Feet and Toes: How Important are they?

For girls, mani and pedi (girl slang for manicures and pedicures) can be the ultimate fun aside from shopping. A foot massage and a spa can complete everything too. And that’s how far we can go with taking care of our precious feet. That goes even worse for guys too. And now, you readers will think that here’s another girl talk, but hold that thought.

The point that I really want to drive at is the way you give attention to the most slaved and most worked part of your body which is your feet. Remember, they do the job everyday of carrying us everywhere we want it to be, minus the gas.

And that would be even worse for professions who use and abuse their lower extremities. Like athletes and sportsmen. They do use their feet more (depending on the sports, but most of the time it’s a yes) than ordinary people do.

What abuse can you do to your feet and toes?

Over walking, overrunning and no proper care. Those can be few of the reasons. Sometimes what your feet and gums really need is a rest. As simple as that. But for professions who do more with physical activities, injuries can be a common occurrence. Why? It’s because of the physicality of it thus it can’t be avoided.

How do you take care of your feet?

•    The first thing would be to wear the right shoes. Not too tight, not too loose. The perfect shoes can cushion the fall of our body thus relieving some stress from our feet, relieving some tensions too.

•    Go for spa. Or you can do massage. Choose the things where you are comfortable with.

•    Wear supports and the right socks. That can help the shoes in alleviating the impact.

•    Do not abuse your feet. Do not test your body; you know it can take only so much.

•    Take time everyday or every night to rest it. Completely rest it.

•    Be aware of symptoms of abuse. If it’s too much and your feet will be giving up, try to take an advice. Give it a break

How about injured feet?

Well you can do so many things to your feet, more use and abuse, but when it comes to healing injured feet, there can only be one expert on it.  The field of podiatry. Sounds foreign? Podiatry is concerned with the feet and all the lower extreme parts of your body. It heals and keeps it protected. Podiatry is popular in sports world where the first thing that athletes injure is their feet.

Podiatry can do lots of procedure such as varied treatments which includes but is not limited to massage, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, and other procedures that is akin to podiatry. Just like other medicine field, a trained podiatrist is licensed and knows what he does. And podiatry isn’t only true to feet; it is concerned with toenails too.

And for now? You better take care of those feet; you will be a goner without them. But if you do have a problem with those parts you call a podiatrist. They can do the job best.

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