Prevent Gout with Cherries
To reduce or even eliminate gout pain, try fresh cherries! Fresh cherries have great anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce gout and even arthritis pain. Gout is caused by the …
1 Minute Foot Wellness
Are You Limping out of Bed in the Morning?
Do you have pain when you first put your heel down on the floor in the morning? You might have a heel spur or plantar fasciitis. It is caused …
Tea Tree Oil for Smelly Feet
Foot odor is embarrassing for anyone! At least one-third of people suffer from smelly feet. In such a fast-paced world, our feet work overtime. They are home to 250,000 …
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Your Feet
About 90% of people who have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis will develop symptoms in their feet. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that attacks your own immune system. Instead …
How to Drop 52 Pounds a Year
When you walk 10,000 steps (5 miles) a day, you will burn 500 calories. If you walk 7 days a week, you will burn 3,500 calories per week. This …
Sitting Causes Flat Feet
Fallen arches affect roughly 70% of the population, due to a sedentary lifestyle. On average, Americans sit for 10 hours per day. Sitting causes your hamstring (back of your …
Walk for Your Brain
Brain size shrinks in late adulthood, which can cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. According to a study published by the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, walking …
Perform a Shoe Test
Bad shoes account for about 90% of all foot problems. No matter what type of shoe you are wearing make sure that the heel counter is stiff and firm …
The Foot, an Amazing Walking Machine
Your foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 20 muscles, 7,000 nerve endings, and 250,000 sweat glands. The average person will walk more than 250,000 miles in a …
Are Your Kids Wearing the Wrong Shoe Size?
According to new research, four million children are wearing the wrong shoe size. The risks of children’s shoes not fitting correctly are blisters, pressure sores, and ingrown toenails for …