The treatment of the calcaneal spur

Among the various violations of human health there are such pathologies, the symptoms of which are not so much life threatening as they bring unbearable anguish, greatly affecting the quality of life of patients. These diseases include plantar fasciitis and heel spur, which is most often formed precisely against the background of this disease. A striking symptom of the latter is a sharp acute pain that occurs at any pressure on the heel. To get rid of this pain and restore freedom of movement to patients helps treatment of the heel spurs "Vitafon".

Heel spur and its treatment

The heel spur is commonly referred to as the osteophyte, formed in the region of the connection between the calcaneus and plantar fascia. Such growths usually arise due to inflammation of the tendon tissues of the heel (plantar or plantar fasciitis). And just cause this inflammation can:

• Excessive burden on the legs (they are observed with a lot of weight, professional sports, violations of the structure of the foot, lesions of the spine and large joints).
• Traumatic injuries of the foot tissues in the posterior part of the foot: bruises, fractures, dislocations, a jump on the hard floor, etc.
• Violation of blood circulation and metabolism in the lower limbs.
• Narrow, inconvenient, not fitting in size shoes.
• Neurological diseases.
• Endocrine pathologies, hormonal failures.
• Some systemic diseases, in which the inflammatory process has a generalized (diffuse) nature.
• Inflammatory diseases of the joints in the area of joints of the shin and foot.

Prolonged inflammatory processes and metabolic disorders lead to degenerative processes in the calcaneus (thinning of the periosteum, which can not self-repair). To hide the defect, the body directs calcium salts to the site of the lesion. Over time, they accumulate in excess and form a built-up, reminiscent of a curved spine.

By itself, a spike-like growth can not cause severe pain, because its tip, as a rule, is curved upward. But stepping on the heel, a person presses the soft tissues of her soft tissue against the bulging part of the bone, thus, regularly traumatizing them due to severe squeezing and circulatory disorders.

At the point of contact between the heel spur and soft tissues, inflammation occurs, which is intensified by the need to walk, run, jump or even stand. Severe inflammation and systematic trauma to the inflamed muscles and tendons and causes acute pain limiting the movement of the patient.

Medicamentous treatment of plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spur involves local (sometimes systemic) use of drugs with anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect, perform blockade. But if to remove inflammation with plantar fasciitis actually means to defeat the disease, then in the presence of bone growth on the heel inflammation will occur again and again, so the therapy will not have a stable lasting result. Especially when it comes to build-ups of large sizes, moreover, and touching nerve fibers.

It turns out that to effectively combat pain and inflammation in the heel, it is better to remove the spur. But the heel spur is an outgrowth hidden beneath the thickness of the skin, muscles, fascia. Getting to it is not so easy. We will either have to open the tissue surgically or resort to more expensive methods of laser, radio wave, X-ray, ultrasound treatment and cryodestruction.

But again, the probability of recurrence of the disease with any method of removing the build-up remains, i.e. There is a need to undergo a second course of treatment.

Reduce the risk of recurrence of the disease can be by adjusting the lifestyle and diet, as well as limiting the burden on the legs, starting to use special orthopedic insoles and shoes.

In the treatment and prevention of recurrence of the calcaneal spur, physiotherapy is of great importance. Some procedures help to fight inflammation and pain, while others are able to act on the heel with the help of physical phenomena in such a way as to restore the broken blood supply and lymph flow in tissues, contributing to their rapid recovery. Eli, such restorative procedures are carried out regularly to destroy and absorb the pathological growth.

In the second case, the use of special medical devices is indicative, one of which is the "Vitafon". Treating the heel spur "Vitafon" resembles a therapeutic massage, but the effect will be more profound, and besides, one does not have to resort to the help of qualified specialists.

Indications for the procedure

Vitafon is a patented portable medical device that allows you to perform medical procedures at home without the need for medical education. For the first time about this device, humanity has heard not so long ago (in 1994) and since then it is actively used in medical institutions, preventive centers and even in cosmetology offices. Over time, people appreciated the convenience of use and benefit of this small device and began to purchase it for home use.

