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ʻO ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe he mau deformities o ka wāwae kahi e kulou ai kou mau manamana wāwae i lalo i kahi kūlana kūlohelohe ʻole, e hana ana i kahi ʻano hammer-like a claw-like paha. E ulu kēia mau kūlana ke kaulike ʻole nā muscle, tendons, a me nā ligaments a puni nā hui manamana wāwae, e hoʻolilo ana i ka manamana wāwae e kūlou mau ana ʻoiai ʻoe e ho'āʻo nei e hoʻopololei.
ʻOiai paha he mea hopohopo kēia mau deformities manamana wāwae, he mea maʻamau loa ia a hiki ke mālama ʻia. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke loaʻa kahi kōkua nui ma o nā lapaʻau mālama, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kou kūlana ʻo ia ka hana mua e hoʻoluʻolu hou ai kou mau wāwae.
Hoʻopili ka Hammertoe i ka hui waena o kou manamana wāwae, e hoʻolilo ana iā ia e kulou i lalo ʻoiai e kuhikuhi ana ka piko i luna. E noʻonoʻo e like me kou manamana wāwae e hana ana i ke ʻano o kahi
I nā wā mua, hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hoʻoponopono i kou manamana wāwae me kou lima. I ka holomua ʻana o ke kūlana, e lilo ka manamana wāwae i paʻakikī a ʻaʻole e neʻe ʻoiai ʻoe e ho'āʻo e hoʻoponopono lima.
ʻO ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe ʻelua mau ʻano nui ma muli o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana o kou manamana wāwae. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka hammertoe flexible a mallet toe paha, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoneʻe i ke hono i pilikia. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hoʻoponopono i kou manamana wāwae me kou lima, a ʻaʻole i lilo ke hono i paʻakikī loa. ʻO kēia ʻano maʻamau e pane maikaʻi i nā lapaʻau mālama.
ʻO ka hammertoe paʻakikī a mallet toe paha ke lilo ke hono o ka manamana wāwae i paʻakikī loa a neʻe ʻole. Ua paʻa loa nā tendons a me nā ligaments i noho mau ka manamana wāwae i kūlou. ʻO kēia kahua holomua pinepine e pono ai ka lapaʻau ikaika.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia e hoʻomaka ma ke ʻano he mau deformities flexible a lilo mālie i paʻakikī inā waiho ʻole ʻia. Hiki i ka hoʻoponopono mua ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kēia holomua a mālama i kou mau manamana wāwae i ʻoluʻolu.
E ulu kēia mau deformities manamana wāwae ke kaulike ʻole nā muscle a me nā tendons a puni nā hono o kou manamana wāwae. E hoʻokumu kēia kaulike ʻole i ka paʻa loa o kekahi mau muscle ʻoiai e nāwaliwali kekahi, e huki ana i kou manamana wāwae i kahi kūlana kūpono ʻole.
He mau mea e hiki ke hoʻokomo i kēia kaulike ʻole o nā muscle:
ʻO nā kāmaʻa kūpono ʻole pinepine ka mea lawehala nui. I ka wā e hoʻopaʻa mau ʻia ai kou mau manamana wāwae i loko o nā wahi paʻa, hoʻololi nā ʻiʻo i kēia kūlana i ka manawa lōʻihi. Hoʻonui nā kuli kiʻekiʻe i kēia pilikia ma ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kou mau manamana wāwae i mua i loko o ka pahu manamana wāwae ʻāpana.
He kuleana ko ka makahiki e like me ka nalowale ʻana o nā tendons a me nā ligaments i kou mau wāwae i kekahi mau mea hoʻoluʻolu ma ka manawa lōʻihi. Hoʻomohala pinepine nā wahine i kēia mau kūlana ma mua o nā kāne, ma muli nui o nā koho kāmaʻa i ko lākou ola.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai me kāu kauka a i ʻole podiatrist inā ʻike ʻoe e hoʻomaka ana kou manamana wāwae e kūlou hewa ʻole a i ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha mau. Hiki i ka hoʻoponopono mua ke pale aku i ka hoʻopilikia ʻana o ke kūlana a lilo i paʻa.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau hōʻailona:
Mai kali a hiki i ka wā e lilo ai ka deformities i koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka mea e hoʻomaka ai ma ke ʻano he kūlou māmā, hiki ke holomua i kahi kūlana paʻa, ʻeha e paʻakikī loa ke mālama.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi diabetes, nā pilikia kahe koko, a i ʻole ka numbness i kou mau wāwae, e ʻike koke i kahi mea mālama ola no nā loli manamana wāwae. Hiki i kēia mau kūlana ke hoʻopilikia i ka ho'ōla a hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
Aia kekahi mau kumu e hoʻonui ai i kou manawa e loaʻa ai kēia mau deformities o nā manamana wāwae. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau kumu pilikia e kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā hana pale a ʻimi i ka mālama mua inā pono.
