19/08/2025
🎙️PODCAST RECOMMENDATION🎙
Dr. Courtney Conley is one of the world’s leading foot experts, chiropractor, and founder of Gait Happens. She specialises in restoring natural foot function and helping people overcome chronic pain from the ground up.
✨PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS✨
✔️ FOOT PAIN IS MORE COMMON TAHN YOU THINK ➡️ Affects 1 in 3 people over age 45—second only to low back pain. Untreated, it can lead to inactivity, muscle atrophy, poor balance, and increased fall risk.
✔️ FEET INFLUENCE WHOLE BODY WELLNESS ➡️ Dysfunction in the feet can cascade up your body affecting ankles, knees, hips, and back through the body’s kinetic chain.
✔️ SHOES MATTER ➡️ Many modern shoes—narrow, overly cushioned, or high-heeled—compromise natural foot mechanics and sensory feedback. Alarmingly, ~70% of children wear shoes that are too narrow.
✔️ STEP IT UP - YOUR HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT ➡️ Just 5,000 steps per day can reduce depression and mortality risk by ~15%. Even 3,800 steps provides half the protection for cognitive decline.
✔️ STRENGTH STARTS AT YOUR TOES ➡️ Try simple tools and exercises, like toe spacers, resistance bands, and toe yoga drills to boost foot and arch strength. Skip ineffective towel scrunching routines.
✔️ TRANSITION GRADUALLY ➡️ If switching to minimalist, barefoot-style shoes, ease into them over time. This helps your feet strengthen and adapt, avoiding injury.
