Today is a little bit of a taster really for tomorrow's blog, and no doubt some others throughout this 7 weeks of daily blogging. It's family day in the Toshack household and, no offence, but that's quality life time for me so just time for a wee taster today for some blogs ahead on one of my other favourite subjects - FEET!
I also thought it was time for some visual stimulus so, voila, we indeed do have a foot to behold!
What's not to love about feet, I say!? I think they are amazing! They are our contact with the ground when we stand and it never fails to astound me how these two little things hold the whole of our weight on top of them in standing, never mind what they have to cope with when we walk, run, skip, dance, kick a ball etc etc......
And yet, poor feet they get a hard time. They get pushed into a variety of shapes, styles and quality of shoes. We expect them to do so much for us yet they are under-appreciated, possible ignored and even loathed by some. We've all heard someone emphatically announce that they 'hate feet', haven't we?
To be fair there are also a lot of foot lovers out there too; those who like to pamper and show off their feet, even have little fish nibble away at them!
What I'd really like us all to appreciate and consider though is how we can help these feet feel better and give them the attention they deserve. Also I'm hoping that I can provide you with information on how what we do with and put on our feet affects the rest of our alignment, and how our alignment can affect our feet.
In summary for now, the quality of the structure above our feet determines the force being driven through the feet and so determines the relative weight that they have to hold up. And the quality of our feet determines the spread of the load that they are carrying. Do not worry, there will be diagrams, there will be simple explanations and while there might be a little bit of a physics in there be assured that if I can understand it then you will too (I was rubbish at physics at school!). In my quest to have the whole world love, appreciate and look after their feet, I will endeavour to simplify the sheer magnitude of what it is that they do for us!
For now though, try this. Get a soft tennis ball (the cheap supermarket own brand ones are the best). Stand up and feel what your feet feel like on the ground. Then using the tennis ball, massage the whole of the sole of one foot by rolling it over the floor with your foot. You want to have pressure on the ball, but not feel pain (if you do you need a softer one). And you want a continual pressure on the ball - imagine kneading dough. Massage all over the arch, the heel, the inside and outside arch. Then take the ball away and feel how this compares to the other one. My bet is that you will want the other foot to feel how this one now does. So off you go!
I promise you that it is well worth doing this. Seriously, if you don't go out and get a tennis ball then you are missing out - big style!
Til tomorrow :-)
CT x
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