The feet are a vital structure for individuals to move about on. It needs to work effectively for people to stand, walk and also run. Any type of pain or disorder of the foot is likely to impact the ability of the foot to aid us and also to move around on. These sorts of problems can have consequences which may substantially impact the quality lifestyle, in particular mobility. A lack of mobility has consequences for health and fitness as well as wellbeing. Podiatrists play a crucial role in keeping the feet strong so that we do not suffer from the implications of pain in the feet. The foot has 26 bones with many joints and also ligaments in addition to muscles which controls the movements in the bones as well as joints. All of these will need to function together to facilitate us to move around without any pain. There are many biomechanical problems which could fail and restrict that normal function.

One example is, lets consider the big toe joint of your foot: following the foot contacts the ground when running or walking and the leg moves forward above the feet on the floor, then your heel starts to come off the ground as we propel forward. So that to take place appropriately is if the great toe or hallux joint of the foot could flex. This implies that this joint is flexible as well as mobile to permit that normal motion to occur. There are a variety of things that may fail with this big toe or hallux joint which may hinder that normal function. Probably the most well-known problem is that of osteoarthritis which has effects on the joint. It will become too painful to move, and so the process of walking can become painful. That will affect the manner in which the foot and the body proceed. A great toe joint which gets to be more rigid is additionally going to restrict the normal function of the feet and make it a whole lot harder to get the rearfoot off the ground when running or walking. This really is quite an inefficient as well as energy sapping way to move. One more problem referred to as functional hallux limitus also influences the great toe joint biomechanics. With this condition you will find there's normal range of flexibility of the joint when the foot is off the floor, however when weightbearing and walking for some unidentified reasons, the hallux joint does not want to move. Whenever these kinds of limitations at the joint occur, other joints need to move more, and this alters the way we walk. This could possibly result in symptoms in other places in your body as an overload.

Many of these kinds of biomechanical issues are commonly handled with the use of foot inserts to try and regain and allow to get a far more normal biomechanics with the foot. There are many kinds of foot orthoses and a lot of different modifications that Podiatrists commonly make use of to handle the unique problem of their patients. A specialized alteration which is often used to take care of the problem of a functional hallux limitus is the Cluffy Wedge. This Cluffy wedge can be described as pad that will go under the big toe or hallux to facilitate a far more normal movements at this great toe joint.