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The importance of regular foot care
Hello my name is Charles. I have worked in the health care field for 11 years. I have cared for older adults AKA seniors, people with disabilities and many chronic health issues.
I never realized the importance of regular foot care for all of us, but especially for the people I mentioned above. Our feet put on a lot of miles in our lifetime, they take us where we want to go. However, most of us, as a rule, ignore our feet until there is a problem, for example foot pain, calluses, corns, or a chronic illness that pops up that affects our feet.
Just imagine if you love playing golf, going for walks, or whatever activities you enjoy, because of chronic health issue such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease, and of course old age, ‘the rusty years’ you are impeded in providing your own adequate self foot care, you can no longer enjoy your leisure time activities like you deserve.
If you are having difficulty caring for your feet for any reason, if you can’t reach them or can’t see them, it makes you a perfect candidate for regular professional feet care to maintain your level of mobility, improve your mobility, and possibly better your quality of life.
A foot care treatment should consist of an assessment by a certified foot care provider, followed by a comfortable gentle medical pedicure, finished off with a foot and lower leg massage. This process is relaxing and promotes circulation, other benefits of regular foot care is catching problems with feet such as infections or poor fitting foot wear that can exacerbate foot ailments. The person who owns those feet may not feel the problems due to chronic health condition/s or may be unable to see these problems due to poor vision.
If some of these problems could be brought to a person’s attention as well as their doctors attention, it can save a lot of grief as well as keep more people on their feet. Keeping people doing what they love instead of having to keep their feet up and watch the world go by without them. Thank you for reading my column. If you feel you may need a little TLC for your tootsies don’t hesitate to call me and set up an appointment.
By Charles Hoath
