Foot care

A person's life is approximately 110,000 kilometers, and most of it is on hard ground. Therefore, the shoes on the feet are very important. Each foot has 26 bones, 33 joints and various tendons and muscles, which generally do not cause us too much trouble. However, if there is really a problem with the feet, simply lying down to let them rest for a while does not necessarily eliminate the pain, because sometimes the root cause of foot pain does not lie in the feet themselves. Dr. Paul Cooper, director of the Foot and Ankle Center at Georgetown University Medical Center in the United States, said that sometimes you may feel pain in your foot, but the real culprit could be that your Achilles tendon or calf muscle is stretched too tightly. Both of these conditions can cause your ankle to be unable to move freely. So the front part of the chest bears greater pressure, and over time, it will feel painful. So how should one deal with the trouble from the feet? The following introduces several common foot disorders and the methods for prevention, treatment and management. If your job requires you to stand all day long, you will inevitably feel that your feet are tired and painful. The solution is to step on a raised flat surface and then come down, alternating your feet to move the muscles. You can also stretch and bend your feet in place, that is, raise your heels and then lower them. You can also take off your shoes and place a ball-sized object on the sole of your foot, rolling it back and forth for one or two minutes. This can help prevent arch cramps or excessive fatigue. Many people think that heel pain is caused by bone spurs in the heel. In fact, it is because the tissue attached to the heel bone is constantly in a tense state and is torn every day. Over time, it will cause severe pain. The torn part is the elastic tissue, the Achilles tendon, which extends from the heel bone to the toe. To prevent this kind of pain, you can face the wall barefoot, support yourself with both hands, bend your right knee and step forward, stretch your left leg straight behind you, keep your entire left foot flat on the ground and extend it as far back as possible, then switch your left and right legs and repeat this action. This stretching movement can relax the muscles of the lower leg, stretch the Achilles tendon, and reduce tension in all the muscles extending to the foot. There are many causes of phalangeal pain, such as nerve damage, shoes with too narrow toe caps or heels that are too high. Therefore, it is advisable to switch to flat shoes with wider toe caps. High heels should be worn only on special occasions as much as possible. If a toenail is slightly detached from the nail bed, that area may be infected by fungi. The solution is to cut the toenail frequently to prevent it from accidentally breaking. In addition, if the tip of the toenail bends inward and pierces into the flesh, it is usually caused by improper trimming of the toenail. Therefore, when trimming toenails, do not leave a single tip and do not cut the two corners too short, otherwise the toenail can break through the skin and grow into the flesh. One last thing to remind you is that the size of our shoes should fit well. It's best to buy shoes in the afternoon.