{"id":60,"date":"2014-09-15T21:20:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T02:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drrosemariecaillier.com\/?p=60"},"modified":"2016-01-09T18:54:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T00:54:51","slug":"a-podiatrist-and-her-ganglion-cyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/a-podiatrist-and-her-ganglion-cyst\/","title":{"rendered":"A Podiatrist and Her Ganglion Cyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even podiatrists are not immune from foot problems.\u00a0 For the past six months, I&#8217;ve been dealing with a bump on top of my right foot that suddenly appeared while attending (of all places) a podiatry conference!\u00a0 It was a hot and humid summer in Miami and I just had to walk to the nearest drug store in my sandals.\u00a0 I still remember how the shoe strap rubbed against a tendon on my sweating foot as I walked down the steaming sidewalk.\u00a0 The next day, I had the honor of diagnosing my own foot bump as a ganglion cyst.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.drrosemariecaillier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ganglion-cyst-label.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-82 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.drrosemariecaillier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ganglion-cyst-label-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"what is a ganglion cyst by podiatrist Dr. Rosemarie Caillier\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ganglions are small fluid-filled sacs (cysts) that often appear on the tops of hands and wrists.\u00a0 They can also appear on feet, ankles, knees, and shoulders.\u00a0 These sacs grow out tendons and joints where they collect fluid.\u00a0\u00a0 Ganglion cysts can be small or about the size of a marble.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT CAUSES IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We do not know exactly the cause of ganglions.\u00a0 They may be linked to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Irritation or overusing a tendon<\/li>\n<li>Injury<\/li>\n<li>Arthritis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHAT YOU SHOULD DO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ganglion cysts are not cancerous and often go away on their own.\u00a0 They are usually painless.\u00a0 But, if they become a problem, you can try the following.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gently massage them often to help move the fluid out of the sac.<\/li>\n<li>Rest your feet to help relieve the irritated tendon or joint.<\/li>\n<li>Have it drained (aspirated) by a doctor to remove some of the fluid.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to your doctor about having it surgically removed if it continues to be painful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What you should NOT do is smash it yourself.\u00a0 These cysts were once called &#8220;Bible Cysts&#8221; because people would smash it using a Bible.\u00a0 I had a college friend who would hit his ganglion with a text book.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it always came back.\u00a0 So whether you use a text book or the Good Book, hitting it is not a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>As for me and the bump on my foot, I&#8217;ve avoided pain by wearing shoes that will not irritate it.\u00a0 Hopefully it will just completely go away on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even podiatrists are not immune from foot problems.\u00a0 For the past six months, I&#8217;ve been dealing with a bump on top of my right foot that suddenly appeared while attending (of all places) a podiatry conference!\u00a0 It was a hot and humid summer in Miami and I just had to walk to the nearest drug [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[50,52,51],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-foot-care","tag-ganglion-cyst-on-foot","tag-how-to-treat-ganglion-cysts","tag-soft-tissue-cyst"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_0013-e1451968813731.jpg?fit=1000%2C665&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pguFp7-Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}