Summer Foot Safety Tips with Podiatrist Dr. Robert Klein
It used to be nobody talked about foot care! How wonderful to see this Fox News Headline Health interview with Podiatrist Dr. Robert Klein as he provides some great tips to help maintain healthy feet.
I whole-heartedly agree with Dr. Klein on his recommendations, but I also have to encourage people to not only care for their feet by wearing good shoes and maintaining healthy skin and toenails, but also take the time to learn some quick and easy foot-fitness exercises to help maintain healthy feet.
Each foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, and 19 muscles. (one quarter of the bones in our entire body are in our feet! )
It’s important that we maintain strength and flexibility through the toes, feet, and ankles to assist with balance, body control and pain-free movement. Just putting our feet in a pair of shoes and going out for a walk, isn’t enough to maintain excellent foot fitness! Especially as we get older… Which is why I wrote the book Fantastic Feet! Lots of great foot specific exercises that are simple to do, and extremely effective for helping to stretch and strengthen the ankles, arches, and toes.
Our feet shouldn’t hurt! If you have foot pain, go see your podiatrist to address any medical concerns, then consider getting a copy of Fantastic Feet, so you can blend foot-care, with foot fitness for optimal foot health.
Foot Care Tips for Avoiding High Heel Pain
Just tripped across a video news clip from WNBC on Tips for Avoiding High Heel Pain. Oh the things women do in the name of looking good and feeling sexy! So how many of you have experienced foot, ankle, knee, hip, or back pain and now are thinking your poor-fitting shoes might be part of the problem? Or perhaps you never realized that your stilettos might be a big part of the problem… Our feet (as well as the rest of our body) shouldn’t hurt. Pain is the red-flag that there is something we need to pay attention to and take care of. Ignoring things and hoping that it will just go away is never a great option.
It’s nice to hear that not only can you have padding or “pillows” of goop injected into your feet by a foot surgeon, but insoles might help – and exercise is highly recommended!
Personally I would much prefer to start with the exercise option! It’s got to be cheaper, less invasive, and will help stretch and strengthen the right muscles for better support. That along with not sacrificing comfort and fit for good looks and perhaps us gals can keep our tootsies happy in those pointy-toed high-heeled shoes. I am a fan of heels vs. flats, but not for long periods of time. When I shop for sexy shoes, if they hit my arch well and don’t squish my toes there’s a good chance I’ll be adding a new pair of shoes to my closet.
Click here to view the WNBC news clip “Tips for Avoiding High Heel Pain”. And if exercise sounds like a great option for you too…click here for 12 more great Foot-Care tips from Centerworks.com
