Feet

Plantar Fasciitis - Symptoms & Treatment For Heel Pain

Foot pain resulting from Plantar Fasciitis is more than just an annoyance.  When every step sends a sharp pain through your foot and up your leg, even the simplest activity becomes something you dread. 

Plantar Fasciitis is an inflammation of the Plantar Fascia, which supports the arch.  In many instances, the pain will be felt in the heel of your foot.  A sharp foot pain results from standing or walking on the affected foot and dramatically limits your ability to walk.

Plantar Fasciitis is most common in people from middle age on into the later years. As we age and our feet lose their ability to maintain a proper arch, irritation can occur and heel pain will soon follow.

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Charlize Theron Feet - She Thinks They're Ugly, Do You?

There's no question that Charlize Theron is one of the most attractive actresses to grace any movie screen. Not only does she have a large fan base, but so do her feet.

I personally find it interesting that she thinks her feet are ugly. She actually thinks they are the ugliest thing about her and can't understand why her boyfriend Stuart Townsend loves them so much.

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Personal Foot Care: Tips for Treating Dry Feet and Cracked Feet

Dry air and cold weather are hard on a person's skin. Some of the most damaged skin can be found under the main foundation that carries you throughout the day -- that being the bottom of your feet. 

Treating dry or cracked feet is even more critical if you happen to be Diabetic. With a possible lessened sense of feel in your lower extremities, unnoticed injury or infection can quickly lead to more severe foot care problems -- including surgery and even amputation.

When you have dry feet or cracked feet, bleeding and open sores will be hard to heal due to the constant flexing of the cracks when you walk.

The importance of personal foot care and treating dry feet or cracked feet cannot be over emphasized.

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Celebrity Feet: Eva Longoria Feet Photographs

Eva Longoria's feet are often commented on in blogs and other online sources, not just by her fans but by Eva herself. 

She has some of the most photographed feet of any female celebrity.

So easy to photograph, that even in a high res, up close photo they look perfect.

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Women's High Heel Shoes Lead To Same Problems As Foot Binding In China

What do foot binding, women's high heels, and bunions have in common? They are all the result of feet being cramped or bound in tight places for too long.  Too much pressure puts stress on the toes.
 

Sometimes culture and fashion trends have a price.  Here's what you need to know...

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Some Interesting (But Dangerous) Shoe Fads

Shoes are necessary, utilitarian, and mostly mandatory.  They are also fun, creative, and wonderful expressions of our creativity and personality. 

In that expression of our personality, many of us gravitate toward different shoe fads.  Shoe fads usually take one aspect of a regular shoe and exaggerate it.  That means new fabrics, unusual lines, and even extreme heights. 

Most of these fads are bad for our feet in one way or another. Perhaps the biggest and worst shoe fad in recent history had to be the platform shoe.  

Platform shoes caused many broken and sprained ankles as people walked around on what were basically stilts.  Platform shoes reached their height of fashion and maximum inches in he 1970's, but each decade that follows a similar shoe peeks it way back into the fashion world -- only to remind us why we stopped wearing them in the first place. 

Here are some current shoe fads you may want to avoid...

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Ped Egg Review - Does It Really Work?

This year for Christmas my wife asked for only one thing. Believe it or not, all she wanted was a Ped Egg.

With a quick trip to Walgreens in response to their just-before-Christmas ads, I was able to purchase the Ped Egg for the reduced price of $9.98.

A week later, naturally, they also threw in 3 replacement blades to sweeten the deal.

My usual luck, I missed out on the added replacement cutters, but at least I was able to meet the needs of my dear wife, and on Christmas day she was pleased I had not forgotten her one request.

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Foot Reading: Do You Know What Your Feet Say About You? What About Celebrity Feet?

Of course, your feet may reveal how well you take care of yourself based on how manicured they are. 

Abd how much and how often you show your feet may reveal how private you are. 

But can your feet really reveal details about your love life, your brain, and your vulnerabilities? 

Yes!

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How To Find The Best Shoes If You Have Wide Feet

When I married my husband, he wore size 12 shoes.  We were young, and he looked well enough put together, so I barely noticed that he dragged his feet a bit and that his sneakers always looked a bit floppy.  

When he got his first corporate job and went clothes shopping, he also had his feet measured and found out that his shoes were not a size 12 at all.  They were a 10 ½ EEE!  

Why was he so far off?  At some point, he stopped getting his feet measured and started buying a bigger shoe size when his feet were uncomfortable.  

• His big toe hurt, he bought a bigger shoe.
   
• His pinkie toe hurt, he bought a bigger size shoe.  
   
• The side of his feet hurt, he bought a bigger size shoe.  

Are you making the same mistake?

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Home Remedies For Dry Feet & Cracked Heels

Most of the time when you think of dry and cracked feet you think of your heels.

That's always been my problem. The rest of my feet are nice and smooth, but my heels are always dry and cracked.

Figuring out how to get my feet back to a nice soft, healthy look hasn't been easy.

Following are the best natural home remedies to treat your dry, cracked heels and feet.

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