19/04/2022
Years ago I posted this photo, likening wearing stiff shoes while walking around to binding our hands before typing. Re-sharing it now because April is National Foot Health Awareness month and the visual is still impactful.
Last week I was on the radio and they asked me why I have written two books on feet. My answer went something like this:
1) Most movements we need and want to do with our body—not only for exercise but just activities of daily living—pass through our feet. Our feet bear the weight of our entire body whenever we go to move.
2) We've got a major foot pain/poor foot health problem. Data varies but adult foot pain prevalence is close to 1 in 4 (more in older adult women, fewer in men, both groups show increases in foot pain with age) and foot issues are a risk factor for locomotion disabilities, poor balance and falling, loss of agency/independency and quality of life.
3) We rarely exercise our feet; instead we use external foot support (SHOES, MAN) which can only get us so far (and by “far” I mean both in terms of accumulated distance and accumulated age). Our most often loaded body part is the least conditioned.
SO, I’ve written books to give people information about simple ways they can control where they are placing their weight upon the foot as well as how to strengthen their feet to better withstand load. This is to reduce pain (hooray) but also so they can get more movement. GET IT???
April is so both my new audiobook 'Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief' and the award-winning 'Whole Body Barefoot' audiobook are 25% off through the end of the month on my website: nutritiousmovement.com/audiobooks