Taking care of your feet

Taking care of ones feet should be high in importance on ones list since the feet are the reason most people can perform there daily activities. Caring for the feet may begin with wearing comfortable fitting shoes. Wearing comfortable fitting shoes not only will help individuals to have better day on their feet with no pain it will also help to avoid many foot ailments and Foot Surgery. Shoes that are too tight, too crowded, too pointed, too high up may hinder the way that the foot develops and often time causes bunions or hammer toes. Bunions and hammer toes are likely to happen to those whose parents have either of these as there as bunions and hammer toes have a strong genetic factor.   

Wearing comfortable shoes is most important and wearing the right size is part of the comfort fact. Many people believe they are wearing comfortable shoes but are often wearing shoes that are too big or too small. This in itself damages the foot and the toes. Another common food ailment is toenail fungus. Toenail fungus occurs due to poor hygiene. Leading Foot Doctors encourage their patients to wash their feet and wash their shoes thoroughly, and if possible have regular pedicures in order to avoid fungus and avoid ingrown toe nails. There are several bacteria’s that may grow on the feet if one does not properly care for them. More painful than fungus or other growing bacteria such as athletes’ foot are bunions and hammer toes.

Bunions and hammer toes are not the worse of foot ailments however they are the most common. Bunion suffers often complain of pain caused by their shoes. Often a bunion has formed when one is wearing closed shoes there will be pain present. There are methods that one can apply such as wearing a patch over the bunion for less friction and less pain but there no other way of removing the pain.  Some may advice one to wear open toe shoes, but that may not be possible for the majority of people. The only to get rid of the bunion is to have Bunion Surgery. Bunion surgery has a lengthy recovery period and often time’s patients have no time for down time, so the best medicine for foot ailments is preventative medicine. 

Speak to your local foot doctor at Cedars Sinai Foot and Ankle Center to keep up your foot health and get more information.