Taking Care of Your Feet

We tend to take out feet for granted. All day their stuck in shoes, walked on, ran on, not used enough cause we're sitting at a desk all day. We depend on them to get us from here to there. Then one day or at the end/beginning of every day they hurt and we wonder why, asking ourselves, "Man my feet hurt, I wonder why?" or "I wish I could stay off my feet more, they sure do hurt."

Well everyone it is time to take better care of our feet, no one likes to get taken for granted.

Here are four at home ways to take care of those puppies and they will thank you by lasting much longer. The more pain you feel in your feet the more often you should do these exercises.

1) Take a gulf ball and roll it under your foot for about 10 minutes (one foot at a time).

• Don't think you don't have time, because everyone takes time during their day to wind down. So while your sitting in your chair, watching T.V. do the exercise.
• The golf ball helps break up adhesion's in the feet and lengthen the tissues. This helps blood flow and release toxins that build up in our feet due to gravity.
• Be sure to drink plenty of water to flush your system of any toxin release.

2) Freeze a 20oz water bottle and roll it under a socked foot for 10-20 minutes.

• This can be done daily depending on the severity of foot pain. The more pain the more ice.
• Our feet can get swollen easily and in turn can be painful, stiff and sore. Ice reduces swelling, and the rolling of the bottle helps lengthen the tissues under the feet.

3) If your feet are painful and stiff in the mornings or after a rest then stretch them. This can be done several times a day.

• Grab the sides of the feet and pull them towards the shin, one at a time. Massage the bottom a little before walking this will help them to warm up and be less painful.

4) Another good stretch is to hang your heals off the edge of a step as if to do a calf raise.

• This stretches the calf and the tissue under the feet and should be done several times a day.

Getting massage is another great way to help with chronic foot pain. I hope these tips help you, they helped me greatly when I suffered from Plantar Faciitis.