Easy Living Guide - Take Care of Your Feet
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Easy LivingGuide - Take Care of Your Feet - Did you know that it turns out that on a
foot there are 52 bones? That represents one quarter of all the bones in your
body! With all these bones come 66 joints and more than 200 tendons, muscles
and ligaments. These elaborate and at the same time delicate parts of our body
are usually expected to serve us tirelessly as long as we need them to -
without being pampered properly - in most cases...
With some small changes and paying some attention to
your feet, you can greatly improve the way you feel and the way your feet feel.
Comfortable shoes are the first step to happy feet.
Shoes too tight can actually degenerate our feet. Whatever the shape, height of
the heels, color, material or preferred style of the shoes are, your feet
should feel natural when you put them on. As soon as you change the summer
shoes for enclosed (fall and winter) kinds, make sure you also wear breathable
socks.
Besides that, while using soap in the shower; give
your feet a cleansing/refreshing massage. Pay attention to the sensation of the
tiredness washing away. Try not to neglect the area in between the toes. Your
feet will be grateful.
Before bedtime it helps to apply some lotion or cream
to your feet. If you take a minute or two to massage allover, that will relax
you and also take lots of pain away. The whole body will be more energized and
feeling better.
Described above is the minimum anyone can do without
much effort or spending a lot of time. To move up to the next level, involve
the foot exercise.
Exercising feet is just as beneficial as exercising
any other part of the body. Walk barefoot sometimes, try to pick up a pencil
with your toes, walk on your toes, then on your heals; on outsides of your feet
and finally on insides of your feet. That way we can keep every part of the
foot flexible instead of stiff or even frozen up.
Taking care of feet should become a daily routine
(especially after they become painful on a daily basis). Exercising and
applying lotion every night pays-off. If nothing else, your heels won't be all
that dry anymore and falling asleep will be so much easier.
