De Agony of De Burning Feet

  Staff        February 15, 2013

Feet that constantly burn are a miserable problem and have a significant effect on the quality of life. This is mainly due to the unrelenting symptoms that are hard to find relief from. You see many people asking on forums for advice on this out of desperation. Most cases of burning feet are due to some medial problem such as the peripheral neuropathy that occurs in diabetes or from other metabolic disorders, dietary deficiency problems or other types of nerve damage. Every case of burning feet need to be investigated to determine the cause, as the treatment needs to be directed at what is actually causing it. Unfortunately, often the cause is not treatable and the condition progresses. This means that most of the time the treatment is purely symptomatic with drugs or topical medications. There is plenty of practical advice on how to manage the pain that is a result of the underlying problem.

What is Baxters Neuritis?

  Staff        February 1, 2013

Pain in the heel is very common and most cases are due to a condition known as plantar fasciitis. The most common symptom of this condition is pain under the heel that is worse when arising from rest. After those first few painful steps the pain gets better, but progressively gets worse as the day goes on. A less known cause of pain under the heel with similar symptoms is a condition is known as Baxters neuritis or nerve entrapment. The symptoms of this may be similar, but the treatment is very different. Many of the resistant cases of plantar fasciitis really are a nerve entrapment. If the standard treatments for plantar fasciitis is not working then this Baxters nerve entrapment needs to be considered. Often surgery is needed to treat it.