The foot gets plenty of physical activity through walking and running. It’s normal to have slight foot pains at times. However, persistent foot pain is not normal and has a number of causes.
Causes of Foot Pain
- Athletes foot can lead to foot pain
- Warts on the foot
- Injures can cause foot pain
- Arthritis can cause pain
- Fungi, bacteria, and diseases like lupus and diabetes can cause foot pain
- Improper shoes can cause foot pain
Symptoms of Foot Pain
- Inability to bring foot up while walking-Your foot and lower leg may be numb. Restricted ability to bring the foot up. You may only be able to walk on your heels (heel walk)
- Foot heaviness or weakness (foot drop)-It’s when your feet is so heavy or weak it becomes difficult to lift the foot to walk.This is usually caused by nerve damage.
- Sometimes your toes may hurt making it difficult to walk.
Treatment Using Castor Oil For Foot Pain
Castor oil is anti-fungal and can destroy the fungus an bacteria that is the source of some foot pain.
- For foot or toenail fungus prepare a hot tub of water add in castor oil and Epsom salt and soak the feet for 10 mintues.
- Apply castor oil on the foot area
- You can also warm up castor oil and massage into your aching feet which provides your aching feet with immediate relief by helping to restore circulation. Use a lot of castor oil for the foot massage.
