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How Does High Blood Pressure Affect Your Feet?

No matter what way you look at it, high blood pressure is not good for your health. Chronically high blood pressure always has negative effects. Did you know that it affects your feet too? How Do You Know High Blood Pressure Has Become a Problem? Also called “hypertension,” high [...] Read More

How to Help Your Teen Find the Right Footwear

It’s frustrating to help your teen find the right shoes, only to learn that in under a year, they won’t fit anymore. Then you have to go through the same old process all over again, and the cost can really add up. Plus, they might have a particular style so they fit in and don’t get [...] Read More

How Nutrition Affects Your Feet

Nutrition plays a much larger role in your life than simply affecting your weight or the health of your heart. To some degree, it affects every last aspect of your life. And it even affects the health of your feet too. For example, medical research published in the British Journal of [...] Read More

Why Good Nutrition Is Essential for Healthy Feet

You probably don’t realize how much a healthy diet positively affects your body. And in many cases, you don’t find out unless you eat an unhealthy diet for decades and experience some of the consequences. When you think about eating healthy, you probably think about your heart, weight, [...] Read More

How to Keep Your Feet Fit and Healthy During Summer

COVID-19 is on the way out. Society is returning back to normal. You can do the things you want again! What would be worse than a foot or ankle injury that keeps you sidelined for 6 weeks? You’d be stuck at home like you have been for the past 18 months or so! So learn steps you can [...] Read More

Help Your Child Protect Their Ankles During Youth Sports

Baseball, football, soccer...and ankle injuries! At least life is returning back to normal again. Sports are incredibly beneficial for your child’s health, and probably even indispensable. While they do come with the risk of injury, the benefits far outweigh the potential injuries your [...] Read More

The Benefits of Brisk Walking For Seniors

With California saying its economy will open in June, signs are slowly coming about that society will return to normal. If you’re a senior citizen, you may feel more comfortable with getting out a little more. Did you know that you don’t need to do strenuous exercise to get the benefits [...] Read More

The Most Common Reasons for Falling by Age Group

While seniors have the highest risk of suffering a serious or fatal injury from falling, they’re far from the only at-risk age group. According to research published at the National Institute of Mental Health by Timsina and others, falls are actually the leading cause of injury for all [...] Read More

What You Can Do to Prevent Falling If You’re 65+

36 million Americans over 65 fall each year, resulting in 32,000 deaths, reports the CDC. That makes falls the leading cause of injury and injury-related death among that age group. But most falls are preventable! If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you learned about our “Safe [...] Read More

How to Lose Weight in 2021 (And Have Fun Doing It)

Losing weight is one of the biggest New Year’s resolutions. You see lots of people at the gym. Sales of health and fitness gear and equipment go through the roof. But by the end of January or so, many and maybe even most, of those committed to losing weight have fallen back into their old [...] Read More

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