Keeping Your Feet Healthy Is Easy If You Avoid These 3 Habits.

Muscles and joints can be worn down by running, but foot pain is not normally experienced by runners. An aching or painful foot need not be an afterthought to being a runner. Fortunately, there are simple fixes that can get you back to running pain-free.

1. One of the most common bad habits is focusing solely on your running shoes.
   
   Investing in good running shoes is important, but it is important to remember that we spend more time walking or standing in our everyday shoes than in our running shoes. Running puts high impact forces of high impact on our shoes, which are the most important part of their job. Reduce aches and pains with your daily shoes, and help your body recover as well.
   
   
2. Bad habit: not stretching enough.
   
   The key to avoiding injuries is to stretch before and after running. You can avoid compensating your calf, foot, and ankle muscles by stretching them. The exercise improves your gait while you are running as well as prevents aches and pains afterward. You can feel better after your run and improve your posture while running if you stretch at least five minutes before and after you run.
   
   
3. Having too much too soon is a bad habit.
   
   Muscles and joints are worn out from running, so strengthening them is just as important. You can get stronger and prevent aches by taking breaks from running and doing strength exercises a couple of times per week. To prevent weak links in your body from developing, you should include exercises that improve mobility and balance.

In the end, our feet are the foundation of our body. Exercises that increase your strength and flexibility as well as adjusting your footwear and training routine can prevent pain and injury in your feet. You can schedule an appointment with our office if you are experiencing foot or ankle pain.

All in One Foot Care Center is a full service foot specialty office with locations in Irvine or Laguna Woods, CA. We offer a full suite of services including surgery, fracture care, fungal nail care, diabetic foot care, pediatric podiatry, custom braces and orthotics, wound care, and treatments for arch pain, heel pain, and sports injuries; just to name a few. If it hurts, we can help you! CALL NOW or request your appointment online TODAY!