How to treat a bone on the legs

Such a disease, as a valgus deformation of the foot, is popularly called simply "bone" or "bumpkin".This disease affects mainly women after 45-50 years. Cones on the leg appear not because of the growth of the bone in this place, but because of the bulging under the skin of the curved head of the joint of the thumb. The very thumb thus deviates and "presses" on the adjacent fingers - they twist, the foot becomes ugly. The woman instead of beautiful shoes has to hide her leg in a shapeless trampled shoe.

This disease is not only( and not so much) a cosmetic problem. Swollen and reshaped joint causes severe pain, edema, calluses and inflammation. But that's not all. As a result of deformation, the load is not distributed correctly to the hip joints and spine, which ultimately leads to additional health problems. Sometimes, if you do not start treatment in time, the case may end with a complete loss of mobility.

Surgical treatment

The very first operations to remove the stone were barbarous - the surgeons simply cut down the interfering "growths", which in fact are the heads of the finger bone. Later, Russian surgeon Verdun invented his method. Unfortunately, some of the orthopedists use it today. The meaning of the operation is that the protruding and interfering head of the bone in the patient is removed completely. The thumb, as a result, loses a strong connection with the foot, holding only on soft tissues. The ability to walk with a person is preserved, but such operations, in fact, maim.

Among the widespread methods of treating foot deformities, the most important are the operations on crossing uneven bones, shifting them to the desired position and fixing them with metal plates, spokes and screws. Minus of such treatment: after three months will need to carry out a second operation to remove all the constructions. This procedure sometimes causes trauma and is dangerous for its complications, and a positive result can be expected only in 65% of cases - in every 3rd case a deformation recurs afterwards. In addition, after such treatment, people can walk without crutches only three months later. There is another option - "closing" the damaged joint. The surgeon removes the cartilage completely and tightens the metatarsal bone to the phalanx of the thumb in the correct position. However, without the needles and plaster here also can not do.

There are also fundamentally new operations that allow patients the next day after surgery surgeons to walk, and after two weeks - leave the hospital walls. Unlike other methods, here there is an integrated approach. Deformation of the thumb is not perceived as a defect of only one joint and the bones adjacent to it, but the entire foot as a whole is put in order: bones, joints and the entire ligament apparatus. During such advanced operations, in addition to removing the "cone" directly through a small incision, the tendon moves to the desired position, the transverse arch of the foot is formed in the correct position, reducing flatfoot. All this is achieved without sawing the finger bones, so no crutches and gypsum is required.

In especially neglected cases, one can not do without osteotomy( crossing), but now the surgeons no longer fix the bones with knitting needles, but fasten them with small cogs that do not require removal. Two weeks later, the stitches are removed - the patient can go home. Within a month he will return to his usual way of life. According to statistics, good results of such operations are achieved in 95% of patients. Relapses are not possible with strict adherence to the prescribed regimen. So there are practically no downsides to modern operations.

People's method of treatment

Specialists warn: various rubbing, compresses, massages and warm baths will only temporarily reduce inflammation and relieve pain. All this will not solve the main problem - internal deformation of the joint. Ointment from the egg was widely spread. Take a fresh egg white egg white, put in a glass and pour a solution of acetic acid 70%.Place the glass in a dark place for 2 weeks. The egg will dissolve during this time. Then the undissolved film should be discarded and the contents of the glass thoroughly mixed. Take 1 table. L.Melted fat and mix with the mass of the glass, add 10 g of turpentine ointment. Alternate the treatment of the "bone" with ointment applying iodine netto improve the condition.