{"id":30470,"date":"2022-08-30T01:37:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T05:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osteomag.ca\/corns-and-calluses\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:41:59","slug":"corns-and-calluses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/corns-and-calluses\/","title":{"rendered":"Corns and calluses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Corns and calluses are thick, hardened layers of skin that develop when your skin tries to protect itself from friction and pressure.&#13;\n<\/li><li>They most often develop on the feet and toes or hands and fingers.&#13;\n<\/li><\/ul>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/corns-and-calluses\/#Calluses\" >Calluses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/corns-and-calluses\/#Corns\" >Corns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/corns-and-calluses\/#Symptoms\" >Symptoms<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/corns-and-calluses\/#Causes\" >Causes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-callosite\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Calluses\"><\/span>Calluses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Plantar calluses are hard, thickened skin that forms under the surface of the foot (the plantar side).&#13;\n<\/li><li>Plantar calluses are common on the plantar fascia.<\/li><li>This is the thick band of tissue that connects your heel bone to your toes and the ball of your foot.&#13;\n<\/li><li>They can be uncomfortable, but they are very treatable.<\/li><\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cors\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Corns\"><\/span>Corns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Corns form on the surface of the foot (the dorsal side).<\/li><\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-symptomes\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Symptoms\"><\/span>Symptoms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A raised, hardened bump<\/li><li>An area of thick, rough skin<\/li><li>Scaly and dry or scaly and waxy skin<\/li><li>Pain or tenderness under the skin<\/li><\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-causes\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Causes\"><\/span>Causes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Inappropriate footwear<ul><li>Calluses on the edges of weight-bearing feet are often caused by shoes that are too loose&#13;\n<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Abnormal foot biomechanics<ul><li>Elderly patients<\/li><li>Hallux valgus<\/li><li>Diabetic neuropathy<\/li><li>Claw or hammer toes<\/li><li>Rheumatoid arthritis<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>High activity levels produce pressure and friction<ul><li>People often develop calluses on the middle or ring finger of their dominant hand from writing with a pen or pencil&#13;\n<\/li><li>Playing stringed instruments such as the guitar or violin; calluses will develop on the four fingers of the hand used to hold the strings to the fingerboard,&#13;\n<\/li><li>Weightlifters have calluses in the upper part of the palm due to repeated friction.&#13;\n<\/li><li>Calluses are also very common on the fingers of climbers on almost all of their fingers.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corns and calluses are thick, hardened layers of skin that develop when your skin tries to protect itself from friction and pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-feet"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55227,"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30470\/revisions\/55227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteomag.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}