Health And Wellness Center: Foot care of a runner

The feet are going to be with you to the goal you marques and from Podoactiva recommend you not to skimp on care. The foot consists of 28 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 tendons, and told Da Vinci in the fifteenth century "the foot of man is a piece of engineering and a work of art" and therefore requires special care.

Running is a sport that brings some problems we need to prevent and control to prevent them from becoming serious. From Podoactiva always advisable to consult a specialist so you can advise on how best to perform the activity and advise you of foot care. Running is an impact sport, and not only the joints are suffering.

Foot care tips for runners

1. Before even giving the first stride you should stop and think how to tread has a direct relationship with injuries to an athlete. You are about to make thousands of times the same gesture during athletic activity, and if that is producing a gesture you wear on your joints? The first thing you should do is put in the hands of a specialist and check the suitability of your stride. The sports podiatrist with the results of exploration and testing endeavor to correct, if necessary, stepping your way. Training hours can become many, and you need to do it properly to prevent any injury.

2. It is very important never to release a shoe for a test. Always release them in a short workout and see if it has generated some kind of rubbing or blister. As it is very important that the number of the shoe is adequate. The ideal is that on some distance (about 1 cm) between the end of the longest toe and the shoe. We have to understand that the foot will increase in size (it will expand with activity) and we must take this into account.

3. In some cases, specific creams Vaseline or anti-friction, can be a great ally. You can apply for the whole foot on the ground, between the toes and instep. This will help prevent chafing and blisters.

4. Although not take it seriously, cut the nails properly is a basic foot care. Do it in square shape, should not be short corners because this can cause incarnadas nails (ingrown).

5. Stretch your socks well to avoid any wrinkles that can make you chafe. It is best to use a sock with technical fabric for Running.

6. It is very important to train with the right shoe. At a specialty running store can advise you on which type of shoe is the most suitable for you depending on your weight, you run kilometers, surface on which you run, etc. Ideally, go to the store after being valued your stride by a sports podiatrist.

7. When you go to start the race again adjusted the laces, because it is possible that after heating have loosened. It is important that the shoe insole and foot form a block as most of blisters are generated by friction, ie by displacement of the foot inside the shoe.

8. Never neglect a wound or blister, however small. The foot is one of the places in the body where hygiene is most important, and an infection there can have more damaging than at first might be expected consequences.

9. Keep as far as possible, dry your shoes. When you finish running shows templates shoes, to air out and dry. If your day, your feet tend to sweat, you can use dusting powders during the day. The best way to use them is inside the sock applying them to arrive until the end of the sock. Thus we get to act in the toe area which is where most problems will generate hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating.

10. Do not forget to moisturize every night the whole foot, the ideal is to do with a special cream. In this sense, they have developed Podoactiva cream Podoactiva Sport U20 which is particularly suitable for the recovery and hydration athlete's foot. It has been tested in 100 professional athletes earning a rating of 9.4 out of 10.

11. Recalls that the most important thing is to enjoy the sport in a healthy way so it is important that the challenges marques you are based on your previous experience and fitness.