Osteomalacia of the foot can be treated as follows, because osteomalacia can often cause pain in the surrounding soft tissues or joints, which can then be treated with: 1. Physical therapy. Microwave physiotherapy or far-infrared physiotherapy can be used to provide local physical therapy for osteophytes, which can relieve the pain and inflammatory reactions around the osteophytes. 2. Oral anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving drugs. If osteophytes are often accompanied by arthritis in the joints, you can take oral celecoxib, loxoprofen sodium tablets, meloxicam, etc. for anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving treatment. In addition, you can also take oral Chinese medicine, such as anti-bone growth tablets, turtle astragalus strong bone particles. These proprietary Chinese medicines are very helpful for the inhibition of the growth of osteophytes and the relief of the painful symptoms of osteophytes. So foot osteophytes can be treated with physical therapy and medication.