Did you knowthaton average, humans will walkover one hundred thousand miles in their lifetime which is the equivalent towalking around the globe four times? Each day the average person will takenearly eight thousand steps and when we run, the pressure exerted on our feetcan exceed over three times that of our body weight.
There has beenquite a lot of publicity around women, especially celebrities, regularly wearinghigh heels and the long term damage they can potentially cause. It seems to betrue, as four times as many women as men suffer from foot problems. Mind you, onaverage, women do walk three miles more than men, each day! I guess we should be thankful that we didn?tlive in 10th Century Chinathough, where women often had their feet ?bound?. This involved the toes being forcedunder the foot and tightly wrapped every day, thus forcing them like thatpermanently, to give the impression of dainty feet. Tiny tooties were apparentlya sign of attractiveness to prospective husbands. Ouch!
Although feetare not often seen as the most attractive part of our anatomy, they need moreTLC than they usually get so here's some advice on how to keep your feet sweet!
To refresh feet,massage gently with a foot roller, or better still, ask you partner to massage your feet!
Sitting withyour feet up for 10 minutes after a long day helps circulation.
To relax tiredfeet, soak them in warm water and add a bit of bath foam and perhaps a coupleof drops of essential oils, sit back and enjoy!
For swollenfeet, try warm water with salt (and then perhaps follow up with something thatsmells nice!). The salt helps to reduce swelling.
Foot scrubs andpumices can help to remove hard skin once you have softened your feet in thewater and you should follow up with a good foot cream for silky soft toes!
Do not wear thesame shoes everyday ? especially not 6in heels ladies!
Practice footyoga and stretching ? good for the muscles, removing cramp and relaxing!
In the end, makesure you take really good care of your feet as you are using them a lot andwill be using them for a long time.Itis very easy to buy foot care products that will do most of the work and ensurethat your feet feel great day after day.
