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by Moira de Groot, foot health practitioner at Willow Brook Clinic
Check your feet
ur feet take the weight of our bodies and they are essential in enabling us to walk, run and stay mobile. However, most people tend to take their feet for granted until pain or problems, such as blisters or calluses, develop. Foot problems can quickly lead to discomfort and affect the way you walk. This can result in knee, hip and back pain. It is important to take good care of your feet and nails, ideally before problems arise. Many people have sore, aching and painful feet, but our feet shouldn’t hurt. It is usually our footwear to blame, but there could be other factors making your feet hurt. If you must wear heels at work, wear walking shoes to and from the office and your heels when you need them. Wear a different pair of shoes every day, varying the height of the heel between low, medium and high. If you must wear pointed or high heeled shoes for a special occasion, make sure that they are the best fit you can get and limit the time that you wear them for. Be careful of wearing flip-flops too often. They don’t provide much support and can lead to unwanted foot pain. Did you know that you have 26 bones and 33 joints in each foot? Each part of your foot relies on another to function properly and we need to make sure that we are taking care of them. Here is some advice to
help you look after your feet: • Wash them everyday • Dry them carefully, especially between your toes • Moisturise your feet, but not between your toes • Check your feet for injury or infection • Wear good quality socks • Make sure your shoes fit properly • Get corns and calluses treated • Keep your nails a good length Foot health professionals deal with all types of foot pain and discomfort, including children’s foot health. They are trained to look after nails and different types of nail conditions. If you check your eyes and check your teeth, you should check your feet! See a foot health professional if you have any concerns or you simply can’t reach your feet.
June 2017
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South Gloucestershire Council Waste and Recycling Roadshows An opportunity to find out more about the upcoming service changes and collect additional recycling boxes that you might require. Date
Event/Location
Time
Friday 9th June
Picnic in the Park, Jubilee Green, Bradley Stoke
9.30am - 2.30pm
Saturday 10th June
Community Festival, Jubilee Centre, Bradley Stoke
12pm-6pm (TBC)
Wednesday 14th June
Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke
10am - 4.30pm
Reactions on the Bradley Stoke Journal Facebook page Joanna K: So frustrating! Is going to cause such a confusion! Surely it’ll take months until people remember that we are to put plastic with cans now… Why change? They should be glad we’re doing the sorting for them. Adrian C: Very confusing. I haven’t got a clue what I can put out with what and I thought the smaller bins were being collected once a week! How can a council be so useless? Time to abolish the lot of them. Andy E: I don’t think the council could do anything more to put people off recycling if they tried. Keep changing the containers, sorting rules, valid items, and the collection days. Charge for collecting garden waste in an area where nearly everyone has a garden. And introduce restrictions at the recycling centres – and periodically change those too. Kim T: Get a grip people! Just put it in the right bag or box and put it out once a week. Nothing complicated about that.
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