sore foot

[Shannon Nelson]

I wonder if anyone has an idea what might cause this, or what rubrics
might apply. ("Lameness" comes to mind, but seems, well, lame--how
*would* one use this rubric, BTW?)

My husband has been limping for at least a week now, indicates the sore
place as roughly middle of the pad below the toes, feels like a bit of
a lump, tho he doesn't allow much in the way of investigation. He says
it doesn't hurt to pressure (at least not what I managed at that
moment), but only when stepping on it. That's all I've got so far, and
obviously I'll try to get more. (Truth serum, while he's asleep?
) He has no idea what might have started it.

It seems like an odd place for something like bone spur or "arthritic
deposit"--or isn't it? I don't know that much about foot issues...

Thanks for any thoughts!
Shannon

[Rochelle]

Maybe he stepped on something (a glass shard?) and it went through the skin.
Look for a possible entry spot although that may have healed over. Get him
to press the area to see if there is some place which feels as if there is
something in it. Try some Silica 6 to bring it out.
Hope this is useful
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

[Michael]

The meridian of kidney (according to the Chinese
medicine) starts there on the sole and goes up the
foot and leg.

Michael

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[Pauline Ashford]

Shannon - plntar warts are common in that area??? Not all show on / above the skin as they form?? Only an idea Regards Pauline
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[Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD]

Allopathic labelling: it makes me think about Horton's neuroma; it is a small benign nervous tumour of the inter-metatarsal nerves.
The way to clinically confirm the possibility is put pressure transversally on the foot, which means you grab his foot and put pressure at the same time (squeeze horizontally) on the head of the first and fifth metatarsal head.
Keep your own head away as the pain caused might give you a kick in the head.........
Never treated that one by natural methods though.........
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD, NMD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".

[Vera Resnick]

I had a patient with this problem - it didn't respond so much to her constitutional which is working so well I don't want to interfere with it. But it responded very nicely to one reflexology treatment!
Vera
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[Rosemary C Hyde PhD]

There's a metatarsal arch, and when the muscles are not holding it together very well (which obviously can happen more as people get older or...), the bones underneath that pad behind the toes can sag. You can then feel the metatarsal heads as bumps right there in the center. Orthotics can help, although of course they don't cure. The extra pressure there ultimately can cause calluses, hard corns, or both, if people are susceptible to developing those conditions. Then it's painful to walk on the hardened, built up skin. If this is the problem, it's generally structural -- homeopathy doesn't repair the foot structure, but if there is muscular/ tendon weakness elsewhere in the body, this condition could contribute to a general rubric that can be used in finding a remedy for the general chronic condition of the person.
Dr. R's diagnostic suggestion for Morton's neuroma, which can also result from this type of abnormal pressure at that point, was interesting and useful.
Plantar warts, in my experience, generally form in places where acute pressure is not so likely to be a cause for painful skin thickening, and they look different -- warty, for lack of a better explanation.
In any case, these are three conditions to consider in making the differential diagnosis, and obviously the correct indentification will bring the correct assumption in terms of potential treatment options.
Rosemary

[Shannon Nelson]

Ah, that I will have to look into!!
Thanks--that's very plausible!
Shannon

[Shannon Nelson]

Mm, I'll see if I can do that...
The metatarsal "head" means the knob just below the toe?? And I'm
squeezing on the inner and outer sides of the foot, pressing inward??
(Maybe I'll visualize better after some sleep...) How would that be
treated?
Thanks!
Shannon

[Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD]

Just squeeze the foot as you would squeeze the hand to say hello, with the maximum of pressure just proximal to the toes.
The conventional suppressive treatment is surgery........
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD, NMD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".