loose ligaments in feet causing broken toes Posted: 02-24-08 13:04pm
Hello, last year I had a lot of issues
with my toes randomly breaking or popping
or dislocating (I'd be walking fine and
then be limping or unable to put weight on
the toe).
I did go to the doctors and she said it
was loose ligements in my feet which
either you have or you don't and nothing
is going to fix it...nice thanks..
So this winter they've been fine but I
just starting working the horses again,
conditioning at a walk in hand around the
track so that means me walking a lot which
I WANT TO DO... and now they're hurting
not broken hurting but hurting..
Last summer I got by with a natural horse
ligament spray which makes it stop
throbbing..
I don't know if there's something I can do
but I really would like to because I run
the horses with beginners on their backs
I'm a coach and I like to do stuff myself
not sit on the side and short orders to
vollenters I'm not lazy like that!
I know with horses with long ligaments
they will inject a nitrogen something
which damages the ligaments and shortens
them up. This is most common in race
horses... I am no means a race horse or
horse at all but surely if they can fix
the horses they can fix me too lol!
any suggestions diet, exersize or anything
let me know please.
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rollar64
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Posted: 02-25-08 02:27am
this sounds like you have hypermobile
joints in your feet kind of the same thing
as loose liaments you could try seeing a
podiatrist they may be able to help or
suggest something
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hip
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Joint Laxity and Loose Ligaments Posted: 04-23-08 18:28pm
I had joint laxity / loose ligaments that
developed after I caught a respiratory
virus. Not many people know that this
condition can be caused by a virus.
How does this happen?
Well, many viruses (and bacteria) can
manufacture connective tissue dissolving
enzymes, and it is these particular
enzymes that attack and eat away the
ligaments (ligaments are made from various
types of connective tissue).
For example, the persistent Epstein-Barr
virus makes the connective tissue
dissolving enzyme MMP-9 (also called
gelatinase), which eats at the elastin and
gelatin structure of the ligaments.
Not many people realize that a persistent
viral infection can do this. There are
many disease that are really just a result
of a hidden chronic viral infection.
However, in many cases, current medicine
can only treat the symptoms.
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