How is hallux valgus caused? Can Ma Guiwen help solve it?

The incidence of hallux valgus deformity in people who wear shoes is 15 times higher than that in people who don't wear shoes, especially high heels and shoes with tight forefoot, which are the main reasons for hallux valgus. Of course, not everyone who wears these shoes will have hallux valgus, so there must be other internal factors.

There are genetic factors in the prescription of hallux valgus, especially in young people. Some studies have reported the family history of the disease. Hallux valgus also often occurs in patients with systemic arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis, which leads to joint capsule weakening and hallux valgus due to synovitis. Hallux valgus is related to flatfoot and achilles tendon contracture. Due to the lack of ligament stability, extensive ligament relaxation in patients will lead to severe flatfoot and hallux valgus. However, the incidence of hallux valgus in most patients with mild to moderate flatfoot is not high. Some scholars believe that excessive movement of the first metatarsophalangeal joint is the cause of hallux valgus in a few patients.

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pathogenesis

Hallux valgus

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Degree of hallux valgus

Hallux valgus is a general term for the symptoms of big toe bending in the direction of little toe of foot. If the connecting line between the phalanx of the big toe root and the plantar side extends and the included angle with the big toe is greater than 15 degrees, it is hallux valgus.

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How terrible is hallux valgus?

The reason why hallux valgus is terrible is not only pain, but also easy to cause body skew. Just like stacking logs, if the lower block is skewed, the upper block must also be skewed in order to maintain balance. The sole of the foot is the cornerstone of the whole body. If hallux valgus leads to instability of the soles of the feet, it may cause the whole body bones and joints to be skewed, resulting in O-foot, knee pain, shoulder pain, low back pain, migraine, autonomic nerve disorder and other diseases.

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Toe bending exercise to improve hallux valgus

Use your hands to help your toes relax and increase their range of motion. Therefore, repeated actions can make the toes easy to move and exert strength, and achieve the effect of improving hallux valgus.

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1. Pass the middle finger, index finger and little finger of the right hand through the seam between the big toe and toe of the left foot, grasp the big toe of the left foot, press the back sole of the left foot with the left hand, and fix the ankle.

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2. Place the right thumb on the root of the left thumb.

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With the help of both hands, the big toe of the left foot bends down from the uppermost joint.

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4. The left hand continues to press the back of the left foot, and the third finger of the right hand pulls the big toe of the foot outward and moves left and right.

◎ Do it on one foot for 5 minutes every day. Hold the big toe of your foot deeply. If you don't hold it deeply, just grab the upper part of your big toe and the effect will be halved.

Other causes of disease

Walking mode

When walking with shoes on, you often walk with toes instead of toes. This is easy to make the muscles of the soles of the feet underdeveloped, leading to the bending of the big toes of the feet. People who live barefoot in remote areas such as Indonesia rarely hallux valgus, because each toe is really used to support their bodies.

Shoes don't fit.

Wearing big and easy-to-take-off shoes will unconsciously tilt your toes or bend them when you walk, which will increase the burden on the roots of your big toes, so that your toes will not really step on the ground. In addition, pointed shoes and high heels tend to press the big toe toward the little toe, making it difficult for the big toe to step on the ground, weakening muscles and aggravating hallux valgus.

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deficient

As mentioned above, muscle strength is one of the keys to prevent hallux valgus. Therefore, the number of walking steps is reduced, and insufficient exercise is easy to aggravate hallux valgus.

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