Posted on June 29, 2007 in Foot Care Tips
Home is the place where you get the solution of most of your health and daily care needs. Home remedies are available for the care of your foot. These are the best to find, easy to use and cost effective means to care for your foot. Home remedies involve the items that do not have any major side effect along with them. Here are some of the best home remedies that you can try at home.
Elevate your foot
Once you reach home from office, the most relaxing thing you can do for your feet is to sit down and keep your feet at an elevated position. Also do some exercises along to make the circulation going right. The elevation of your feet should be at about 45-degree angle to your body. Keep in this position and relax for about 20 minutes.
Wash them
The best way to revitalize your feet is by washing and soaking them in a bucket full of warm water. Along with warm water, keep one or two tablespoons of Epsom salts. Then dry the feet and massage them using any soothing gel or cream.
Hot and cold therapy
Hot and cold therapy is effective t make your feet fresh. Run hot and cold water over them. Take a stool in the bathroom or sit on the boundary of bathtub. Keep your feet directly under running water for many minutes. The technique is to switch your feet over into hot and col. Put them under hot water comfortably for a minute and then one minute under cold water. End up once you are in the cold water.
The hot and cold therapy enlivens your complete system. The diabetes or impaired circulation patients should remember here to not to let out their feet facing extreme temperatures.
Do massage and just RELAX
Do a good massage to get rid off your aches. In massage, the best thing is to have someone massage your feet using baby oil. Otherwise, you can yourself do the massage. Give the treat to the whole of your foot. You may squeeze the toes mildly, and then press them by going in a circular motion at the backside of the foot. To slide your thumb more firmly so as you can feel the arch of the foot, is one of the very effective movements.
Ice is soothing
Get relief with ice therapy. Ice is the best means to refresh your tired feet. You just have to have some ice cubes out of the freezer and wrap them in a wet and clean cloth. It should be a cotton cloth and not a synthetic one. You may then rub it on your feet and keep on the ankles for some minutes.
The work of ice is to relieve the inflaming in your feet at once. It is also somewhat mild anesthetic. The next step is to dry your feet and dab them properly with wych hazel, cologne, or vinegar. These materials ensure that you get a cooling, soothing and dry effect on your feet.
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August 24th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
I walk a lot with distances of 8-10 miles. After 5-6 miles my left foot starts giving trouble across the top (follow the big toe to top of foot). I’m sure I have some arthritis in the foot.
How can I reduce the pain by a process of foot care? I don’t want to give up walking. Any advice you can give would be helpful.
yours sincerely,
L.Affley
April 13th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I also have the same problem .. The best way is to relax your feet is after you finish your waking excercise put your legs in some warm water it would give a lot of relief to you….