How to treat toe tendon fasciitis

The treatment of toe tendon fasciitis consists of three main areas: firstly, daily lifestyle intervention, secondly, physiotherapy, and thirdly, acupoint closure therapy. Intervention in daily life is for the patient to put appropriate pads of foam material under the feet or shoes lined with soft cushions in daily life, and to avoid walking on the toes when walking. During flare-ups standing and walking should be limited, ice therapy can be applied when appropriate, and stretching exercises for the Achilles tendon can be done by hand. Physical therapy includes localized acupuncture, one-finger Zen massage, microwave irradiation, intermediate frequency transdermal therapy or external fumigation with traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture point injection is mainly based on closed injection, using tretinoin or compound betamethasone in the local pain points for closed injection, to achieve anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. Generally, the painful parts can be injected 1-3 times, if the patient’s pain disappears, the injection will be stopped.