At first glance it may seem that the price of the device is too large (from 1000 UAH and above depending on the model), but having studied all the possibilities of using the device, one can understand how profitable this purchase can be that helps to restore health in the following pathologies:

• cardiovascular disorders (helps to correct blood pressure, stimulates blood circulation, increases blood flow through blood vessels),
• all kinds of injuries (contributes to the acceleration and increase of the efficiency of recovery processes);
• radiculitis, osteochondrosis,
• pathology of the nervous system (normalizes nerve conduction, improves trophism of nerve fibers),
• diseases accompanied by edematous syndrome (for example, it helps to restore kidney function),
• plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spur (helps to repair damaged tissues, removing inflammation and edema, improving blood circulation and nutrition of foot muscles),
• skin defects associated with age-related changes and metabolic disorders (increases blood circulation and tissue nutrition, helping the skin restore its elasticity and fill it with vital energy).

Moreover, the use of the drug helps to cleanse the body of toxins and toxins, in parallel increasing local and general immunity.

All this is good, but we are now talking about the therapy of the heel spur - a disease not so dangerous, how painful. So, it makes sense to consider the indications for the treatment of the calcaneal spur "Vitafon".

Such a physiotherapy treatment, which can be done out-patient or at home, is prescribed in the same cases as a therapeutic foot massage, accelerating blood and enhancing lymphatic drainage. The use of the device with a heel spur can be prescribed both as the main treatment in combination with the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, and for preventive purposes, after the course of drug treatment has been passed or the removal of bone growth has been carried out. After all, the main purpose of the device is the restoration of damaged tissues and prevention of osteophyte re-growth.

The main symptom that allows a doctor to suspect exactly the heel spur is the acute pain that occurs when a person tries to stand on the heel. Usually the pain is stronger in the morning, because the body overnight is not able to completely overcome the inflammation in the tissues of the soles and restore them, therefore, repeated trauma is very painful. Evening pain is associated with prolonged pressure on inflamed tissues.

In itself inflammation in the field of pathological build-up is a natural reaction of the organism, such an immune response to necrotic processes. After all, the calcaneal spur is the accumulation of dead cells of the periosteum, calcium salts and some other components. The organism directs to the site of its localization immune cells, which should promote resorption of the built-up through surrounding soft tissues. To stimulate the early arrival of immune cells to the site of damage, he has to increase the interstitial pressure. In such conditions, even a slight load on the heel will give tangible pain.

To combat pain patients have to use pain medication, but such treatment does not contribute to tissue repair. If a person feels pain, he reflexively reduces pressure on the sore spot, enabling him to recover sooner. Without suffering pain, the patient will continue to injure the foot tissue.

The drug "Vitafon" can be considered an effective and more logical substitute for pain medication, because it simultaneously alleviates pain attacks and stimulates recovery processes, including resorption of the source of the problem (heel spurs).

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Preparation

"Vitafon" is a portable device that performs deep therapeutic massage due to vibrations that stimulate biological vibrations natural for the human body, helping to maintain the working capacity of organs and systems.

Vibroacoustic waves easily penetrate through soft tissues and act more deeply than local drugs used to treat the calcaneal spur. At the same time, no preparation of the skin, as with medical treatment, is required. For waves radiated by the apparatus, it does not matter whether the staining of the worn tissues of the foot was performed the day before or not.

The action of the device does not violate the natural processes in the body, so the rejection of certain types of food or taking medicines, as well as the limitation of physical activity (usually it is already limited to the disease) is not required.

Treating the heel spur "Vitafon" is a course of simple massage procedures that are easier to carry out than self-massage of the foot, which requires certain knowledge and skills.

"Vitafon" is considered one of the simplest vibroacoustic devices. Its use does not require special knowledge, and the method of use is described in the simple instructions attached to the device. To understand it is not difficult for an adult with reading skills.

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Technique of the treatment of calcaneal spurs

"Vitafon" is a compact device consisting of a source of sound waves equipped with a frequency controller and a display, and radiators (vibrophones) that deliver curative vibration directly to the affected area. To buy such a device for home use, if desired, anyone can order it on the official website of the manufacturer or visiting the nearest medical equipment store.

