Feet & Toes |
| Self-Help Supplies |
All of the supplies needed or necessary
that are mentioned in our rehab guidelines and rehab exercising
self-help programs are available in our Bookstore.
Toes and feet are weight bearing structures that are responsible
for locomotion and the speed of locomotion. Twenty five
percent of all the bones in the body are located within your
feet.
Let's take a look at what the normal foot and toe structure
looks like.
Normal Lateral & Medial views of
Foot & Toes
Normal front view of Foot & Toes
Next, let's take a look at broken bones in the feet and toes.
These next set of x-rays will show a longitudinal fracture
of the right foot medial cuneiform bone.
Longitudinal Fracture of the medial
cuneiform
Note the longitudinal fracture of the medial cuneiform demarked
by the yellow arrows in both the left and right views of the
x-ray above.
In the x-ray views below note the medial cuneiform in the
first view of the left. Look just below the large letter
"R" and you will see a fracture line that runs longitudinally
(up & down). You can see the medial cuneiform fracture
better on the x-ray view on the right. Look at the first
bone just above the word fracture in the right x-ray
 
Fracture Site
Front to back foot, ankle, & foreleg
view
On the left hand side of x-ray above note the same cuneiform
fracture (yellow arrow). And on the right hand side
of the above x-ray note the Green Stick fracture of the fibula
(yellow arrow).
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| Removing Swelling, Edema, and
Pitting Edema |
1. Reflexology
Reflexology is a good way to remove swelling, edema, and pitting
edema. Foot massage is a very effective way of fluid build-up
removal Lymphatic manual drainage is an effective way to eliminate
the fluid build-up from an injury.
RICES-Rule from the chapter on "Hot
& Cold Application" as outlined in the
chapter. The RICES-S Rule is another way of helping the
body to remove
unwanted fluid build-up.
Let's review the RICES-S Rule:
1. R = Rest (place the injury a state of physiological rest
& stay off of it)
2. I = Ice (apply cold therapy to the involved site)
3. I = Immobilization (movement or motion will worsen an existing
injury)
4. C = Compression (use a support wrap or elastic ace bandage)
5. E = Elevation (keep injury in a raised position allowing
gravity to help
remove the swelling and edema)
6. S = treat for body’s shifts in electrical energy caused
by the shock
(see below)
S = correctly fit a support
product such as splint, crutches, etc.
3. Skin Brushing is one of the best self-help applications for
accelerating
recovery, bruise, swelling
and pain elimination, and connective tissue
regeneration. It is listed as Skin Brushing. Do this two to
three times a day at
least. See Skin
Brushing.
4. Epsom Salt & Apple Cider Vinegar Bathing at least once
a day,
preferably just before going to
bed. Combine this one with skin brushing.
It is listed as Epsom
Salts Bath.
5. Piezo Electric Stimulator
is a small hand held unit about the size of a ink
pen. Electric stimulation to troubled or injured areas allows
these areas, not
only heal faster, but
in most cases heal without the formation of scar tissue.
Applying electrical stimulation early in
any problem allow the body to repair
before the advance needs of chemical poisonous (drugs) or surgery.
Electricity allows the body's repair program
to repair and regenerate the
troubled
or injured tissues back to an identical replacement tissue,
making
it like new.
6. Essential Oils
Essential Oils is a soothing, penetrating herbal oil and balm
that eases pain and, at the same time promote healing for a
wide variety of conditions including aches, pains, soreness,
tenderness, swelling, and tightness. It was originally developed
by the Sholin Priests to aid their recovery from injuries they
sustained while practicing extremely rigorous martial arts training
and activities. It is a highly successful home treatment for
over 30 known conditions including; injuries, sinus, back pain,
headaches, high stress conditions, sore throats, heartburn,
arthritis, rheumatism & sprains & strains.
Historical, Essential Oils was applied in different manners
to produce its amazing successful results. The Chinese would
rub Essential Oils (in Herb form) gently with a circular motion
(CW = increases its action, CCW = slows its action, in the Northern
Hemisphere). The Essential Oils would begin to liquefy, and
a small ridge would adhere to the finger. With that amount of
balm or oil, the Chinese would then use it for many conditions
and ailments, .
Electromagnetics
Electromagnetic
therapies (Diapulse)
have performance of healing this bone fracture to a level 2
(normal activity) within 7 days. And it will reach a level #3
in 14 days (practice riding and racing) and will reach a level
#4 by 21 days (fully race ready). Medical protocol will have
you do nothing for 6 to 8 to 12 weeks. After surgery MD's offer
you nothing that works well at all and in the process encourage
the connective tissues at the site to atrophy. I have never
been impressed with their protocol. For Diapulse treatment settings
see Diapulse Treatment
Protocols.
Ceramic Magnets
Let's review the Ceramic Magnets
application for broken bones
In off-road motorcycle raci41 broken bones occur often and the
following treatment procedure was found to be extremely effective
in arresting and assisting the body to heal the fracture both
faster and better than present day conventional "Outdated"
procedures. This procedure requires 2, N-1 and/or 2, N-2 magnets.
Initially, the north poles of both magnets are used. Following
approximately two weeks you will change to pole settings to
South, unless a non-union formation occurs. I have repeatedly
found that when the body no longer needs the North poles, they
will begin to produce an increasing pain condition at the fracture
site. And, the longer they stay on, the greater the pain becomes,
until the individual can no longer stand it and must remove
them. This exact point in the healing process marks the end
of passive congestion and demarks the fibro (soft tissue) and
osteo (hard tissue) plastic and aplastic formations. This soft
tissue point of regeneration demarks the exact point to reverse
the magnetic fields to South Pole surfaces.
Place the North Pole surfaces, of two different N-1 magnets,
on opposite sides of the fracture site, and gently secure them
with an ace bandage, tape, etc,
Treatment times will vary from 30 to 45 minutes, two to four
times per day, to continuously during the first few weeks.
If the magnetic field generated by the two magnets controls
or eliminates the pain longer treatment times are well within
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| Herbs and Vitamins |
| Nothing can perform or compete against the
herb Solomon's Seal and Cal
Phos. Horsetail and Golden
Seal come close but get lapped in the race to heal at your
best possible rate. See Herbs
& Vitamins in the Health Care section of the library.
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