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Your skin seems to thicken, harden, even becomes yellow on the arch of the foot or the forefoot, leading to pain on the sole? You’re probably dealing with foot calluses... Even if some solutions can stop the process, it is even more simple to treat the causes of calluses. Read this guide to understand these causes and prevent the formation of calluses!
What are the causes of a callus?
The callus forms after repeated rubbing on a sensitive area of the body that increases the pressure on the skin. By treating the cause, you would avoid the callus to reappear.
What are the related causes of these defects that irritate your feet? The main cause we could think about is obviously the type of shoes. Wearing too tight stilettos, poorly adjusted straps, too bulky seams lead to irritation.
In addition to frictions, pressures accelerate the process. Thick socks combined to narrow shoes can favour the development of calluses.
The problem can also come from your posture. A prolonged standing position with poor supports on a specific part of the foot result in the formation of a callus... To deal with this, a check-up by your podiatrist will allow you to analyse your static positions and correct them with appropriate orthopaedic insoles. Then, the areas that bear excessive weight are eased and the formation of calluses is limited.
Are there predispositions to calluses?
Without going as far as talking about predisposition, some factors can favour the development of calluses. It is in particular the case of dry skins. Given that it is less moisturised, the skin weakens and is less resistant to damages. By the way, a moisturised skin is more supple and limits pain.
Age also seems to play a role in the development of calluses: the cell regeneration is less active and the skin is weaker, often drier.
Lastly, calluses more easily develop in thin people. Indeed, as the bony prominences are more pronounced, pressures on these areas can be high, leading to intense irritations. Several factors can favour the formation of calluses. Wearing socks may partially reduce frictions between the foot and the shoe and then slightly delay the development of calluses. Also, like any repeated pressure, playing regularly certain instruments can have an impact on your body! It involves strict and imposed postures that may cause callosities, often on the hands, on more or less large and deep areas. Some manual works or sports (holding a tennis racket, a golf club...) can also cause calluses on the palm of the hands, at the base of the fingers.
Calluses can also result from a foot deformity or non-physiological movements of the foot. Indeed, supports are modified, what leads to the formation of calluses on the overused areas.
What solutions against calluses?
To relieve pain and improve your comfort, EPITACT® has developed solutions made up of silicone gel aiming to distribute the weights and protect from frictions. This ultra-thin and particularly soft interface is placed between the shoe and the foot to avoid the recurrence or the formation of calluses.
In order to relieve pain, the plantar cushions* reinforce the fat pad that tends to be less fleshy over time.
*These products are class I medical devices that bear the CE marking under this regulation. Carefully read the instructions before use. Manufacturer: Millet Innovation. 09/2021