Various models of the apparatus for vibroacoustic massage of body tissues, using the technique of phonation, allow you to massage various parts of the body. And the treatment of the calcaneal spur by the Vitafon apparatus at home is no different from using it in physiotherapeutic rooms. And devices with a remote power supply and a timer (for example, the advanced portable model "Vitafon-T" with a convenient bag for storing and carrying the device) allow to operate them even in mobile conditions, for example, in a car, which is very convenient for people whose most part of life passes in the road.

The matter is that physiotherapeutic procedures of backgrounding should be carried out daily within several weeks. According to the promises of the manufacturer, the course of treatment with the drug will be limited to 2-3 weeks, if you perform massage sessions regularly 2 to 4 times a day. The greatest effect is seen after the procedures performed in the morning after waking up and in the evening before bedtime, when the need for affected tissues in the treatment-and-recovery effect is maximal.

The procedure of vibroacoustic massage can last up to half an hour, so you need to worry beforehand that during this period a person does not distract and do not have to interrupt the session.

Each device in addition to the radiation source and the power supply unit has a certain number of vibrophones (emitters). The simplest model "Vibraphone" has only 2 of them.

In more modern models of the vibraphone apparatus there can be more (up to 20 pieces, single, dual, synchronized set of 4 vibraphones). So the "Vitafon-2" model has 2 types of radiators - single and double, plus an additional cuff and a mattress. And the "Vitafon-5" model has two dual vibrophones and a set of 4 vibraphones, an independent power supply and the ability to connect additional modules.

Vibraphones in the "Vitafon-5" model are marked, which makes their use more convenient. In addition to the display, the emitter has a built-in memory where people input their data (age, height and weight) and 9 programmed power modes so that the person can only switch on the device and select the background mode, which will optimally select the amplitude and frequency of acoustic vibrations and formed due to them vibrations.

Some models of the apparatus ("Vitafon-2" and "Vitafon-IC"), in addition to the vibroacoustic effect, provide additional treatment with infrared radiation, which enhances the anti-inflammatory effect. But for the massage of the heel spur is usually enough for the simplest model of the device.

The technique of deep hardware massage in all models is approximately the same. As well as where it is better to apply the vibraphones of the device, it is written in a simple instruction to each model. One of the vibrophones is usually applied to the area of the heel, pre-laying a thin napkin between the radiator and the skin. This condition is based on sanitary and hygienic requirements, because care of the vibraphone excludes water purification procedures. The fabric does not interfere with the passage of waves that penetrate to a depth of up to 10 cm. During the session, this vibraphone gradually moves upwards into the ankle and shin area.

The second vibraphone doctors recommend that for the entire time the procedure be placed on the knee area of the sore leg, in order to provide a comprehensive impact. It makes no sense to arrange the vibrophones close to each other, because their radius of action is not less than 5 cm. It is also not recommended to place them against each other. Ideally, they should be one to the other at a right angle.

Vibrophones do not have special devices to attach them to the body, but to keep the emitters by hand for several minutes is not very convenient. In connection with these manufacturers and doctors recommend fixing the position of the vibraphone with an elastic bandage. Now a person can not cure the disease, but also enjoy the treatment, relaxing in the armchair or on the couch, feeling a light pleasant vibration and enjoying the pain gradually receding.

After the vibraphones are installed, on the device with the help of switches we select the "Vitafon" modes for treating the heel spur. In the simplest model there are only two of them:

• the operating mode with oscillation frequency in the range of 0.02 - 4.5 kHz has a therapeutic effect on the muscles and ligaments of the foot, stimulating their training due to active reduction in time to microvibration,
• mode with waves located in the range of 0.2-18 kHz, has an analgesic effect and is effective in severe pain. Deep massage, conducted at the cellular level, reduces the excitability of nerve endings, and this leads to the abatement of the pain syndrome. This mode can be used in the daytime and evening time with severe pain, not allowing to tread on the heel.

Having received the possibility of effective therapeutic massage at home, one should not lose one's head. The words "a lot" and "good" were never considered synonymous. It is necessary to get used to the vibrating effect gradually. The first procedures for duration should take about 5 minutes. Increase the duration of the session should be gradual.

The optimal procedures are those lasting from 15 to 30 minutes. But here it is necessary to take into account such a moment: the shorter the procedure time, the more sessions there are. So for a half-hour exposure, 2-3 procedures are sufficient, and if the session time is halved, procedures will be performed up to 6 times a day.

