{"id":7522,"date":"2022-05-09T12:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T02:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/templatevp.virtualpodiatrist.com\/?post_type=fact-sheets&#038;p=7522"},"modified":"2023-07-16T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T05:50:11","slug":"sesamoiditis","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheets","link":"https:\/\/footcheck.yourfootpain.co.uk\/fact-sheets\/sesamoiditis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sesamoiditis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The sesamoids are two baked bean sized bones in the tendons under your big toe joint.<br>They can become inflamed and even fracture causing pain particularly when wakling quickly or running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did I get this?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Sesamoidits is usually seen in people who have a sharp blow to the joint, or have a high arched foot with a prominent big toe joint. Dancers and people that wear high heels are more prone to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can I do about it?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Wear flat cushioning footwear such as joggers. Ice the area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Short term use of anti inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen may relieve the symptoms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What help can I get for this?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>See a podiatrist for footwear advice, padding, strapping, and possible orthotics to relieve stress on the sesamoids.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immobilisation in a cam walker may be necessary for severe cases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If there is a fracture that does not respond to conservative treatment then surgery may be necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When will it get better?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Conservative measures should see improvement over a few months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surgical intervention will require a longer recovery period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8081,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"condition-category":[183,184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footcheck.yourfootpain.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fact-sheets\/7522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footcheck.yourfootpain.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fact-sheets"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footcheck.yourfootpain.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fact-sheets"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footcheck.yourfootpain.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fact-sheets\/7522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footcheck.yourfootpain.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footcheck.yourfootpain.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"condition-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footcheck.yourfootpain.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/condition-category?post=7522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}