We use footwear to protect our feet from the environment. But is it really protecting our feet or damaging it?
For the last few years, l have realised how much a footwear can damage our feet and can have an impact on our health. It’s an unknown fact that the population are unaware and uneducated about the impact of footwear on their health.
When l have explained in detail about the damages footwear can do to my clients feet, their questions were “Why l have not been told about it?” or “Why l was not made aware of it from a young age?” We are taught various basic life skills from a very young age. But have we ever been taught about the safe use of footwear? Or the functions of our feet? No! We have not! We just choose a footwear and stick them on our feet unaware of the damages it can cause to our feet and our health! We need to be taught and made aware of the long term dangers of footwear if it’s not rightly chosen or used.
Footwear can cause gradual and long lasting damages to our feet. 99% of the footwear using population’s feet are disfigured! And the truth is- they are not aware of it! They think this is how their feet is supposed to be! But it’s not! Our feet has a lifelong duty to help us walk! And toes on our feet are not just decorations but they are there for a purpose. Once they’re disfigured or dismantled due to the influence of footwear they become a pain rather than a purpose! We blame our ancestors for problems that we face on our feet! We blame our feet for problems on our feet! But do we ever blame our footwear for problems on our feet? No we don’t! It’s our choice of footwear that is to be blamed! So we need to learn to choose the right footwear.
Unless we learn to choose the right footwear from a young age it would be too late before we realise that our feet have gone through the damage. We need to be taught from a very young age through schools or parents or through any means the safe use of footwear. Most of the population who are above 50 have gone some sort of treatments on their feet for damages caused by footwear. It’s costs NHS millions for these treatments that could be avoided if simple basic awareness given to public from very young age. I know fashion has a lot of influence on our choices of footwear but the impact it can have on feet and health is beyond imagination.
I hope one day our nation would wake up to this danger and teach the new generation about the safe use of footwear and be an example for all other footwear using nations.🙏🏻
Happy Feet