Eia nā kumu pilikia nui e makaʻala ai:
Hiki i kāu ʻoihana ke hoʻopilikia pū i kāu pilikia. ʻO nā hana e koi ana i nā hola lōʻihi ma kou mau wāwae a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kāmaʻa palena e hiki ke hoʻokomo i nā deformities o nā manamana wāwae ma hope o kekahi manawa.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi i nā mea e like me ka makahiki a i ʻole nā genetics, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi i nā kumu nohona e like me nā koho kāmaʻa. ʻOiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kumu pilikia he nui, hiki i nā kāmaʻa kūpono a me ka mālama wāwae ke hōʻemi nui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai kēia mau kūlana.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe paha he mau pilikia cosmetic liʻiliʻi wale nō, hiki iā lākou ke alakaʻi i kekahi mau pilikia inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mahalo i ke kumu e pono ai ka mālama mua.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā corns a me nā calluses no ka mea ke hamo mau nei ka manamana wāwae i kou mau kāmaʻa. Hiki i kēia mau wahi ʻili mānoanoa ke lilo i mea ʻeha loa a hiki ke haki a koko inā lilo lākou i mea mānoanoa loa.
No nā kānaka me ka maʻi diabetes a i ʻole nā pilikia kahe koko, hiki i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi ke lilo i mau maʻi koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka kūlana kūlou o ka manamana wāwae e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ke kahe koko maikaʻi, kahi e hoʻomāhuahua ai ka ho'ōla a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pilikia o ka maʻi.
Ma hope o kekahi manawa, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka ʻeha ma nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou wāwae ke hoʻololi ʻoe i kou hele ʻana me ka ʻike ʻole e pale aku i ke kaomi ʻana i ka manamana wāwae i pilikia.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke pale aku i nā hihia he nui o ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe me ka mālama pono ʻana i nā wāwae a me nā koho kāmaʻa akamai. Ke nānā nei ka pale ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i nā hana olakino o nā wāwae a me ka pale ʻana i nā mea e hana ai i nā kūlike ʻole o nā ʻiʻo.
Eia nā ʻano pale ʻana maikaʻi loa:
Ke kūʻai aku nei ʻoe i nā kāmaʻa, e ho'āʻo iā lākou i ke awakea ke ʻōpū iki kou mau wāwae mai nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā. E hōʻoia kēia i kahi kūpono maikaʻi i ka lā holoʻokoʻa.
Hiki i nā hana manamana wāwae maʻalahi ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaulike o nā ʻiʻo. E ho'āʻo e koho i nā mea liʻiliʻi me kou mau manamana wāwae, e hoʻolōʻihi i kou mau manamana wāwae ākea, a i ʻole e huki mālie i kou mau manamana wāwae pololei no kekahi mau kekona i nā manawa he nui i kēlā me kēia lā.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā deformities wāwae a i ʻole nā mea pilikia ʻē aʻe, e hoʻolohe nui i kāu mau koho kāmaʻa a e noʻonoʻo e nānā mau i nā wāwae me kahi podiatrist.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe e pili ana i kahi nānā kino pololei e kāu kauka a i ʻole podiatrist. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻike maʻamau i ke kūlana ma ka nānā wale ʻana i kou wāwae a me ka nānā ʻana i ke kūlana o kou mau manamana wāwae.
I loko o kāu manawa hālāwai, e nānā aku kāu mea mālama ola i kou wāwae ʻoiai ʻoe e noho ana a kū ana. E nānā lākou i ka wiliwili o nā hono o kou manamanalima a inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoponopono hou i ka manamanalima i pilikia.
E nīnau pū kāu kauka e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, e komo pū ana i ka manawa mua āu i ʻike ai i ka piʻi ʻana o ka manamanalima a inā ʻoe e ʻeha. Makemake lākou e ʻike e pili ana i kāu mau ʻano lole kāmaʻa a me nā hōʻeha wāwae ma mua.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā X-ray e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi ʻoi aku ka maopopo o nā hono o kou manamanalima a me nā iwi. Kūkulu kēia kiʻi ʻana iā lākou e ʻike i ke kūlana pololei o kou mau iwi a hoʻolālā i ke ala mālama kūpono loa.
