Sesamoiditis<\/a> is a bone inflammation that causes pain in the foot. Sesamoids happen to be the bones it he foot where tendons connect to help the big toe move and bend. When these sesamoids become inflamed or injured, they cause pain, swelling, and bruising, making it difficult to bend or straighten the big toe, as well as making other movements like walking or running quite challenging. It is often seen in runners, ballet dancers, and baseball catchers, due to the positions they are in while doing their sport. Treatments include resting your feet, using ice or heat on the affected area, taking pain relievers, or using compression bandages. For anyone that may feel tenderness, pain, swelling, or any other bothersome symptoms on their feet, they should consult a doctor right away to properly diagnose the situation and begin treatment as soon as possible.<\/h6>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Strong, robust and good foot health is vital to having a long and active life. But like all parts of the body, the feet are some of the body parts that undergo a lot of wear and tear from all the years spent walking, exercising and doing what they were created to do. Unfortunately, due to all the years of use and overuse, there are many risks of developing a number of foot issues as a result. While walking is also considered one the easiest and most effective forms of exercise, if you happen to be dealing with foot pain, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}