Foot Care
Many of us do not give our feet the required foot care, hardly realizing that they absorb nearly 5 times our body weight. Each foot has 26 bones-a quarter of all the bones in your body-combined with an intricate network of muscles and tendons.
It is essential that:
- You look after your feet.
- Keep your toe nails trimmed.
- Remove rough skin.
- Massage feet & ankle regularly.
This simple foot care routine does not take long-you can try it a couple of times in a week.
- Remove obvious hard skin with a pumic stone or sloughing foot cream. You
might need to soak your feet in a bowl of fairly hot water, to soften
the dirt and dead skin for fast removal. If you use a foot file rub
your skin very gently before rinsing off the flaky residue.
- Soak your feet for 5-10 min in a bowl of warm water to which you
have added some mineral salts or palm sea salts. Add a couple of drops
of lavender essential foot oil to soothe aches and ease swelling.
- Dry your feet well, especially between your toes, trim your toe
nails by cutting straight across the tip and sharp corners with an
emery board.
- Massage your feet with a nourishing foot cream by cupping your? hands?on
either side of your foot and using your thumbs, firmly pressing the
upper part of your foot while pushing your thumbs outwards.
- Grasp each ankle and gently massage the ankle bone in a circular motion to ease away any stiffness.
- Wipe off excess grease of your nails and place cotton wool tufts between your toes to keep them separate.
- Apply a base coat of nail polish and then cover it with the second coat if required.
- Whenever you apply nail polish, start in the middle of the nail with one quick stroke and then work outwards.
- Wait for at least 1/2 an hour before putting your shoes on.
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