How to treat heel pain caused by postpartum disease?

During the confinement period, women need to take care of everything, otherwise they may suffer from postpartum diseases. The so-called postpartum disease does not only refer to one disease, it includes many diseases, such as body pain, numbness or weakness. Some women feel heel pain during confinement, which is even similar to gout. When women encounter this situation, what method can be used to treat it?

1. Keeping warm after childbirth can solve heel pain during confinement

After giving birth, you must keep your feet warm, wear socks, and wear shoes that protect your toes and heels. Do not wear high heels or hard-soled shoes within three months after delivery. It is best to wear socks when wearing sandals or slippers to avoid catching a cold during the confinement period.

2. Treating the painful area can solve heel pain

Chinese medicine can be applied to the heel muscle surface to stimulate nerve endings, dilate blood vessels, promote local blood circulation, improve nutrition of surrounding tissues, and achieve the purpose of reducing swelling, inflammation and analgesia. It can relieve heel pain safely, economically and quickly.

3. Physical therapy and heat therapy can also solve heel pain during confinement

In addition to going to the hospital for targeted physical therapy, you can soak your feet in hot water for about half an hour before going to bed at night, or place your feet on heating devices such as electric heaters, electric hand warmers, infrared lamps, home physical therapy devices, etc. The warm effect can improve local microcirculation and is very helpful for relieving pain.

4. Reducing foot friction can also solve heel pain during confinement

Use thick soft pads to protect the heel, or use hollow heel pain pads to fill the bone spur area to reduce local friction and damage;

5. Paying attention to diet can also treat heel pain after confinement

Heel pain is also related to the health of bones. The main components required by bones are calcium and magnesium. While taking calcium-rich foods such as milk and yogurt, you should pay attention to magnesium supplementation. As the saying goes: If you supplement calcium without magnesium, you will regret it after eating. Foods rich in magnesium include fresh wheat germ, buckwheat, walnuts, almonds, red wine, bananas, seaweed, unprocessed honey and soybeans, which can help improve this condition.