, and even walks in shoes with narrow socks, she deprives the foot of the necessary support. From this stop is deformed. Uncomfortable and disgusting bones on the legs are formed, which then will not let them climb in fashion, and generally in any shoes. What needs to be done for prevention?
- To buy leather shoes with an orthopedic insole. It will reduce the burden on the legs and enable them to more steadily keep the entire body weight.
- If you are engaged in sports, for example, running, on knees and stops it is necessary enormous loading. Therefore, to soften the shocks of the soles on a hard surface, a thickened sole with an amortization effect is needed.
- To rest your feet from the heels, it is very useful to do foot massage and walk barefoot - around the apartment, in the summer - along the beach, on the grass. It will relieve tired feet and provide them with a good blood flow thanks to a natural massage. A bone on your legs will not grow.
Insufficient traffic
A sedentary lifestyle (especially if you still eat incorrectly, smoke and suffer from excess weight) leads to the formation of bones on the thumb of the foot. The blood flow becomes weak, a lot of "bad" cholesterol appears in the blood, because of which blood vessels are clogged, edemas appear on the legs, the feet carry an increased load. It is necessary to exercise the feet, give them the opportunity to work with the prospect of flexibility and strengthening of the joints. How can this be achieved?
Learn the dance "pas"
Doing aerobics or simply dancing in the morning as a charge, include in your program elements that contain a slow squat, then sharply need to sit down and stand on your toes, making a "pumping" from the toe to the heel. This strengthens the foot and makes it very flexible, the ligaments and tendons also strengthen, this prevents the development of bones on the legs.
Not at all, such dance moves will come from the first time, so before you do, you can make charging to warm up. It will be an excellent prevention of the occurrence of ossicles on the legs and simultaneously strengthen the foot.
The starting position - put the feet on the width of the shoulders. Then you need to spread your toes and dig into the floor like a bird of prey. From this position you need to climb on your toes and start squatting, squatting as deep as possible. Slowly get up - you stretched out and warmed up your feet. Excellent prevention of ossicles on the legs!