A person spends a lot of time each day walking or standing on his feet. Still we tend to neglect them. In order to take proper care of your feet follow these tips:
(i) Exercising :
The first important point to remember is to buy shoes of right size and also consider the length of heels. It is preferable to buy shoes in the afternoon or evening when the feet are swollen from the day's walking so that you get the right size.
Next important point to remember is to exercise your feet. Just because you have been walking all day long that does not mean your feet have been exercised. You need to relax your tired feet muscles. Sit comfortably in a chair and clench your toes, then relax them - do this about 5-10 times each day. Next draw circles in the air with your feet, one foot at a time - first in clockwise direction then in anti-clockwise direction. This strengthens the ankle muscles.
(ii) Bathing the feet :
Besides exercising, also have a footbath in the evenings on a regular basis. Take a basin of warm water and add a little salt to it. Then soak your feet in this. This should provide instant relief to your aching feet. You can also apply a lotion of glycerine and rose water. After your feet dry, apply talc.
(iii) Massaging the feet:
You can massage your feet with useful lotions. Below you can find a recipe to make feet lotion at your home so that you do not have to buy expensive products from market.
Mix together (in a bowl) half water and half lemon juice, then gently dip a paper towel into the mixture and apply to feet. This Softens and smoothes the feet and removes foul odors.
Smelly Feet:
Do you or any of your friend or relative suffer from feet odor? Do you know what causes smelly feet?
The main thing that causes feet smell is sweat. The feet contain nearly three million sweat glands. Though sweat is just salt and water and it does not have a smell of its own, but the smell can be caused due to bacteria present on our skins. The main reason some people's feet, socks and shoes smell worse than other peoples' is that some people sweat more than others.
Try the below suggestions to get rid of smelly feet problem:
1. Regularly have a footbath according to the instructions provided
above
2. Always wear a clean pair of absorbent socks, preferably cotton.
3. In severe cases, you can wash your feet in green tea at the end of the day.
4. You may apply an antiperspirant to your feet.
By Syd Hs
The author has a website blog wherein he provides simple tips like these to improve our everyday life. You can check out the blog at: http://www.simple-fix.blogspot.com/
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