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Adult flatfoot
Adult flatfoot
If your arches are flat and the feet point outward, you have flat feet. Oftentimes the bones on the middle of the foot may touch the ground when you walk. If you have pain in the heel, arch, or ankle, you may have painful flat feet and need to be seen by a podiatrist for relief.
Flatfeet or fallen arches is when the arch on the inside of the feet flattens and the entire sole of the foot touches th...
Smelly feet
Smelly feet
A common and vexing foot problem that is often not spoken of is sweaty feet, which when left untreated leads to a smelly foot odor. This is also affectionately called "Toe Jam". Have you ever shaken hands with or touched the feet of a friend or family member and it is wet from sweat? Well, they may have hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating of the feet. It's slightly more common in m...
Caring for working feet
Caring for working feet
Your feet bear the brunt of your daily working life. The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the earth in a lifetime and each step can exert up to two times your body weight in ground reactive forces through your lower limbs. Prolonged standing, walking, operating machinery, high heels, carrying heavy objects and slippery surfaces are just some of the dangers the feet are expo...
Preparing your feet to survive the holidays
Preparing your feet to survive the holidays
Christmas may be past, and all the shopping has been done, but you still have to protect your feet, because we're still doing lots of walking, and even sometimes running. In addition, it is time for lots of standing, while cooking, attending parties, church and even Junkanoo. Most people, especially women will be wearing new shoes during these activities and all these reasons can add up to painful...
Bahamas Waste makes donation to All Saints Camp
Bahamas Waste makes donation to All Saints Camp
In the spirit of Christmas and spreading the holiday cheer, the management and staff of Bahamas Waste made a donation of non-perishable food items to the All Saints Camp in recognition of World Aids Day.
The All Saints Camp, located off Carmichael Road, is a refuge for men, women and children diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and currently has 60 residents.
Ernestine Lloyd, human resources manager at Baham...
70 years of working for the same company
70 years of working for the same company
COMMITTED, loyal and hard-working are just a few words used to describe Pat Higgs, who, at 84, is still an employee of Rubins, the clothing and shoe retail company for which she has worked for 70 years this month.
Is there life after leather?
Is there life after leather?
OPTIONS FOR SEATING SURFACES do not generally extend beyond leather, a leather lookalike, some sort of utilitarian twill fabric or, if you happen to be in the market for a used Oldsmobile, button-tufted velour.
Adult flat foot
Adult flat foot
If your arches are flat and the feet point outward, you have flat feet. If you have pain in the heel, arch or ankle, you may have painful flat feet and need to be seen by a podiatrist for relief.
Back pain and your feet
Back pain and your feet
Have you had lower back pain or have you ever said your back is killing you? Have you considered that the source of your pain could actually be your feet?
Put on shoes of righteousness, and go out and make a difference
"Moses, Moses draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground." - Exodus 3: 4-5