As many as 8 out of 10 people feel pain in the feet at least once a year in the year 2009 yesterday, so the results of a survey which reported the American Podiatric Medical Association. More than half of respondents complained of pain in your heel. Others feel the foot blisters, warts, pinched nerve, and cantengan.
Dennis Frisch, DPM, podiatrist from Boca Raton, Florida, says, “Pain in the foot is not normal, but most people ignore it.” Approximately 35 percent of those who complained of pain in the heel in the survey said they felt it since two years or more. Although, not denied Frisch, leg pain will experience with age.
Here are six easy steps that sometimes missed by us on foot safe from the pain.
1. Note the cleanliness of the foot and pedicure
Foot problems very easily overlooked, especially when you’re the type who always wear closed shoes. However, little attention to the feet can sure feel comfortable on the feet. Make sure your toenails cut crosswise to prevent cantengan, do not get used to scrape the sides of your toenails too hard.
Give a moisturizer on dry feet, other than to make them feel comfortable, also to prevent infection, because bacteria can enter through the skin is dry and open. Therefore, Frisch suggests, when you want to go to the salon to get pedicures, bring the tools of your own. Currently pedicure tools already available in stores and beauty equipment salon.
2. Alerts to change due to the addition of age
Alert changes in the feet as you age. Although the changes due to time vary in different people, but, on average, in our sole change in the age of 40-50s. With increasing time, we are fat on the heel of the foot will be eroded. This means, we need a more sturdy shoes. Arthritic changes can start happening, can turn the thumb, nails grow thick, making it easier to hit us cantengan.
Foot size can change with age. Generally, your feet will increase the length and width as the weakened tendon. Do not be surprised if your feet change size, make sure you always measure your feet each before buying shoes.
3. Use the correct shoe size and in accordance with activity
When trying to use a shoe, make sure the shoes do not make your legs bent in it. Shoe sizes can vary from brand to brand. Therefore, it is wise to always measure your feet first in the shop where you will buy these shoes. Buy shoes in the afternoon or evening, because at these times, your foot is in its largest size.
If you want to buy sports shoes, whether it’s for walking, running, or other sports activities, find one that was made specifically for these activities. Shoes for walking, for example, has a different feature of the shoe for running. Likewise, if your feet are already having problems, talk with your foot doctor about the most appropriate shoes. Do not forget to read the information about the specification of appropriate activities designed shoes.
4. Give the ante on the arch in your foot
These specialists are often called on the foot of the importance of refection in curved sections in the soles of the feet. However, there are also people who have uneven feet (no arches). The flat foot it takes a more ante. Talk about it on your foot doctor to ensure you get a comfortable and appropriate shoes for your foot condition.
5. Be careful with high-heeled shoes, slipper-flops
Women who have the right shoes for more than 3 inches may look glamorous, but, the podiatrist is not suggested to use these shoes. If necessary, you should only wear shoes that have heels on certain occasions only, and do not use it while standing for hours.
High heel does look sexy and pretty, but can be very bad on the feet. The higher the right which is subject, the greater the pressure to be forged on the heels of the feet. If you see any possible friction that could get worse if you wear shoes that you are using, immediately put on tape before even worse. Often the friction on the foot that makes the foot blisters, occur in closed shoes or on the heel.
One that caught the attention of the podiatrist is the flip-flops. If you are too often used the flip-flops, you will jeopardize the foot. The reason, flip-flops do not provide enough protection, there is no endorsement of the foot, and does not provide stability. Flip-flops may be worn, provided that they do not rely on a lot of flip-flops when you walk. If you do have to often use the flip-flops, who has advised to seek endorsement on the part of the curved sole of the foot.
6. Bare feet
For those of you have occasional trouble-free leg to walk with bare feet is permitted in a safe location, as long as your feet are still storing fat and no skin cracks. However, if there is no problem, you should not walk barefoot.
Account the location where you want to walk barefoot, such as bathrooms fitness center that can transmit the fungus on the feet, or a room full of grass, because you can not see a sharp object under the grass that could be hurting your feet. Once any medical conditions, for example, people who have diabetes, you should avoid walking barefoot, because the diabetic condition may have a neurological problem that made them could not feel the conditions on his feet, plus more, having this disease makes people difficult to fight infections leg.