Indentify sinus tarsi syndrome and go for its treatment

What is sinus tarsi?

Sinus tarsi syndrome is a very small osseous canal inside foot, runs into one’s ankle and move under the talus bone. We can identify it between talus and calcaneus space. When you try to press this spot with your fingers, you can easily feel this area surrounded with bones around it. In canal there are fats, blood vessels, nerves and some tissues that help to join bones with each other.

Reasons to cause sinus tarsi Syndrome and sings to identify it:

There are many reasons that can result as problem of sinus tarsi Syndrome but most commonly ankle sprain is counted as major one. Besides this repetitive strain felt while walking or moving on the flat foot can also cause sinus tarsi Syndrome. Therefore it is important for all to consider these sprain and flat foot pain as major issues. Patients suffering with sinus tarsi Syndrome can feel intense pain while walking or running on uneven surface or a slope.  Besides this unbearable pain on the joint under talus, also counts as sign of sinus tarsi Syndrome. If you are experiencing extensive pain outside the ankle with swelling around this area, you must consider it as serious issue.

Treatments to cure sinus tarsi Syndrome:

Due to less intake of calcium now majority of people suffer with sinus tarsi Syndrome and come for physiotherapy programs. Patients adopt it as their first treatment plan and its success rate it getting higher and higher with passage of time. Patients suffering with sinus tarsi syndrome are recommended to take some rest and avoid all painful activities from their routine life.  Avoiding all painful exercises allows body to start healing process once again and fastening development of healthy tissues in canal once again.  

Prognosis is suitable treatment for those patients who do not get cure through Physiotherapy. This is time taking and lengthy treatment but it assures most effective results for longer time period to patient of sinus tarsi syndrome. Prognosis is not popular because it goes for several months, and is adopted only as last option to get rid of this problem. You can easily identify improvements after first few months of this treatment.

Besides this it is recommended to apply ice on effected area to ignore swelling, it also leads patients to chronic situation. Chronic situation increases recovery and also reduce chances of further reoccurrence of sinus tarsi syndrome. Sometime non-steroidal drugs are also used as cure of this issue and to reduce inflammation electrotherapy can be applied as well. Some stretching exercises for calf muscles also prove helpful in curing sinus tarsi syndrome.   

Curing exercises for sinus tarsi syndrome patients:

Different interventions are introduced for those patients whose condition does not improve after getting medical treatments and some home remedies. For them it is recommended to adopt regular foot exercises to avoid sinus tarsi syndrome from their lives. Some famous exercise they can adopt includes

·         Foot-ankle, up and down

·         Foot-ankle, in and out

·         Stretching of lunges

All these exercises give strength to foot canal and ankle bones. Therefore it is recommended to all, to adopt these basic exercises in daily routine and avoid problem of sinus tarsi syndrome.