Your Guide to Treating Foot Pain

Walking is the 2nd most common conscious function of our body next to

breathing.

A person takes between

5,000 to 10,000 steps a day, depending on their activity level.

When your feet hurt you are reminded with every step taken.

Eliminating foot pain is a challenge.

It’s pretty easy to rest your back, shoulder, arm, wrist or hand.

But to tell someone to stay off their foot, that’s not so easy.

The #1 reason for foot pain is cumulative trauma.

Cumulative trauma is the result of repetitive physical strain applied to the tissues or

anatomical structures of the foot and ankle.

For example:

If you persistently tap the tip of your finger on the table top,

it won’t hurt at first.

But if you continue tapping your finger,

it is only a matter of time until it becomes painful.

You can take pills to try to ease the pain,

but if you keep tapping your finger,

the pain will persist.

You can try to ice the tip of your finger,

but if you continue to constantly tap your finger,

yep, the pain will just come right back.

You can try to put a pad on

your finger tip,

but if you keep tapping your finger,

it probably won’t make much of a difference.

You can try to have your finger numbed with an injection

and that may provide some relief,

but if you keep tapping your finger,

it’s only a matter of time until the numbing effect goes away and the pain

returns.

So what’s the solution to get rid of the pain in the tip of your finger?

Stop tapping your finger.

Stop the cumulative trauma.

What does this have to do with foot pain?

The #1 reason for foot pain is due to:

excessive abnormal forces acting on the structures of the foot with every step taken.

Fact Check:

Let’s say the average person takes 7,000 steps a day.

That’s 49,000 steps a week

196,000 a month

2,352,000 a year

11,760,000 in 5 years

47,040,000 after 20 years

94,080,000 steps after 40 years

and finally, 188,160,000 steps taken after 80 years of walking.

If your feet are properly aligned,

a normal amount of force is applied to these tissues and standing, walking or

running is effortless.

However,

if the hindfoot bones are out-of-alignment,

excessive abnormal forces are acting on the tissues

and it is only a matter of time until a symptom appears.

The chain is as strong as its weakest link.

A symptom is an abnormal condition experienced by an individual.

It could range from a mild soreness to severe pain.

A symptom is a warning signal that something is wrong.

WARNING

A symptom is

an “effect” from the “cause”.

The primary cause

leads to a secondary effect.

If you only treat the effect, or symptom,

but ignore the cause,

the symptom will reoccur.

You can keep putting air

in a tire,

but it will continue to go flat until you fix the source of the leak.

The following are examples of symptomatic, secondary effects within

the foot & ankle.

Soft Tissue Symptoms

• Heel pain/plantar fasciitis/fasciopathy• Posterior tibialis tendon dysfunction• Pain/numbness to the bottom of the foot/toes

(tibialis posterior neuropathy)• Achilles tendinitis• Tarsal tunnel syndrome

Osseous symptoms

• Bunion deformity (metatarsus primus varus, hallux abductovalgus)

• Limited motion to the big joint (Hallux limitus/ridigius)

• Tailor’s bunionette • Contracted/hammer-toes

Foot/Ankle Alignment

• Lowering of the arch• Heel turns outward• “Too many toes” sign• Twisting of the ball of the foot when walking

If these are the symptoms (effects), what was the cause?

Excessive hindfoot motion/misaligned feet

Excessive hindfoot motion has been named the #1 deforming force

leading to the majority of problems affecting the foot and ankle.

So eliminating the excessive abnormal hindfoot forces, by realigning the

hindfoot bones, should be of primary importance.

Treating only the symptom is futile.

Excessive hindfoot motion is caused by the displacement/dislocation of

the ankle bone on the hindfoot bones.

Normal Abnormal

This pathologic deformity occurs

above the bottom of the foot and

above the heel bone.

This is an internal (not external) deformity and therefore requires

internal correction.

How can you increase the diameter of a blood vessel externally?

You can’t! You have to insert a stent internally.

The same is true with hindfoot excessive motion.

External measures cannot internally stabilize

the ankle bone on the hindfoot bones.

The insertion of an internal stabilization device is the most practical solution.

HyProCure® is a titanium stent used to stabilize the ankle bone on the

hindfoot bones.

The normal amount of motion is still present.

Instantly, the excessive abnormal forces acting on the tissues are decreased.

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The cause is properly addressed.

The symptoms will also be positively affected, depending on their severity.

If you or someone you know is suffering from foot pain,

it could be a direct result of excessive hindfoot motion and HyProCure® could

be the solution.

To learn more about the HyProCure® option please visit:

www.HyProCure.com