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Solutions for Cracked Heels

Cracked heels can be embarrassing, and can make life frustrating when sandal season comes around. But not only are they an aesthetic problem – they can also tear stockings, socks and even wear out shoes faster at the back, and when severe may cause pain and infection. Cracked heels are a problem for many who … Continue reading

How to Keep Your Feet Healthy while on the Job

If you have an occupation as a worker that is always on his or her feet, you are probably very familiar with experiencing soreness and pain at the end of the day. Endurance can easily be maintained by considering several important tips. Shoes should be checked to ensure that they offer support, as ill-fitting shoes … Continue reading

Working on Your Feet

Overworking your feet can put stress on your entire body, so taking care of your feet is an absolute priority for overall good health. Standing all day can cause a myriad of different conditions such as bunions, callouses, and plantar warts. These conditions are all very painful but can be avoided with proper foot care, … Continue reading

Wearing the Proper Shoe Size becomes More Important with the Growth of Feet

For shoe retailer Stuart Weitzman, manufacturing shoes in size 12 is not a rarity. In the past, the average shoe size for the retailer was size 7. Now, however, the new average has become size 8. With the rapid growth of foot size over recent years, the making of shoes in larger and larger sizes … Continue reading

Getting the Right Shoe Size: To Keep Your Feet Happy

Surprisingly, many people are currently walking around with the wrong fitting shoes. Picking the right shoes is not hard, but there are a few things to remember in picking the right ones. Shoe stores have tools to measure your feet, such as rulers. These can give you a pretty exact measurement. Measure your foot with … Continue reading

Corns and Other Podiatric Issues Can be Aided by Mother Nature

Natural wisdom suggests nature can cure just about anything. For example, you might suffer from corns on your feet. To treat these foot corns, submerge willow tree bark in warm water for thirty minutes and soak your feet in the created solution. If you are dealing with ingrown toenails, acorns can actually help. Grind the … Continue reading

Corns: What Are They, and How Do You Get Rid of Them

Corns are areas of the skin where it has thickened to the point of being irritating and sometimes painful. Corns are circular or cone-shaped and are commonly found on the feet where there are areas of pressure or friction, such as on the little toe where it may rub against shoes or on the ball … Continue reading

The Correct way to Trim an Ingrown Toenail

In a recent study physicists of the University of Nottingham in England took a closer look at the mechanical forces that act on fingernails and toenails—particularly the outward growth of the nail. Researchers have found that ingrown toenails form because of an imbalance in the forces acting on them from nail growth. Nails that grow … Continue reading

Ingrown Toenail Care

An ingrown toenail is caused when a toenail grows sideways into the bed of the nail, causing pain and swelling. Sometimes this can become infected causing drainage and may become serious. There are many risk factors that can predispose a person to this common condition. Cutting your nails too short, participating in sports, diabetes, being … Continue reading

Gout Condition Can Be Aided by Cherries

A study published in Arthritis and Rheumatology suggests that cherries can reduce flare-ups of gout. Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis caused by an overproduction and crystallization of uric acid, which produces episodes of severe pain and swelling in joints. Anti-inflammatory drugs are generally proscribed to gout sufferers, but perhaps cherries and cherry extracts … Continue reading

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