In India, when we go for full body check-up, do doctor check our feet ? The Answer is big no. To us, health is just vitamins, uric acid, heart, kidney and bla, bla, bla…
I being a foot doctor, really don’t understand that why foot health has not been given any importance when it’s comes to health check-up.
Will you be healthy if your feet do not work??
Think of your feet not working, what will be your life? You may have to sit at one place, you can not go out either for work or for fun. You are going to be collecting fat day by day by sitting at one place.
When mobility is compromised, it will lower your heart health, lung capacity, your muscle strength, all systems of body will get disturbed…
STILL YOU THINK FOOT HEALTH NOT IMPORTANT?? Think twice, Be wise.
An average person walks around 4 times of the circumference of whole globe. While doing so, we put stress on Foot’s 26 Bones, 33 Joints, 107 Ligaments and 19 Muscles. We don’t think of feet, till we get some pain on and around and sometime even not after that.
We love to shop for Branded Cloths, Expensive watches, Fancy Shoes or heels, we spend a lot for holidays, but we would not like spend on Healthy Foot wear.
FASHION OVERCOMES FOOT HEALTH.
I would like to share my real clinical experience.
A lady patient of age 55 years with flat feet consulted me 6 months back with pain and swelling around her ankle and difficulty to walk, as a part of treatment she was given Healthy shoes with Orthotic insoles to correct her faulty foot angle, within a month her swelling and pain was gone. She didn’t want to spend on Orthotic slippers so she worn shoes even at home and outside too. Now after 6 months, again yesterday, she came to me with similar complain and she said I am planning for tour during Diwali. So, she was worried that there will be lots of walking there. I have examined her and asked her that are you continuing your given shoes at home and outside.? She said no, as my pain went away, I stopped using shoes at home and started wearing ordinary slippers. She went out for shopping with wrong footwear for hours, then this you know what happened after that, swelling reappeared. I again explained her that your swelling is due to faulty foot angle, you should wear Dr. Foot Cure slip ons at home and the given shoes outside. Your pain and swelling both will go away. She told me I will wear those shoes at home, was hesitant to spend on Healthy Footwear.
I am really worried once again when her pain will go away, she will stop shoes at home. Better she stays in healthy slippers at home as it’s convenient.
See here also, Fashion wins over Foot Health. Saving some money from not buying healthy footwear, she may invite bigger problems like arthritic changes in foot joints, and further worsening of condition which may need surgery later.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SPEND?
HEALTHY FOOTWEAR
OR MEDICINES – INJECTIONS – SURGERY – PERMENANT DAMAGE TO FOOT, KNEE AND BACK
CHOICE IS ALWAYS YOURS…..
DR. DHARA PAREKH
CONSULTANT PRACTICING PODIATRY
( FOOT & ANKLE SPECIALIST)
FOUNDER – DR.FOOT CURE – INDIA’S FIRST HEALTHY FOOTWEAR BRAND
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