Your Amazing Feet... why you should take care of them.

Many foot problems such as, blisters, corns, calluses, fissures, dry cracked skin, ingrown toenail, fungal toe nails, and athletes foot can develop due to neglect, simple wear and tear or ill-fitted shoes. More severe problems can develop such as bunions, heel spurs, plantar fasciatis hammer toes, claw and mallet toes and neuropathy. These problems can often develop into very painful feet and difficulty walking.

The human foot anatomy capable of handling a thousand tons of pressure of your weight in motion every day. Your feet consist of 42 muscles, 26 bones, 33 joints, about 50 ligaments and tendons all moving in harmony to get you from one place to another. They also have about 250,000 sweat glands which contribute to foot odour. If you are a dancer or runner you might be suffering from one or more or all of these conditions.

Regular maintenance visits to a Professional Aesthetician can help them go the distance by identifying these conditions early and correcting most common conditions and can refer you to a Podiatrist or Chiropodist for more severe foot problems.