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Originally Posted by mrsD
The patches are for inflammation. When you injure tissue, that releases cytokines (inflammation chemicals)...which in the short run work well, but in the long run can keep inflammation working when it is no longer needed.
By turning off these chemicals with the Salonpas, then inflammation goes down, redness goes down, and pain goes down.
The Morton's or your Epsom IT is more for circulation. If your skin is really broken or irritated, the magnesium lotions may sting.
Use them then, slightly away from the toe skin, more toward the top of the foot area.
There is fascia in the foot, tendons, besides the bones, and any or all of them could have been injured. If you feel pain, your nerves are not dead, but just reacting to it all.
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Interesting, so I might still have repairing soft tissue damage and the neuropathy is just a manifestation of that? i.e. it might not
just be chronic neuropathy at this stage - I guess it's too early to tell.
I know the bone didn't union properly either at the time - it's an awkward spot to immobilize.
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Using topical things on the foot, should be tried first, rather than drugs. Sometimes these topicals are better than oral things because they fix the blood flow which may be messed up and not let things in the blood to heal thru to the toe damage.
Ice always feels better on an injury. And also nerve injuries like ice better than heat. You can try ice packs on your foot 2 or 3 times a day and see if that speeds things along too. Since cold feels better, try that. Don't over do, and max of 20 minutes at a time.
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My podiatrist recommended Neuro-Eze, but I could only find it online and my instinct tells me it's a bit of a scam but I could be wrong - it is supposed to improve oxygen using L-Arginine but I don't even know if that is permeable through skin.
I will probably continue to ice it. It definitely give some relief when it swells or burns. Do you think I should just leave out the heat bath then? And should I ice it even if it's not swollen when I wake up?