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Calluses Some calluses have a deep seated core known as a nucleation. This particular type of callus can be especially painful to pressure. This condition is also referred to as "Intractable Plantar Keratosis". Calluses develop due to excessive pressure at a specific area of the foot. Some common causes of callus formation are high-heeled dress shoes, shoes that are too small, being overweight or obese, abnormalities in the gait cycle (walking motion), flat feet, high arched feet, bony prominences, and the loss of the fat pad on the bottom of the foot. Treatment: The built in modules in the Pedikom restorative orthotics will re-distribute the body weight over the three points on the sole as demonstrated by the pressure map for the "Normal Feet". This will relieve the excess pressure on the areas where calluses are formed, and they will eventually disappear. Clearly, if calluses have formed largely because of ill-fitting shoes, a change of footwear would first be recommended.
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Calluses form from an accumulation of dead skin cells that harden and thicken over an area of the foot. This callus formation is the body's defence mechanism to protect the foot against excessive pressure and friction. Calluses are normally found on the ball-of-the-foot, the heel, and/or the inside of the big toe.