April Is National Foot Health Awareness Month

Spring has sprung! Take your shoes off, wiggle your toes, and celebrate National Foot Health Awareness Month. How should you celebrate? Well, if you’ve been putting off that pedicure, schedule your appointment now. Today, you can find women and men getting pedicures. Pedicures, either Do It Yourself pedi’s or salon pedi’s are good foot care practices and April is a great month to get one.

Practicing good foot health is relatively easy if you make it part of your regular fitness regime. Checking our feet each day to ensure there are no sores, cuts or bruises that don’t heal can be done before/ after your workout or at bath/ shower time. Following up on these issues, if they occur, is equally important; don’t ignore them. Frequently, cuts and bruises can come from ill-fitting shoes, dry foot skin, or bumps and scrapes. If you switch shoes, moisturize your feet, or don’t bump or scrape them, and they still don’t heal, consider seeking medical attention. Cuts or bruises can be indicators of more serious health problems. Diabetes sufferers must be especially vigilant and they should seek medical attention immediately because diabetes can kill the nerves in feet.

Another great foot health tip to include in your health regime are foot massages. You can wait for someone to treat you to a foot massage or you can learn to massage your own feet. Foot massages are great stress relievers and an effective relaxation technique. When you learn to massage your own feet, you can treat yourself to this stress relieving, relaxation technique anytime. You can slip your shoes off anywhere, under your desk at work, at home as you watch television or just before bedtime. You will feel a difference immediately.

One of the most important things you can do for your foot health awareness this month is to stop wearing shoes that hurt your feet. Shoes are an investment and sometimes it’s difficult to reconcile that those gorgeous shoes you purchased are really killing your feet. Not every shoe is meant for every foot. Love your feet more than your shoes.

If you find it difficult to say “no” to wearing shoes that hurt your feet, you may need to remove the temptation from your closet. Consider donating your gently worn and new shoes to charity. Our sister organization, the Jenkins Donelson Foundation, collects and distributes gently worn and new shoes to the underserved. Sometimes the best foot health we can provide is a decent pair of shoes to those in need. http://www.jdffeet.org/

We have lot’s of other tips to help improve your foot health this month. Scroll through our articles or check out these popular ones: BYONail Polish & Get the 1st Appt. http://www.ilovemyfeetdays.com/?p=1381 

5 Foot Tips for 4 Pain-Free Park Fun http://www.ilovemyfeetdays.com/?p=1329

Running Shoes: When To Toss Them http://www.ilovemyfeetdays.com/?p=1297

Yikes! Excess Fat Hurts Feet Too! http://www.ilovemyfeetdays.com/?p=1294 

Take good care of your tootsies, they have to last you a lifetime and Happy Foot Health Awareness Month!

ilovemyfeet@ilovemyfeetdays.com

Carolyn D. Jenkins is the founder and CEO of CjQenterprises, which develops and promotes creative ideas and products that lift you up! She is an award winning author, the founder of The Jenkins Donelson Foundation, JDF, the creator annual National I LOVE My Feet Day!,and the Health and Wellness site found here, on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, entitled I LOVE My Feet DayS! Carolyn's interest in feet began in college when she met a young lady who was born without arms. The student used her feet as hands by writing and eating with them. Everyone on campus was very impressed with that students' ability to overcome adversity and the respect and awe she garnered was well deserved. Carolyn earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Education and never forgot the young lady. Carolyn learned about the importance of good foot care from her mother, who was a diabetic. After Carolyn experienced foot pain she visited a podiatrist and discovered she had fallen arches. Carolyn traced the cause back to wearing flip flops that didn't provide arch support. Years later, after two pinky toe breaks, Carolyn's appreciation and respect for feet deepened and she wrote an ode to feet. In the spring of 2015 a talented illustrator brought her poem to life and Carolyn published My Feet: An Ode, which celebrates the wonderful versatility our feet provide us throughout our lifetime. Publishing My Feet: An Ode led to annual recognition of good foot care and appreciation. It was also the impetus for the Good Foot Care movement. Carolyn believes our feet tell a story about our lives. She is passionate about promoting good foot care and she is quickly becoming the " Ambassador of Feet". She is a Foot & Shoe Consultant and refers countless people to podiatrists. Carolyn is also the author of the award winning laugh out loud children's series, The Family Adventures of Princess Ladybug and Princess Ladybird. The series focuses on young siblings who are raised in separate households. Carolyn wrote two ebooks to help consumers purchase footwear. How To Avoid Killer Boots and buy boots that feel as good as they look! and Irresistible; Rockin' Hot Party Shoes your feet will love!, are how-to books consumers can take with them as they shop for footwear. Full of pictures, footwear tips and good foot tips, these books help ensure consumers will never have footwear problems again. Carolyn lives in Virginia with her family and her children's books are available on amazon.com . Her ebooks are available on this website. Amazon.com Widgets

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