Treatment of calcaneal spur "Dimexide": nuances and features

Do not self-medicate, if youfeel pain in the heel. You can only assume the reasons for which you feel discomfort, but the final diagnosis should be put by a surgeon or orthopedist. In most cases, problems are associated with inflammation of the plantar fascia and the formation of a salt build-up - the spur. It is they that cause pain when walking, which is most pronounced after rest.

To hope for a miracle and to let the disease run its courseit can not, because it can even lead to a loss of mobility. It is better to visit a specialist who will prescribe the necessary procedures for you. For example, often enough surgeons recommend to treat the heel spur "Dimexidom." This is quite simple, cheap, but at the same time effective drug. It improves metabolism in tissues, being both an analgesic and an anesthetic. Its main advantage is the ability to penetrate through the skin through the membranes of inflamed cells, reaching in the shortest possible time a sore spot. This drug increases the effectiveness of all procedures performed, because damaged cells become more susceptible to drugs.

If you have calcaneal spurs, treatment with "Dimexide"It is used as part of complex therapy. This drug should never be ingested, it is used only for compresses to a sore spot. Before making an application with the drug "Dimexid", it is necessary to steam out a sick leg well, spread the heel with an anti-inflammatory analgesic ointment and wait 15 minutes. Only then it is necessary to moisten the gauze in 50% solution of this drug and apply it to a sore spot. Wrap the compress with polyethylene and a warm cloth.

Do not sit too long with theleg lotion, 20-30 minutes is enough to ensure that treatment of the calcaneal spur "Dimexide" was effective. During this time, the drug will have time to penetrate to diseased tissues and deliver to them the active substance of the ointment, which was previously applied to the leg. Most often it is recommended to use drugs that contain diclofenac, ibuprofen or ketoprofen. But it is better not to make a choice on your own, let the suitable variant in your case be chosen by a specialist.

Also, the surgeon can advise how to dotreatment of calcaneal spur "Dimexide" more effective. To do this, use antibiotics or hormones that are simply added to the solution for compress. But even with such treatment it is not worth hoping for an instant result. Of course, a little relief should come after a few days, but completely the pain will be gone no earlier than 20 days after the start of the procedures.

The key is that the treatment of the calcaneal spur"Dimexide" will be effective, is the regularity of procedures. They need to be done daily. It is important to change your regimen: you need to maximally relieve the aching leg, in parallel to do special exercises and massage. This will help stretch the plantar fascia and improve blood supply in the affected tissues.

Before you start making compresses with the drug"Dimexide", it is necessary to familiarize with the list of contraindications and to check on a small area, whether you have any allergies to it. Note that the drug "Dimexide" for the treatment of joints is also used, so you can apply with it not only with the heel spur, but also with arthritis, bursitis and other diseases.