What’s the actual source of the pain?

[Rosexøxø]

Okay I’m going to ask Google too…

Don’t judge…

When your feet hurt, is it the muscle that hurts? Or the bone (s)?

Do human feet even have muscles? 🧐 Is there any padding? Or is it minimal skin tissue?

My feet were hurting the other day, and I HAD to stand. When I got back home, they felt “sore” like I had done a work out (respectively/understandably along with the rest of my body). The next time they were hurting and it didn’t feel sore, but just somewhat agonizing. It felt worsened, until I didn’t have to stand for so long.

It made me wonder. How would I fix this particular issue? I suppose I could buy “Dr. scholls;” see a chiropractor; uhhh an… orthopedic? Idek- the foot doctors, though, or something else.

I wonder if burn gels, aloe Vera, or things like so- if left in shoes, help?

What exactly is the issue?

SOOOOOOO

my real question is:

When feet hurt, what is hurting? The bones? Muscles? Or just the nerves, even?

Let me know your thoughts. :]

👣

(All images sourced from Google)

[Staximus]

I work all night on my feet and have to wear good shoes. If you work on your feet, buy good work shoes that were made for standing all day. Don't buy bullshit cheap shoes with shitty soles like Vans, Converse, Nike Air Force 1, Doc Marten, etc. Those are all crap. Buy nurse shoes, or Red Wing, Keen, Carolina, Wolverine, etc. If you work and walk on hard floors or concrete, then get shoes or boots with soft heels to absorb shock. If you work outside and have to walk on a lot of rocks and rough terrain or kick shovels, you need hard soles to protect your feet from getting beat up. You don't want them too tight, either.

[Rosexøxø]

Healthy and helpful examples!

Should memory foam be added to hard sole shoes? That way guidelines for closed toe are followed, safety is ensured, and foot health/prosperity and comfort is upheld?

[Staximus]

What kind of work do you do? Or what do you do that makes your feet hurt? Good insoles will help either way, but you can't get those dumb memory foam ones, they are too soft. You need the ones made out of the stiff foam, I think it's called EVA foam

[Astarlessnightsky]

The nerves actually do feel the pain, or the nerves sent pain signals to the brain, which than feels pain in the foot.

However there are multiple things which can hurt in the foot,

starting by the skin, eg burns from walking on hot sand or asphalt, or cuts from stepping on a sharp glass shard.

The muscles, from just pure exhaustion from walking too long, or muscle tears, after an accident, ...

The bones and joints, from wearing too small shoes, and being compressed too much

Or all together...

[Rosexøxø]

I really enjoyed this read :] you broke it down in such a fine manner. I appreciate this descriptive visual 💯

[Quackthulu2]

Yes, feet have muscles. Lots of them. They also have lots of bones, and a complex joint system. But the pain you get from being on your feet for an extended period of time is most likely muscular. I would suggest getting some more comfortable shoes with good arch support if you can, or at least some good insoles if you can’t. After that a good massage will help relax the muscles, or even a soak in warm water. As the heat dilate blood vessels which will help them recover.

[Rosexøxø]

Ouuu very interestinggg. @Aiko_E_Lara mentioned nerves and you said the dilation of blood vessels 👀😯😯

Does this mean also when we stand for long periods of time our nerves/blood vessels contract due to the pressure/weight on them?

I wonder if it’s pressure or lack of movement 🤔

I’m gonna try what you said though! And consider this for sure! 👀🤝

[Quackthulu2]

You can manually stimulate a nerve (like when you hit your "funny bone" or when w doctor tests your reflexes) but that is more of an electric type of pain. Joint pain is more from a sprain which happens from hyperextension (like when you role an ankle) and bone injuries are typically from trauma. Like a broken bone or stress fracture from repeated impacts. But muscle fatigue comes from prolonged use. Like how after an intense workout your hands start to shake and everything hurts. That pain is the result of muscle fibers breaking down, which tend to rebuild stronger (the point of bodybuilding) the reason I mentioned the blood vessels is because that is how the body moves things around. How it removes damaged muscle fibers and brings in the components for new ones. It can also increase swelling ( because more blood is flowing into that part of the body) cold can reduce swelling and pain, but won't help anything heal faster. Hope that makes sense, I'm on my phone

[Rosexøxø]

Yes it makes total sense! Thanks for sharing it!
Flow and damages. Two different things. 💯

[Quackthulu2]

Two different things that work together to maintain homeostasis. But FYI I’m not a doctor by any means. There are plenty of people who know WAY more than I do on the topic. But I have taken a number of anatomy and physiology classes and always did quite well.

[Rosexøxø]

No! Everything sounds and reads great! 🤩

You definitely picked a thing or two up from those classes :]

#appreciateit

[Agape93]

Feels like the bone to me

[Rosexøxø]

Yeah, it can be so darn agonizing at times 😵 maybe it’s a combination? Multifaceted?

[exitseven]

It could be muscular or it could be connective tissue. To make the bones hurt you must have a serious trauma. It is probably either muscular or one of the itises (bursitis, tendonitis etc)

[Rosexøxø]

Goawsh I sure hope not!

[exitseven]

Rest and ice and time.

[Pyrofox]

Probably nerves are the thing that hurt. It becomes a question of how much you can tolerate.

[Rosexøxø]

True but sometimes can be messages of something that is faulty or near breakage or so 😬

Risky stuff

[Rosexøxø]

You’re right though tolerance, according to research, is a big indicator and plays part.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

The nerves

[Rosexøxø]

This really has me curious now. I wonder what’s the best way to combat this, if it were nerves 🤔 like it could even be all three? 👀😬

[Aiko_E_Lara]

What do you mean all of three? Nerves are almost everywhere in your body which is why you can feel anything when touched. It's the nerves that send signal to your brain that you are in pain in that area.

[Rosexøxø]

Oh wowww I didn’t realize bones have nerves also. 😯

I’ll definitely look into this

[Aiko_E_Lara]

How cute *hugs*

[Rosexøxø]

I don’t care how many times I’ve been called cute, I always love it.

Ty! :]