Wear High Heels? Do These Stretches
Whether you wear heels solely on special occasions or rock them every day, here are some stretches to offer your tootsies a little relief from soreness or pain. Source: Thinkstock Read more
How to Heal Cracked Heels
Wearing flip-flops and walking barefoot may be one of your favorite things about Summer weather, but unfortunately it can damage the skin on your feet. The constant exposure to air dries out your delicate skin, creating calluses. The pressure of pounding your feet on the ground when you walk or run exasperates the issue and causes heel fissures, or cracks in the skin. If you continue to walk or Read more
Tips From the Saddle: Dealing With Discomfort While Biking
If you have spent any time in the saddle, and I am not talking horseback riding here, then you know biking can come with some specific discomforts. From your feet to your neck, here are simple on-the-bike tips to alleviate some of the aches and pains common to long rides. Let's start at the bottom and work our way up. Feet: If the bottom of your feet go numb, focus on the upstroke. Pulling up Read more
You Asked: Are Blisters Unavoidable For Running Newbies?
Dear Fit, I just started running and was all fired up to get into it this Summer, but painful blisters have quickly extinguished my excitement. A close friend and runner said it comes with the territory since I'm new to running. Are blisters something I have to put up with or is there something I can do to prevent them? — Blister Sister First of all, I think it is great that you have been Read more
Got Achy Feet? Try This
Everyone has suffered from sore or painful feet. Whether you've been standing all day working, or you're feeling it after a long run, here are some ways to get relief. Soak your feet. Fill a big bucket with hot water, sit in your favorite chair, relax with a good book, and let the heat ease your pain. Massage. Rub your feet, shins, and calves with moisturizing lotion. This will bring nourishing Read more
What's the Deal With: Plantar Fasciitis
Quite simply put, plantar fasciitis is an enemy of fitness. Once this problem truly starts, you need to stay away from high impact activities and that can be a serious bummer. It is an over use injury affecting the fascia, a type of connective tissue, on the bottom of your foot. Plantar fascia is a thick, fibrous band that runs from your heel bone to the base of your toes. When the fascia is Read more
How to Avoid Foot Pain Caused by Running
According to the website Cool Running your feet pound the ground some 800 times when running just a mile. That's a lot of pounding!!! So you want to be sure to take care of your feet, especially if you are new to running. Rookies tend to experience more shin splints, blisters ankle sprains and other injuries than veteran runners (but those veterans had to start somewhere, right?). Here are Read more
How to Keep Your Run Pain-Free
Sometimes, you start your run with the best intentions, only to be thwarted by recurring cramps and a headache that zaps all your energy. If you've experienced these nagging annoyances when you run, here are some tips for preventing pain and coping with it when it happens during your workout. Headache: Often, a pounding headache that comes on during a run is due to inadequate water intake. Your Read more
Keep Running: Prevent Plantar Fasciitis With These Tips
From pounding the pavement running to spending a day in fashionable shoes that lack proper support, feet take a beating. If you're training for a race this Spring and upping your mileage, it pays to show your peds some love. You can do some preventive prehab to avoid coming down with a case of plantar fasciitis. This painful condition, which can be common in new runners and affects women more Read more
Got Two Left Feet? Let Zumba Help You Find the Beat
We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Self here on FitSugar! If you're anything like me, Zumba has always held a certain allure, but the very idea of dancing in front of a roomful of people sounds about as appealing as doing my taxes or making a spur-of-the-moment appointment at the DMV. I'm not just painfully shy about busting a move but hopelessly uncoordinated in the Read more
