Home Remedies for Bone Spur
Bone spur is an extra growth of bone on the normal bone. It is also called as osteophytes. It occurs on the joints like joints of feet, back bone, shoulders, hands, hip and knees. At that times bone spurs can damage some nerves and that nerve becomes insensitive. Bone spur is very common problem among the aged people. Bone spur causes pain when it strokes into other bones otherwise it does not cause any pain itself. Usually it appears when a person suffering from arthritis. Bone spur checks the free movements in the joints. For that it causes inflammation and severe pain. Sometimes it may acts as other problem.
Symptoms of Bone spur
Bone spur can be identified by some of the symptoms such as back ache, severe pain in the legs and arms, mild neck pain, pain in the shoulders, lack of feeling in joints, headache, general weakness, pain in thigh.
Causes of Bone spur
Mainly bone spur has seen in people suffering from osteoarthritis. The main causes of bone spur are psychological change in deterioration, distorted calcification of the bone in the body, fatness or overweight, excess usage of joints of the body by playing different outdoor games, constant pressure on the bone while dancing, jogging, and racing. Bone spur is also a symptom for other diseases such as plantar fasciitis, spondylosis, and spinal stenosis. Nutrition, lifestyle, accidents and sport injuries.
Home Remedies for Bone spur
Some of the effective home remedies for Bone spur are as follows:
Apply ice pack to the swollen area for 4 to 5 times per day. This helps you for reducing irritation.
Take the yellow pigment of the turmeric that is called curcumin, 3 to 4 times a day on an empty stomach for 6 weeks. It is the best effective home treatment for bone spur.
Take alternate hot and cold footbaths. It is one of the good remedy for bone spur.
Apply the flaxseed hot pack to the affected area. It reduces pain.
Another useful home remedy for bone spur is in a warm linseed oil immerses a piece of cheese cloth and keeps it on the affected area. Then cover the cloth with plastic and keep a heating pad on the plastic for 2 hours. It will give you an effective result.
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