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Shake - a - leg | Weekly
pedicure | Exercising
your feet
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Your feet are most definitely the most ignored and badly treated part of the body. If you've been neglecting your feet lately, decide immediately to rectify the mistake. Make it a point to give your feet all the extra care they deserve to make up for the long months of neglect. Unless you decide to deal with your feet problems now, they can become worse and even turn serious in course of time.
- To wear badly fitted shoes and tight socks is the greatest and most common crimes against feet.
- Always buy the right size of the shoes. Shoes should be roomy and should give your arch support.
- Use high heels with thick platform sole for the best support. Avoid very high-heeled sandals as they upset the right balance of the body.
- Perfectly flat shoes or sandals must also be avoided because they tend to break down the arches of the feet by not providing proper support.
- Best time to buy shoes is the late afternoon. At this time of the day, your feet are slightly larger than they are in early morning. This ensures that you get the best possible fit and this will also avoid cramping.
- Make sure that your socks or stockings fit well. They must not be too tight. Otherwise it will cramp your toes, and also restrict the blood circulation.
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Immediate Relief
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- Soak them in warm water to which one ounce of sodium
sulphate, three ounces bicarbonate and four ounces regular salt has been added, this will provide immediate relief to tired aching feet.
- Lie down for about ten minutes with your feet at a level of about one foot above the level of your head, this is tried and tested remedy for aching feet.
- This simple foot exercise will provide strength and relaxation to your feet. Stand barefoot on the floor and curl your toes under. Hold this position for a second. Repeat several times. This is an excellent exercise because it forces the arch of the foot upwards and strengthens it.
- Stand barefoot and slowly rise as high as possible on tiptoes. This is another exercise if performed repeatedly several times daily will avoid tiring of the feet.
- Soak foot for a few minutes in cold salted water to maintain them fresh during summertime. Cider vinegar can be added to the water instead of salt. Cider vinegar is said to cure itchiness of feet.
- Apply baby oil or lotion on your feet and freshen them by sprinkling talcum powder.
- Step up your calcium intake if suffering from cramps as they are caused due to calcium deficiency in the body. To ensure absorption of the additional calcium, take a teaspoon of cider vinegar diluted with a little water after meals.
- Take Vitamin C tablets regularly as they help in the absorption of calcium.
- The best remedy for cold feet is to massage them with olive oil just before bedtime. Make sure that you massage well in between your toes.
- Powdered alum is the best remedy for excessive perspiration of the foot .
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