Can you massage your own metatarsalgia?

After discovering metatarsalgia, it is important to first distinguish the cause of the metatarsalgia. If it is caused by trauma, it is necessary to exclude whether there is a fracture or a simple soft tissue injury. In addition, it is necessary to identify whether it is submetatarsal head fat pad inflammation or metatarsophalangeal arthritis and whether there is gout, and then decide on the treatment after clarifying the cause. If the fracture is excluded, theoretically all other pain can be massaged, the specific treatment should be determined according to the condition, symptomatic treatment, sometimes need to be combined with drugs. Choose local massage as a method to complement the treatment, you can choose the blood activation and circulation medium to apply locally, do the massage, press and knead, push, and continue to massage for 3 minutes, and also do the joint loosening techniques of the metatarsophalangeal and interphalangeal joints.