Milk Foot Spa Treat your feet to a soak in this milk and water mixture and follow it with the sugar scrub for incredibly soft feet. Ingredients:
Mix the water and milk and heat on stove top or in the microwave. You want the mixture to be as hot as your feet can take. Mix the sugar and lotion in a separate bowl. Put the milk mixture in large bowl and soak your feet in it for at least 10 minutes. Massage the sugar and lotion mixture in your feet to exfoliate. Rinse with clear water and pat dry. Apply some additional lotion to your soft feet.Recipe Exercise Right For Your FeetWearing inadequate and worn-out shoes is a common mistake for athletes, says James Losito, D.P.M., team podiatrist for the Miami Heat basketball team and professor of podiatric biomechanics at Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla. "Running shoes should
be discarded after 200 miles to 400 miles of use and they should fit
correctly," Losito says. "There should be a thumb-width of length
between the longest toe and the end of a shoe. Failure to wear the
correct shoe size can result in runner's toe, calluses, ingrown nails,
fungal nail infections, and hammertoe deformities."
People also should purchase the right shoe for the sport. "Many injuries occur because someone is wearing a running shoe while playing basketball," Losito says. Another common cause of athletic injuries is doing too much too soon. "Both overuse training habits and worn-out shoes could result in stress fractures, heel pain or heel spur (plantar fasciitis) or shin splints," he says. "It is important to start out slowly and increase distance, duration, and pace gradually. For runners, I recommend no more than a 10 percent increase per week." Walking or jumping on
hard surfaces and failing to stretch and do warm-ups may also cause
shin splints, plantar fasciitis, and heel spurs. Losito says, "There is
no solid evidence to confirm that stretching actually decreases the
likelihood of injuries, but it makes sense to maintain flexibility
through gentle stretching, especially following exercise."
According to the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine, the most common pain associated with jogging is runner's knee, which can be caused by rolling in or down on the foot. With aerobics, rising on the toes can cause an inflamed Achilles tendon. Stress fractures can be caused by running and other repetitive strain. Sharp pain, bruising, or swelling after a foot injury warrants medical attention. Contrary to popular belief, it's possible to walk, even if a foot bone is broken. |