ʻO ka nānā ʻana he mea ʻole ka ʻeha maʻamau, ʻoiai paha e hoʻoneʻe mālie kāu kauka i kou manamanalima e loiloi i kona wiliwili, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻoulu i kekahi ʻeha inā ʻoe e ʻeha mua ana.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe e hilinaʻi ana inā paʻa a paʻa paha kou kūlana, a me ka nui o ka ʻeha āu e ʻeha nei. Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ka hōʻoluʻolu me nā lāʻau lapaʻau mālama, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana.
No ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe flexible, hana maikaʻi pinepine nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻole o ka ʻokiʻoki:
Pono pinepine ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe paʻa i ka mālama ʻoi aku ka ikaika. Inā ʻaʻole hāʻawi nā ʻano hana mālama i ka hōʻoluʻolu lawa, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka ʻokiʻoki e hoʻoponopono hou i nā hono manamanalima.
Hiki i nā koho ʻoki ke piʻi mai nā hana maʻalahi e hoʻokuʻu i nā ʻiʻo paʻa a hiki i nā hana paʻakikī e wehe i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka iwi a hui pū i nā hono. E wehewehe kou kauka ʻoki i ke ala e kūpono loa ai i kou kūlana kūikawā.
ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana me nā lāʻau lapaʻau mālama, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e hana ai lākou i nā loli mau i kā lākou mau koho kāmaʻa a me ka hana mālama wāwae.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele i nā hōʻailona he nui o ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe ma ka home me nā ʻano maʻalahi a maikaʻi. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no nā deformities flexible a hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka holomua i nā pae koʻikoʻi.
E hoʻomaka me nā kāmaʻa kūpono ma ke ʻano he kumu. E koho i nā kāmaʻa me nā pahu manamana wāwae ākea a hohonu ʻaʻole e ʻomi i kou mau manamana wāwae. E pale i nā kāmaʻa manamana wāwae a me nā kuʻekuʻe kiʻekiʻe, ka mea e hoʻoikaika ai i kou mau manamana wāwae i nā kūlana paʻa.
Hiki i nā hana manamana wāwae ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka palupalu a hoʻoikaika i nā ʻiʻo a puni nā hono manamana wāwae. E ho'āʻo i kēia mau hana maʻalahi i kekahi mau manawa i kēlā me kēia lā:
E hoʻohana i nā pā manamana wāwae, nā pulu, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻokaʻawale gel e hoʻemi i ke kaomi a me ka hamo ʻana ma waena o kou mau manamana wāwae a me nā kāmaʻa. Hiki i kēia mau huahana uku ʻole ke hāʻawi i ka ʻoluʻolu nui i ka lā holoʻokoʻa.
E kau i ka hau no 15-20 mau minuke i ka manawa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pehu a i ʻole ka ʻeha nui. Hiki i nā mea hoʻoemi ʻeha ma luna o ka counter e like me ka ibuprofen ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻeha a me ka mumū.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ʻoe no kāu hālāwai e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻailona pololei loa a me ka hoʻolālā mālama maikaʻi. E lawe mai i nā kāmaʻa āu e komo pinepine ai i mea e ʻike ai kāu kauka i ke ʻano o kā lākou hāʻawi ʻana i kāu mau pilikia manamana wāwae.
E kākau i kou mau hōʻailona ma mua o kou hele ʻana, me ka wā i ʻike mua ai ʻoe i ka piʻi ʻana o ka manamana wāwae a me nā hana a i ʻole nā kāmaʻa e hoʻonāukiuki ai i ka ʻeha. E hoʻomaopopo i nā lāʻau home āu i ho'āʻo ai a inā ua kōkua lākou.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau e nīnau aku i kāu kauka:
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āpau āu e lawe ai, me nā mea hoʻohui, ʻoiai ʻo kekahi mau kūlana e hoʻokumu ai i nā deformities manamana wāwae hiki ke pili i nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe.
E komo a lawe mai i nā socks hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe maʻalahi, a e noʻonoʻo e komo i nā kāmaʻa maʻalahi ke wehe no ka nānā ʻana.
