Thursday, February 26, 2015

The Facts And Fictions About Navicular Pain

By Olivia Cross


On many occasions we experience pains the pains that emanate from our leg or the lower limb, some ignore the painful sensation some try and self diagnose the ache to try and see if the it is a physical cause while some not willing to bear the brunt head for the specialists. In some cases some are diagnosed with navicular pain, that tend to question what is this ailment, what is its causative agent and how it can be prevented.

In some occasions the condition is caused by a slight crack of a fracture in the bone that is connected to the navicular bone. This bone due to its connections to the muscles in the navicular systems upon the expansion and its contraction causes the bone to move and upon its movement it makes it to send a sharp twitch to the brain through the nervous system which is in turn translated to us as a navicular pains.

Although a small number they may be some who individuals have an extra bone or at times a cartilage known as naviculum vitae, It is located in the lower foot just above the arch, for some this may be a source of joy but for some its a source of pain since the extra bone also comes with a package of extra pain to them, the irritation is caused by the aggravation caused to other extra bone due to various factors.

In some moments the paining is known to be brought about by making the body strain as a result of activities such as walking, jumping, sprinting and other day to day activities that makes the muscle tense and strain which in return brings pains physical cracking and breaking down of the cartilage or in other words bones in the navicular system.

A huge percentile of the people who suffer the illness know too well that the pains are brought about by the fact that the have to adore shoes. This in itself is an aggravation to the extra cartilage or tendon which causes the pain to occur.

The misconception about having weak bones being the cause of this condition has been refuted as a myth as the pain that is normally experienced by the victims has no relation with the strength of their bones especially if they are healthy and function in a normal manner.

The level of pain experienced varies from an individual to another this is because the weight of individuals differ. The people with higher weight tends to experience a greater extent of weight as compared to those who have lower weights. This is because the more the weight one has the higher the level of strain which in turn leads to more levels of pains experienced.

Many people have a misconception that thorns and pricks are one of the causes of the pains. This may not be particularly true since the body has its own self defense mechanism to block the pain, it rarely occurs that a thorn or prick can pass through the skin to reach the soft tissue, and the body also deposits dead cells around the thorn to prevent the nervous system from transmitting pain alerts




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