Barefoot: most of us are now living in an urban world that is full of solid concrete and hard tiled floors.

Have you experienced any of the below:

You’ve developed hard little nodules under your feet that feel painful.

Remember, our feet are designed to conform to our surroundings.

The ground does not flex or bend beneath you, meaning you’re feet to flex and bend to the surface.

Interacting with hard surfaces only made up a small percentage of our ancestors day.

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Here are a Few Issues You May Face Barefoot

Corns and Callouses | Barefoot

Your foot wants to protect itself, it does so by producing more skin.

If you have ‘bony’ feet this can be even worse especially if you have Arthritic Inflammatory Disorders with little fat pad.

The rate of growth and size of the corn(s) will exacerbate if you don’t offload or cushion your feet

Plantar Fasciitis & Barefoot

The Plantar Fascia runs from the heel to the ball of the foot and helps to support the arch of the foot.

Being barefoot at home greatly increases the chance that you can develop plantar fasciitis.

Our arch conforms to the flat surfaces, causing over stretching of the plantar fascia. walking Barefoot

This daily cycle can exacerbate the plantar fascia and make your condition deteriorate. (similar to constantly tearing off the scab from a healing wound).

Back Pain

One arch may be lower than the other causing a functional leg length discrepancy.

Bruised Heel Syndrome

Heel striking or standing for a long period may start to make our heels feel bruised/ painful.

The Fat pad beneath your heel just can’t take it anymore and becomes inflamed, resulting in pain.

What Can Help Relieve These Conditions and Symptoms?

Supportive Indoor sandals/slippers would be a great solution to many issues listed above.

This gives our feet the best of both worlds in support and cushion.

They also off-load and cushion corns and callouses for Barefoot

Rest them. Elevate your feet up in the air after a long day on your feet at work, after running or exercise.

It will help with the venous return and lymphatic drainage, decrease the fatigue and lower limb swelling.

What Can Help Relieve These Conditions and Symptoms? barefoot

Planter fascia splints work by directly lifting up and supporting the back end of your arch, right at the heel insertion sight of your planter Fascia.

Compression socks help reduce the pain and support the structures in your foot by giving your arch some compression.

They also prevent the pooling of lymph in your feet.

Foot Exercises and Stretching – Simple exercises such as picking up marbles and toe scrunching a towel, arch lifts and drawing the “ABC” in the air

Make use of TheraBand for a little more muscle activation at home.

Stretch out those calves, spread those toes and loosen those muscles.

Check out the range of orthotic sandals with arch support.

Below are some examples: Barefoot

1. Orthotic Flip Flops UniSex – Grey/Black