Featured
Foot Health
Sugar Editorial Picks
Have You Ever Had a Plantar Wart?
All Summer long I have been at battle with an unsightly, and sometimes painful, plantar wart on my daughter's foot. I took a photo of it and decided to spare you all from having to view the gore. She has been quite a trooper.
Gear Review: Instant Arches
Running shoes feel great on my feet, but a woman cannot live in sneakers alone, so I have been looking for new ways to give my tired feet a little extra support. I found Instant Arches ($8), a comfy one-size-fits-all arch support. I literally stuck a pair into my flats — they have adhesive backing to keep the support in place.
How Often Do You Wear Heels?
The more you move around during your workday, the better for your health, your waistline, and your brain. One element of your outfit that can often disrupt your ability and desire to get up and move is your footwear. High heels maybe lovely to look at, but they don't exactly inspire a 10-block walk.
A Pain in the Toe: Ingrown Toenails
In my experience, not being able to run because of an ingrown toenail is so uncool. There is absolutely zero glamour to it, not that any injury is glamorous, and ingrown toenails can be easily avoided. If you have never experienced this annoying problem let me explain — an ingrown toenail occurs when the corners of one of your toenails grows into the soft skin of your toe.
A Pain in Your Foot? Try Some Orthotics
If your feet aren't happy, the rest of your body is going to have a hard time being happy. Often neglected, our feet sometimes need a little support. I am talking about orthotics.
Are You Guilty of the Flip-Flop Shuffle
When temperatures rise, folks start sporting their favorite flip-flops. Once relegated to the role of beachwear or a shower shoe, flip-flops have become a fashion mainstay – a fact that might give Anna Wintour hives. In fact, the simple shoe gives physiologists and podiatrists more than just hives.
Cracked Heels and Running: A Painful Combination
Warm Summer weather is far behind many of us, and brutally chilly air has moved in. This cold weather makes us turn up our heat, and that takes the humidity out of the air. When there's no moisture in the air, it leaves our skin super dry.
Flip Flops: Cute, But Zero Support
When temperatures rise, folks start sporting their favorite flip-flops. Once relegated to being just beachwear or a shower shoe, flip-flops have become a fashion mainstay - a fact that might give Anna Wintour hives. Well, it is certainly a fact many podiatrists are distressed about as well.
Health Tips: Ballerina Flats and Your Feet
Oh the shoes...my husband wonders why women are so into shoes and I wish I could explain why we love them so much. Why they somehow seem to be the answer for all that ills us. Some ladies think that flats are the healthy answer to heels, but that is not necessarily the case.
Wear Heels? Stretch These Muscles
We all know that high heeled shoes are pretty, and pretty bad for your body. Yet, we all end up wearing them sometime or another - a big meeting, a wedding, or almost everyday.
Basically the height of the heel pushes the weight of the body forward which interferes with your balance.
More on FitSugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
EWA
Ally Capellino
Juicy Couture