LifeSystems Chiropractic - Chiropractor in Singapore

If you suffer from foot pain, you know how it feels like to experience pain with each step you take. Often times the location of the pain can help determine the diagnosis of you foot pain.  In other words, if you can pinpoint the area of your foot the pain, we can be somewhat sure of your foot pain causes. Obviously, I would prefer you come to our clinic for an examination to determine the root cause of your foot pain, do we can determine if it is something we can help or refer you out to the proper professional where applicable.

The most common foot pain are biomechanical in nature. In other words, most foot pain complaints we see are due to lack of sufficient support or inappropriate foot wear.  About 70% or more of our population have pronation syndrome which I believe is the main culprit of foot pain I am about to describe. Over pronation causes excessive twisting of the foot which stretches the fascia underneath the foot.  The continued stretching causes micro tears at the attachment to the heel bone causing heel pain, with the potential for painful bone spurs. I am going to give you a general quick overview of the possible cause of your foot pain based on pain location without going into too much details here. You may have metarsal stress fractures or Morton's neuroma, if your pain on top of the foot, just behind the toes. Pain at Chopart’s joint when you foot bends backward toward you could be caused by an Anterior Ankle Impingement Syndrome. A thick flesh somewhere behind the fifth toe, it may be a Tailor's Bunion. If you injured youself from twiting action of you foot inwards, very likely you have an inversion sprain. Pain at the back of the foot a the tendon is usaully called Archilles Tendonitis.

Now pain on the inside or medial side of the foot near the bony prominence could be a Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome. If pain is on the inside and bottom of the foot or what clinicians call the medial longitunidal arch. Most patients who have pain here call say "I have a foot arch pain." Foot arch pain is usually plantar faciitis or navicular bone subluxation. Plantar Faciitis is caused by over-pronation. If you have pain at the bottom of foot when you strike your feet during walking or running, it could be a heel spur or Sever's disease. But pain a the bottom of foot below the big toe is more likely sesamoiditis.

I know I described several foot pain symptomes and the purpose is to give you idea of why you may have that problem. My intension is not for you to self diagnose but so you have better information, email me or call for your consultation.