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Q: loose ligaments in feet causing broken toes
asked by: panzita0 on February 24th, 2008
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Hello, last year I had a lot of issues with my toes randomly breaking or popping or dislocating (I'd be walking fine and then be limping or unable to put weight on the toe).

I did go to the doctors and she said it was loose ligements in my feet which either you have or you don't and nothing is going to fix it...nice thanks..


So this winter they've been fine but I just starting working the horses again, conditioning at a walk in hand around the track so that means me walking a lot which I WANT TO DO... and now they're hurting not broken hurting but hurting..

Last summer I got by with a natural horse ligament spray which makes it stop throbbing..

I don't know if there's something I can do but I really would like to because I run the horses with beginners on their backs I'm a coach and I like to do stuff myself not sit on the side and short orders to vollenters I'm not lazy like that!

I know with horses with long ligaments they will inject a nitrogen something which damages the ligaments and shortens them up. This is most common in race horses... I am no means a race horse or horse at all but surely if they can fix the horses they can fix me too lol!
any suggestions diet, exersize or anything let me know please.
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rollar64
replied on February 25th, 2008
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this sounds like you have hypermobile joints in your feet kind of the same thing as loose liaments you could try seeing a podiatrist they may be able to help or suggest something
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replied on April 23rd, 2008
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Joint Laxity and Loose Ligaments
I had joint laxity / loose ligaments that developed after I caught a respiratory virus. Not many people know that this condition can be caused by a virus.

How does this happen?

Well, many viruses (and bacteria) can manufacture connective tissue dissolving enzymes, and it is these particular enzymes that attack and eat away the ligaments (ligaments are made from various types of connective tissue).

For example, the persistent Epstein-Barr virus makes the connective tissue dissolving enzyme MMP-9 (also called gelatinase), which eats at the elastin and gelatin structure of the ligaments.

Not many people realize that a persistent viral infection can do this. There are many disease that are really just a result of a hidden chronic viral infection. However, in many cases, current medicine can only treat the symptoms.
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