Do you have painful feet?
Do you have cracked heels?
Do you get pedicures?
Do you moisturise your feet?
What if, your cracked, painful feet were a product of the very thing you’re trying to do to rectify this?
Consider this:
1. We moisturise, use the Chiropodist to remove calluses, soak our feet in oil and wear shoes.
=> We develop cracked heels.
=> We moisturise, use the Chiropodist to remove calluses, soak our feet in oil and wear shoes.
=> We develop cracked heels.
=> We moisturise, use the Chiropodist to remove ….
Are you wondering if I accidentally cut and paste too many times?
No. This is the cycle that happens to most of us in the ‘shoe world’.
If you wish to use your feet in the wild (and I mean without shoes on bare ground) and avoid cracked heels, then harden up. Grow some calluses so that your feet can withstand the stones and gravel. I’m not talking about pressure calluses in a few spots because of awkward weight-bearing.
I’m talking about useful,hardened skin to protect your feet. Strong, robust skin with wonderful blood supply and healthy cellular turnover. Wouldn’t you swap this for cracked, sore heels?
Tiny steps please.
For newbies (those who find it hard to walk on the uneven terrain of our beautiful earth):
a) start with removing your shoes inside
b) explore some time on the grass barefoot
c) enjoy the sand at the beach
Big steps towards developing skin that will cope with nature => no cracked heels!
Marvellous.