Quite often, the kidneys become the cause of the disturbance of the mineral balance in the area of bones and tendons. In case of failure of the body, uric acid is accumulated and the electrolyte composition of the blood is disturbed. The entire body suffers from this, including the nervous and musculoskeletal systems. Violation of neuromuscular depolarization of joints leads to a change in gait, which increases the load on the tendons, which become more prone to ruptures and sprains.

To avoid ruptures of the tendons, inflammation of the plantar fascia and the formation of the calcaneal spur in the future, doctors recommend to conduct in parallel the phonation by the apparatus of the kidney region, which will increase their functionality.

Contraindications to the procedure

The Vitafon device is generally considered a safe device. And its effect on the body in most cases has a healthy effect. Nevertheless, some effects from the use of the device can be potentially dangerous if a person has the following diseases:

• Malignant tumors, regardless of the location of the tumor (tumor cells have the ability to spread lymphogenous and hematogenous, ie through lymph and blood, so strengthening stimulation of lymph and blood flow can provoke metastatic processes).
• Diseases with an increased risk of thrombosis: thrombosis of blood vessels, thrombophlebitis (increased blood flow can trigger a rupture of blood clot and blockage of blood vessels, and the movement of a thrombus into the heart is fraught with a fatal outcome).
• Increased body temperature, febrile state (increased blood flow in this case can only complicate the situation, and if it's also about a viral or bacterial pathology, then provoke a spate of infection through the body). When the temperature returns to normal and the symptoms of infection disappear, treatment of the heel spur "Vitafon" can be resumed.
• Infectious diseases of any location, especially those that occur in acute form due to the danger of spreading the infection to other areas of the body with blood and lymph flow.
• The transferred craniocerebral injuries belong to the category of relative contraindications. In this case, it is not recommended to use the device near the head (vibrophones are installed no closer than 10 cm from it).
• In diseases associated with the formation of calculi in the kidneys, gall bladder and urinary bladder, and if there is a predisposition to their formation, the "Vitafon" is not used near these organs. The possibility of treating the heel spur in this case is recommended to discuss with the attending physician.

It is not recommended to use the device for phonation and future mothers because of insufficient research of the effect of microvibrations on the fetus and the course of pregnancy. During this period, any treatment methods should be selected with special care and applied only with the permission of the doctor.

The device can adversely affect the operation of implanted electronic devices that have their own electric field. Interaction of fields can affect the indications and functionality of implants.

The intensification of pain after the first procedures, which is extremely rare and is due to the individual reaction of the immune and nervous system, is not considered a contraindication and does not indicate the absence of a therapeutic effect. Just a patient will have to endure this short period, after which there will necessarily be relief.

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Consequences after the procedure

Treating the calcaneal spur "Vitafon" is an opportunity to restore the functionality of tissues that have undergone inflammatory-degenerative processes, without the use of drugs. Vibroacoustic exposure for 25-30 minutes is not able to have a negative effect on the human body, so complications after the procedure are usually not observed, given the contraindications to the use of the device for the procedure of phonation, or rather, the limitations to the procedure itself.

What are the results you can expect from the backlighting with a calcaneal spur:

• vibroacoustic effect restores normal blood counts and improves blood circulation in the lower limbs,
• there is an increase in blood flow through the arteries and an improvement in venous outflow,
• microvibrations improve lymphatic drainage, and with the flow of lymph are removed from the body of toxins and all unnecessary, preventing recovery,
• goes away edematous syndrome,
• the inflammatory process and pain syndrome subsided,
• Excess salts are removed from the joints and tendons, their mobility and strength are restored,
• microvibration gradually destroy the pathological bone growth, promoting its resorption and removal of the dead cells from the body by the lymphogenous way,
• increases the elasticity of the fascia and the muscles of the foot, which makes them more resistant to damage.

It turns out that the "Vitafon" contributes to the regeneration of damaged tissues due to increased blood circulation and the supply of nutrients to the diseased organ, as well as by activating the process of utilization of substances that support the inflammatory process. And all this is done naturally. The vibrations of the device are similar to the microvibrations of healthy organs, so the apparatus causes the organism to self-heal and to work in the same normal mode.

