Most of us will freely admit that we love shoes, but how many of us love our feet? Before you start thinking that I should be ‘sharing’ not ‘scaring’ let me explain what I mean by love. Loving your feet is appreciating them for what they are and taking care of them so they can do their job, they same way you should love your heart, your lungs and your lower intestine!
Unless you are lucky enough to have a lifestyle that permits it, you spend most of your days with shoes on. If your feet are lucky you wear good shoes, shoes that allow your feet to move and breathe. If your feet are unlucky, you wear high heels most of the time and often cram them into very uncomfortable shoes, even if they are very cute shoes. When you think about exercise, I bet you rarely think about exercising the muscles in your feet. Thoughts of exercise usually involve wearing sneakers anyway.
I have worked with people who have been told that they need to wear shoe inserts because of the condidtion of their feet, but have never been told to exercise the MUSCLES in their feet. After doing some very simple Pilates exercises these same people have been able to thrown their inserts out. Your feet contain muscles just like the rest of your body and they need to be taken care of in order to function well and without pain. I have included a couple of simple exercises for your feet in the Body Tip section below to get you started. Along with exercise, massage is wonderful and if you have someone who is willing to do it for you even better! If not, then find a good massage therapist and make sure they massage your feet and/or give yourself a regular foot massage. Get some massage oil, sit down somewhere warm and comfortable and pay some attention to your feet.
Unless you are lucky enough to have a lifestyle that permits it, you spend most of your days with shoes on. If your feet are lucky you wear good shoes, shoes that allow your feet to move and breathe. If your feet are unlucky, you wear high heels most of the time and often cram them into very uncomfortable shoes, even if they are very cute shoes. When you think about exercise, I bet you rarely think about exercising the muscles in your feet. Thoughts of exercise usually involve wearing sneakers anyway.
I have worked with people who have been told that they need to wear shoe inserts because of the condidtion of their feet, but have never been told to exercise the MUSCLES in their feet. After doing some very simple Pilates exercises these same people have been able to thrown their inserts out. Your feet contain muscles just like the rest of your body and they need to be taken care of in order to function well and without pain. I have included a couple of simple exercises for your feet in the Body Tip section below to get you started. Along with exercise, massage is wonderful and if you have someone who is willing to do it for you even better! If not, then find a good massage therapist and make sure they massage your feet and/or give yourself a regular foot massage. Get some massage oil, sit down somewhere warm and comfortable and pay some attention to your feet.
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