📅  25 April 2025

How to take care of your feet!

Our feet, the base of our body is needing some proper attention soon. Sandals are coming out, the beach is calling, and feet will be exposed after a very long wintertime.  Feet need attention anytime of the year, but particularly now with the nice sunny weather coming.

Toenails often have issues, discoloured, thickened, or have a not so attractive look. This means you have a traumatised nail, due to a bacterial infection ( fungal nail ) or the cells of the toenail are making the shape look unattractive. There are ways to treat these issues, to prevent the bacterial nail problem going any further and keep them in a fairly better condition.

What I can do for thickened toenails is reduce the thickness with the podiatry masterspray machine, which will feel so much more comfortable and lighter in shoes. No more pressure, prevent on going issues like ingrown toenails. It’s a simple and pain-free procedure to file the nail in a more smooth natural looking shape. Still I advice to treat the nail with some natural products to create a more healthier nail. Feet and toenails are the ends of our body, which detox and eliminate our toxins, also the last part of our circulation is the most difficult part to treat when you choose to use medication. Toenail problems are often related to the gut, an imbalance in the microbiome, and is a build up of toxins.

A toenail infection can also be caused be an accident or trauma, by too narrow shoes, a constant pressure on the toenail ( sports) someone threading on your toe, which will lift the nail from the nail bed and disturb the bacterial balance.

For the ladies, It’s better to not paint your nails with polish during the treatment of the infection, which will suffocate the nail and will stop the effectiveness of the treatment. If you do, keep your nail polish exclusively to your toenails and put on a natural base coat that is treating bacterial nail issues, like the product from Akaleine, Onykoleine for treating discoloured toenails. ( can be purchased with me )

Products and natural remedies to prevent or help the nail to come back it’s natural state can be found in your natural health shop.

A list of remedies and products are:

Spilanthes tincture by A. Vogel, external and internally taken, for Athlete’s foot, nail fungus

Oregano oil topically, mixed with black seed oil

A blend of essential oils, like tea tree, lavender, orange, eucalyptus, cloves, rosemary, peppermint, like most essential oils have properties that are antibacterial, anti-fungal.

Aloe vera gel pure from the plant

On Guard blent oil by Doterra ( Doterra aroma practitioner , me )

Spirulina cream for nails ( with your foot care practitioner, me )

Foot powder by the Clay Cure for feet and shoes

Foot balm by Martina Gebhardt ( at your foot care practitioner ) holistic balm with basilica and tea tree oil

Professional Foot care  and nail products by Gehwol, Sixtus, Yavatop

Different products can be used in combination depending on your feet’s condition, or see your foot care practitioner for advice.

Book in your appointment for feet in time, don’t hide you feet in the sand!

Sofie