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 The Key to Treatment
of Any Joint Pain Lies in the Foot.
Scott R. Greenberg, M.D.
I know what you are
thinking-how could my neck pain be linked to damage in my foot? How
could my
back pain be affected by weakness in my arch?
Why won’t my knee
get better after everything I have been through. The answer, my friends,
may lie in the foot.
While this idea may seem so foreign to you, it’s time to get up out of
your chair and feel the effect that the foot has on the rest of your
body. First, take off your shoes and stand on a level floor, preferably
one without carpet. Now, roll your ankle inward, and feel and look what
happens. Does the inside of your knee start to ache? Do you feel
pressure in your hip and
lower back? Do your shoulders feel out of
balance, and does your neck start to get tight? If so, now you can
understand the importance in evaluating the feet for almost every pain
problem in the body. IF you feel nothing, just stand a little longer,
and eventually you will start to feel it!
The feet are so important to our daily functions of walking and
standing. Without them, we would simply not be able to walk. We are also
the only mammals that exclusively use our feet for support (others rely
on hands or paws!). We also like to run, wear high heels, walk barefoot,
and engage in other behaviors with our feet that might not be optimal
for our other joints.
Any instability in the foot or ankle will cause an abnormality in the
gait (walking cycle). Any abnormality in the gait can easily damage the
knee, hip, and lower back. This happens as the bones in the lower leg
may rotate to compensate for damage in the foot/ankle complex. As I
mentioned in my prior article about the tilted pelvis, the connection
between the foot and the hip can cause the pelvis to tilt, resulting in
one of our legs acting short. I see this phenomenon in the majority of
my patients who present with back pain, headache, or neck pain. Why? As
the pelvis tilts, the sacrum becomes unstable. The instability is then
carried up the spine, causing damage to the ligaments, muscles, and
tendons that support the spine. This results in
chronic neck pain,
headaches, and back pain.
Furthermore, many of the tendons of the back, hip, pelvis, spine, and
knee are intimately connected to the tendons of the feet.
Orthotics are not the answer-they are only supportive and may be
exacerbating the condition if they were made incorrectly. We must
correct the damage in foot and change the gait, and correct the
pelvic tilt. This is how healing should begin with any joint problem. I am
always amazed in my private practice, when patients come in limping, and
after a few adjustments and injections, leave walking straight without
any limp. Remember, if you are not getting better, ask your physician to
evaluate your foot. |
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