How to correct one foot long and one foot short

Most of the time one foot is long and one foot is short may be due to congenital genetic factors, but also due to trauma, lumbar disc herniation and other pathologic causes. Corrective methods include conservative treatment and surgical treatment. 1. Congenital asymptomatic patients: generally do not take special treatment, regular observation of changes can be; pathologic causes of the difference between the feet is not big patients, it is recommended to choose the right shoes, to avoid long-term pressure on the toes, the emergence of bunion, at the same time you can take heat therapy, massage, physiotherapy and other ways to relax the plantar fascia, to ease the pain. 2. Patients with traumatic bony changes in the foot and patients with foot atrophy caused by lumbar disc herniation: surgical intervention can be considered. Surgical modalities mainly include intervertebral foraminoscopic disc removal and foot orthopedic surgery. Specific surgical methods need to be decided according to the patient’s original disease. If the patient’s symptoms are severe, or if the symptoms persist without improvement, he or she should go to the hospital in time for treatment.