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Thinking of walking the Camino but worried your knees and feet can’t handle it?

Walking can be a great way to enjoy the summer heat. However, if you are in pain, it can be a real bummer especially if you are walking the Camino.

by BioPed Footcare
June 12, 2023
5 minutes read

5 Surprising Benefits of Wearing Indoor Shoes — When you think about supportive footwear, you usually think of shoes you put on when leaving your house to engage in activities. However, for many people, the hours spent barefoot or in socks at home quietly add up and can have a bigger impact on the lower extremities than expected.

New Year, New Routine: Foot Stretches That Support an Active Lifestyle — The new year is a great time to refresh your selfcare routine, regardless of if you live an active lifestyle. Whether you walk, run, work on your feet all day, or enjoy recreational sports, your feet take on a lot of stress. Adding these simple stretches and strengthening exercises can significantly improve your lower extremity mobility, reduce your discomfort, and keep you moving comfortably all year long. We’ve put together some practical, easy-to-follow stretches and exercises designed to support healthy, active feet, all in just 10 minutes!

Festive Footwear Taking a Toll? What to Do About Corns and Calluses — As footwear is the usual perpetrator in exacerbating calluses and corns on feet, the winter footwear makes our feet take a turn for the worse. Calluses and corns are hardened areas of skin that develop when we put too much pressure on them. When this occurs on the feet, they usually get worse because we are always standing on them and give them little room for rest. For people that are especially active, this can be painful to deal with.

How Can a Chiropodist or Footcare Nurse Improve Your Foot Health?

Ingrown toenails, toe fungus, and corns are amongst the many conditions that our medical foot care team can take care of for you. Too often, the feet are the most neglected part of our body, and problems might go undetected at first. Registered Chiropodists and Footcare Nurses provide medical care for skin and toenail foot concerns. However, Chiropodists offer an expanded scope of practice, such as biomechanical evaluations, so let’s review each profession in more detail.