Author: Foot Doc
Date: 9/17/2007 4:45 am PDT
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Age related plantar fat-pad atrophy is common, as is such atrophy related to specific conditions including rheumatoid arthritis. Pain and discomfort will normally be accentuated in the exceptionally high-arched foot, as an inappropriate amount of weight is borne on the balls as well as the heels of the foot with not enough dispersion of body weight elsewhere on the plantar. Various injectable substances have been tried, but, to date, and to my knowledge, nothing in terms of actual replacement or internal simulation of the fat pad has proven very successful, and one is pretty much left to external pads and cushions and materials to reduce direct and shearing forces. But you might be glossing over the possible Morton's neuroma too lightly. Although padding treatments can sometimes mitigate symptoms, rarely, in my experience do they provide permanent or even long-lasting results. |
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