STEROIDS IN THE REDUCTION OF HEEL PAIN

INJECTIONS OF STEROIDS INTO THE FOOT TO REDUCE HEEL PAIN HAS PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE.  STEROIDS ARE A NATURAL PART OF THE BODIES CONSTITUTION AND ARE PRODUCED IN THE ADRENAL GLANDS WHICH LIE OVER THE KIDNEY AND ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN THE BODIES NORMAL HOMEOSTASIS.  STERIODS ARE A VERY POWERFUL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY BUT ARE ALSO A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD AS IT CAUSES DELAYED HEALING.  ALSO REPEATED INJECTIONS CAUSE THE TENDONS TO BECOME BRITTLE AND CAN LEAD TO TENDON ALVULSION.  YOU SHOULD NEVER GIVE MORE THAN 3 INJECTIONS TO THE SAME ANATOMICAL SITE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.  THE ONLY THING THAT CAN EVER HEAL THE BODY IS THE BODY, BUT SOMETIMES WE NEED A LITTLE HELP.  THATS WHERE DOCTORS COME IN BY THE USE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, REST, ICE, STRETCHING, EXERCISE AND MEDICATIONS.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.

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