ʻO ka hammertoe a me ka mallet toe he mau kūlana maʻamau, hiki ke mālama ʻia e pane maikaʻi i ka hoʻoponopono mua. ʻOiai paha lākou e like me nā pilikia hoʻonaninani liʻiliʻi, hiki i ka hoʻoponopono koke ʻana ke pale aku i ka ʻeha, nā pilikia, a me ka pono no nā lapaʻau ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma hope.
ʻO ka mea nui loa āu e hiki ai ke hana, ʻo ia ke koho i nā kāmaʻa kūpono me nā pahu manamana wāwae ākea a pale aku i nā kāmaʻa e hoʻopaʻa i kou mau manamana wāwae. Hiki i nā lāʻau home maʻalahi e like me nā hoʻoikaika manamana wāwae a me ka padding ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu nui no nā deformities palupalu.
Mai hoʻowahāwahā i ka ʻeha o ka manamana wāwae a i ʻole ka piʻi mau ʻana. ʻO ka mea e hoʻomaka ai ma ke ʻano he pilikia liʻiliʻi hiki ke ulu i kahi kūlana paʻa, ʻeha e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ke mālama. ʻO ka mālama mālama mua pinepine he mea maikaʻi loa ia a hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i nā wāwae ʻoluʻolu a hana pono.
E hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā koho āu no ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau kūlana, mai nā loli kāmaʻa maʻalahi a i nā lapaʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka hana pū ʻana me kahi mea hoʻolako olakino e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe e loaʻa iā ʻoe ke ala kūpono no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
Hiki pinepine ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia a i ʻole ke hoʻoponopono ʻia paha nā manamana lima a me nā manamana mallet palupalu me ka mālama kūpono, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i hopu ʻia ai i ka wā mua. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoponopono piha ʻia nā deformities paʻakikī me ka ʻole o ka ʻoki kino.
ʻO ke kī ka hoʻomaka koke ʻana. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopololei i kou manamana lima me kou lima, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hoʻomaikaʻi ai me nā lāʻau lapaʻau mālama e like me nā kāmaʻa kūpono, nā hana hoʻoikaika kino, a me ka splinting.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha i loko o kekahi mau pule o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana, akā ʻo ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana i ka palupalu a me ka hana o ka manamana lima e pono ai kekahi mau mahina o ka mālama mau.
Hana mālie nā lāʻau lapaʻau mālama, no laila he mea nui ka hoʻomanawanui. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā hopena maikaʻi loa ma hope o 3-6 mau mahina o ka hahai ʻana i kā lākou hoʻolālā mālama, me ka ʻaʻahu ʻana i nā kāmaʻa kūpono a me ka hana ʻana i nā hana hoʻoikaika kino i manaʻo ʻia.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā manamana lima a me nā manamana mallet palupalu ke pale aku i ka ʻoki kino ma ka hahai ʻana i nā hoʻolālā mālama mālama. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka ʻoki kino no nā deformities paʻakikī e hoʻokumu ana i ka ʻeha nui a i ʻole nā pilikia hana.
E ho'āʻo mua kāu kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻole o ka ʻoki kino. Lilo ka ʻoki kino i koho ke hāʻawi ʻole nā mea mālama i ka hōʻoluʻolu kūpono a ua hoʻopilikia nui ʻia kou ola maikaʻi e ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hele ʻana.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka hapa nui o nā hana me ka manamana lima a me ka manamana mallet. Pono paha ʻoe e hoʻololi i kāu mau koho kāmaʻa a pale aku i nā hana e hoʻokumu ana i ka ʻeha nui o ka manamana lima.
Hoʻomanawanui maikaʻi ʻia nā hana hoʻoikaika kino haʻahaʻa e like me ka ʻauʻau, ka holo paikikala, a i ʻole ka yoga. No nā hana e pono ai nā kāmaʻa kūikawā, e ʻimi i nā kāmaʻa me nā pahu manamana lima ākea a me ke kākoʻo maikaʻi, a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo i nā orthotics maʻamau.
E makaʻala i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā ʻōpala, nā ʻili paʻakikī, a i ʻole nā ʻeha wehe ma kou mau manamana wāwae. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū ai ka ʻulaʻula nui, ka mahana, ka pehu, a i ʻole ka wai mai nā ʻili haki.
E nānā pū i ka ʻeha nui, ka paʻakikī o ka manamana wāwae, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hele ʻana. Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau hōʻailona e hiki ke ʻino loa kāu kūlana a pono ai kahi hālāwai hope me kāu mea lawelawe ola.
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