A beneficial side effect of phonation can be considered an increase in humoral and local immunity. This increases the body's resistance to infections. The less a person is sick, the stronger is his body and the higher his capacity for work, which is also important in the modern world, where this quality is highly valued (including in money terms).

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Care after the procedure

Treating the heel spur "Vitafon" does not provide for damage to the skin, which means that special care after the procedure is not required. Enough for the time of treatment to protect your leg from heavy loads and when walking use special orthopedic insoles (or the same shoes). By the way, in the future it is better to give preference to shoes, in which the feet will be comfortable, and the ligaments will experience less tension, even with fast walking and playing sports.

Is it necessary to additionally carry out medical and physiotherapeutic treatment in a medical institution? If desired, you can resort to a combination therapy, which will give more rapid results. The instructions to the device do not specify any restrictions on the conduct of medication, physical therapy or surgical treatment.

By the way, about the operation to remove the calcaneal spur. Even if it was performed according to all requirements, the risk of recurrence usually remains, and the "Vitafon" allows it to be minimized, creating favorable conditions for the regeneration of tissues damaged by the disease and during surgery. In the reviews of the drug, you can also find those in which people talk about the rapid scarring of wounds without the formation of scars using the technique of phonation.

Above we talked about the removal of the calcaneal spur with the help of a scalpel, laser, radio waves, etc., usually prescribed when the form of the disease is neglected. But in most cases, for the treatment of the calcaneal spur of a vibroacoustic device it is sufficient that the foot tissues are completely restored. However, some people take 2 weeks for a course of treatment, and others will have to struggle with inflammation and pain 2-3 months or more, depending on the size of the spur and the neglect of the disease.

In the future, it will be possible to conduct repeated courses of treatment with an apparatus that are needed to prevent relapse, which is quite frequent with plantar fasciitis. And it is very convenient, if the portable device will be in the home medicine chest, because then with the repeated appearance of pain in the heel, the person will not have to regularly visit the fizkabinet again. Effective therapeutic procedures, he can safely spend at home without the help of doctors, simultaneously heals the entire body.

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Reviews

When you read the promises of manufacturers in the instructions to medical devices, there is a feeling that almost every illness is subject to their offspring. But then you start to wonder what is the percentage of truth in these promises, because in the instructions to the drug there are no reviews of real people, to which the device really helped to cope with the disease.

But to see a real picture of the effectiveness in the treatment of "Vitafon" heel spurs can easily be bungled on this topic on the Internet. And I must say, the search results are impressive.

Practically all the reviews about the device, related to the treatment of plantar fasciitis and heel spur, speak of one thing - "Vitafon" can really be called a unique technique for treating these pathologies. Relieved almost all patients who tried to be treated with phonation felt.

People are delighted with the device that gave them the opportunity to live a normal, active life, rejoice in the freedom of movement and release the piercing pain that follows them. Who has ever experienced it on himself, he understands what is at stake, and how a person wants to quickly get rid of suffering.

It is clear that curing severe pain and inflammation of tissues that are regularly traumatized is not so simple. It will take weeks and months for the disease to go away, if not forever, at least for a long time. Nevertheless, patients begin to talk about pain relief after 5-6 procedures, and after 10-12 procedures a person gets the opportunity to step on the heel. For a short period of salt the disease will not disappear, but a person will be able to walk.

Yes, you can walk without experiencing pain and after therapy with anesthetics. But they do not solve the problem of inflammation, they do not help the tissues affected by the disease to recover, they do not normalize the metabolism in the place of injury, they do not increase local immunity, which prevents relapses, as Vitafon does. And it does that quite safely, replacing by its action and anesthetics, and corticosteroids, and folk remedies for the destruction of the heel spur.

Yes, it is possible to treat vibroacoustics and cause some people's fear, because a person is prone to question everything that he faces for the first time, and to fear his own doubts due to a simple misunderstanding of many physical phenomena. But after all, the use of ointments based on glucocorticosteroids alarms those who at least once encountered hormonal therapy or read about it. And the allegations that the active substances are poorly absorbed through the skin, do not really soothe.

