Foot Health: Soothing Tired Tootsies!Holidays are the time when your tootsies can get the blues. Shopping, parties, lots of standing, dancing and walking make for fretful feet! Listed below are some ideas to give your feet the rest and relaxation they deserve after a long day. Also, check out the Foot Facts for interesting information about feet!
At the end of a day or a period of standing around, your feet can feel sore and tired. Most foot pain results from your muscles becoming imbalanced. Here are some suggestions to relieve your tired feet:
Lie face down on your bed in a darkened room with the room temperature at a comfortable level. Put a pillow (head-size or smaller) under the insteps of your feet, so that your feet are supported by the pillow. To relieve foot tension, it's important to keep your feet elevated for at least ten minutes - 1/2 hour is better!
Bathe your feet in a small bath of salts with a few drops of essential oil added. Suitable oils include eucalyptus, lavender, orange - anything uplifting and soothing at the same time.
While watching TV, reading or any other sitting activity, roll a tennis ball, golf ball or rolling pin under your feet. Do this back and forth. This increases the flexibility in your muscles and joints and is a nice self-massage.
Exercise your toes by trying to pick up an object like a pencil or a rolled-up towel with your toes. Do both feet at once if possible.
Try a moisturizing foot massage.
Foot Facts: Did You Know??
Socrates said "When our feet hurt, we hurt all over."
Leonardo da Vinci called the foot "a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art."
The foot has: 26 bones in each foot, 33 joints holding these bones together, 20 muscles are used to move the bones in each foot and 100 ligaments join these bones. There are 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet.
The foot accepts at least 120% of your body weight and the faster you move, the more force passes through the foot.
It's very rare that two feet are exactly the same; one of them is usually larger than the other.
40% of the population will experience some sort of foot problem in their lifetime. Back 
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