Massage for hallux valgus is a simple manipulation technique aimed at a reflex effect in the cervical and lumbar spine (depending on the severity of the pathology), as well as on the legs and feet in order to treat the disease and prevent it.
Massage for Hallux Valgus is carried out carefully, without unnecessary physical effort, since the foot has anatomical features.It can be either general strengthening or direct in its impact directly on the deformation zone.
Preparation
Before you begin massage for hallux valgus, you need to make preliminary preparations for the manipulation, which consists of several stages.
For adults this is:
- Steaming your feet in hot water with an infusion of a herbal mix of sage, pine needle extract, chamomile and oak bark.The medicinal components of plants easily penetrate the heated dermis and have an anti-inflammatory and tonic effect.
- Applying an emollient containing shark oil or laurel oil to the feet and big toe area, which can warm and nourish the deep layers of the dermis.
For children with anatomical pathology:
- light rubbing with palms, and then more intense (with the ribs of the palms) of the cervical spine, lower back;
- warming up the skin and muscles of the thighs, legs and feet with gentle circular movements to make them more pliable for the main massage.
After the manipulations, massage procedures will be comfortable, painless, and more effective.
Technique
Despite the general techniques - stroking, rubbing, tapping, pressing, massage for foot valgus in children differs from procedures for adults.
For children, experts advise starting it with the neck and back; for adults, all manipulations are aimed at the area around the lump, which is characteristic of the pathology (but not at the growth itself), as well as at the feet.
In adults
Massage of hallux valgus is carried out independently as follows:
- using circular movements of varying intensity, the area around the protruding joint is worked out;
- the pad of the thumb is warmed up, small turns of the joint to the sides are added;
- Using strong gripping and pressing movements, the joint of each finger is felt and carefully pressed.
This is followed by a non-contact massage, you need:
- move your toes up and down;
- make a fan - the toes diverge to the sides and converge;
- grab a small ball with your toes and move it to the side;
- Place your feet on the needle roller and roll it with light pressure.
These exercises, thanks to increased blood flow, relieve inflammation and pain from joints that are deformed and help strengthen muscles.
In children
Massage for children with curvatures of the foot is performed with extreme caution and only in a lying position to avoid additional stress on the musculoskeletal system:
- The child is placed on his stomach so that the legs are below the working surface and the spine is worked with up and down movements, followed by gripping the sides in the direction of the armpits.
- They go down to the sacrum and buttocks, stroking in a circular motion, and also crosswise to work on these zones.
- Using stroking movements from the knees, the back surfaces of the thighs are massaged, after which these areas are thoroughly kneaded with more intense movements.
- Flat valgus feet and heels are intensively rubbed in all directions, after which the skin is gently shaken in the area of the legs, without pinching.
- Each finger is intensively massaged in turn with light stretching along its entire length.
- Using circular movements from toes to heel, drawing a figure eight, work the feet.
- The child is turned over on his back, a bolster is placed under his knees and the exercises are repeated on the front surface of the legs.
Massage for hallux valgus in children, when, in addition to flat feet, the heel rolls inward or deviates outward, is effective with timely and regular treatment.
Contraindications
Massage for plano-valgus deformity has the following contraindications:
- any diseases of the lower extremities during the period of exacerbation;
- general physical malaise associated with systemic diseases;
- malignant neoplasms;
- problems of the cardiovascular system;
- varicose veins.
Also, people who have unstable blood pressure and weak blood vessels should resort to massage with caution.
Self-massage for hallux valgus can only be performed if the disease is not severe or complicated.
In other cases, these simple and affordable massage techniques will help relieve discomfort, restore muscle tone, normalize blood flow and, as part of a comprehensive treatment, get rid of the problem.