It is clear that in large doses and at a certain frequency, vibration can have a negative effect on the body. But, firstly, we are talking about certain frequencies of sound waves, and secondly, the procedure time is limited to 30 minutes, during which dangerous irreversible changes in the body can hardly begin. Unless there will be irritation due to the squeak produced by the device (but after all it's all about sound waves).

Many of those who once purchased one of the "Vitafon" models, believe: to be afraid to use this device anyway, that to be afraid of singing or talking, because here also sound waves are used. If you use the device according to the instructions, it will not bring harm exactly.

But the benefits of phonation can be said for a very long time. People using this device successfully treat, runny nose and sinusitis, prostatitis and menstrual pains, spine and joint injuries, diabetes and hemorrhoids, rheumatism and many other diseases. At the same time, the device is used in the family to treat all its members from small to large.

Children using the device to remove swelling and itching at the site of the bite of midges and mosquitoes. Mammies write that enough even one session to forget about this problem.

A lot of positive feedback on the treatment of Vitafon heel spur, joint pain and sinusitis. Who faced such diseases, he knows how difficult they are to treat and how painful their symptoms are.

Let's not lie to the reader that all the polls about the drug are positive. If among the participants in the various discussions there are both distrustful people and those who, in pursuit of a quick release from the painful symptoms of the disease, do not look at contraindications and as a result get worse health, and people who do not know all of their diagnoses. But most of all negativity from those who take a medical device for a magic pill: drank at night - and woke up healthy.

I liked the statement of one forum participant that the disease can develop in the body for months and years, so do not wait for one or two sessions of "Vitafon" to help immediately forget about the problem. If a person does not start the disease, then a couple of sessions can help, but once they've brought themselves to a lamentable state, be kind enough to be patient. Even if the pain for some time to increase.

Doubt, then you need to go straight to the treating doctor and ask him a question. If the doctor can not say anything about the device, there is an instruction, information on the Internet on the official website, reviews of those who have already used the device. In the end, information can be obtained in specialized medical stores, where they sell various models of "Vitafon" and you can see the certificates for them.

Some say that perhaps the cause of positive results is the placebo effect, and microvibration does not have a curative effect. And talk about it more often those who have houses on shelves dusted once bought "Vitafon". But here's the request to sell it as a uselessness to those who believe in the effectiveness of the device, for some reason there is no response. Why does no one want to sell a "useless" thing to screw money "thrown away" into the wind?

Now, as to the effectiveness of different models of the "Vitafon". All of them equally well treat the heel spur and other pathologies specified in the instructions to the device, where the methods of application for each disease are described. Another thing is that devices with a timer and multiple vibrophones make it easier to use the device.

For example, the presence of a timer allows the patient to relax and not watch the time. And more than simple models, the number of emitters, according to reviews, is very helpful to those who purchased the device for general health or has several pathologies that require treatment (in this case they can all be treated simultaneously by placing vibrophones on different areas of damage).

The fact that with the help of "Vitafon" people were able to get rid of the diseases that had tormented them for many years, which do not give in to medical treatment, already gives hope. There are a lot of such examples on the Internet, and it's unlikely that all these people would slander themselves for the sake of advertising and sales, especially since the device is sold in specialized stores, and not just on Internet sites for commercial purposes.

It is clear that not everyone can fully cope with the chronic disease (and is it possible?), But the fact that pain, swelling and inflammation disappear for a long time, and blood sugar and pressure for a fairly long time are kept within the norm, . If you have such a device at home, you can in the very beginning ripen the symptoms of exacerbation of diseases and live a completely happy life. Moreover, many of those who once decided to buy, argue that the device "Vitafon" fully pays for itself, because before this on ineffective treatment, much more money was thrown out.

In this article, we do not aim to increase sales of the "Vitafon". I just want to introduce our readers to new methods of treatment of diseases without the use of drugs. Techniques that have already been tested by time and people, but not yet as popular as "Analgin" and "Prednisolone." Treating the heel spur "Vitafon" helps patients get the desired relief in a relatively safe way. Perhaps it is not suitable for everyone, because the phonation has its contraindications to the application, but if a person does not interfere with getting his dose of health, is it worth to give it up?