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February 4, 2015

Relieve My Dry Feet

Remember these feet from last week? They still look better than my feet but I have at least started on the road to improvement by having my toe nails checked. Now this week, it is time to concentrate on how incredibly dry my feet had gotten this winter. Who needs to use their fingers to […]

January 29, 2015

Starting to Repair my Winter Feet

Doesn’t that picture look nice?  Do your feet look like that? I wish mine did but now that we are deep into winter, I need to hide mine in boots. I feel like my feet look like hobbit feet. (Not that I really know what hobbit feet look like but you get the idea.) So, […]

January 22, 2015

Fat Pads – The fat you want

  Did you know there are fat pads in your feet?  There are! They are located in the ball and the heel of your foot. Fat pads are there to act as a cushion between your bones and surface as you walk. These fat pads are the kind of fat padding that you want. Without […]

January 15, 2015

Your Feet on the Slopes

Now that winter has finally hit the Midwest, some minds turn toward skiing. Skiing and snowboarding are great exercise and they are fun. (Which is not how we always think about exercise… maybe that is just me.) Before you go skiing, there are some things you might want to do to make your trip down […]

January 7, 2015

Frostbite – A Quiz

  In honor of today being so incredibly cold, I thought a little quiz about frostbite would be in order. Frostbite Quiz 1.        Frostbite is caused  by A.       Skin and body tissues being exposed to extreme cold B.       Jack Frost nipping at your nose C.      Getting overheated while outside – it is just like goose […]