MAY 2012 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 02 Website: www.magnamags.com E-mail: health@magnamags.com ON THE COVER CAN SURGERY CURE DIABETES?... 08 TENSION-FREE HOLIDAY... 18 GET PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO YOU.... 30 SHELLFISH MADE EASY... 44 STRESS YOURSELF HAPPY!... 52 PET THERAPY... 38 PUMP UP YOUR PECS!... 62 HAPPY FEET... 12 SONAKSHI S WEIGHT LOSS SECRETS... 84 52 How to Stress Yourself Happy Make productive use of anxiety and tension! 60 Happy Couples 56 In the Long Run How one man conquered asthma, obesity and sloth to become an extreme athlete 62 A Big Chestful 5 moves for an impressive set of pectorals 66 There s Something in the Air Mysterious infections you could pick up from the environment 80 Hear, Hear Continuing our series on bringing up healthy kids 23 Sleep Well Actor Preeti Jhangiani reveals her sleep secrets 12 Foot Work At last, help for your aching feet! 18 The Happy-Go-Healthy Traveller Smart strategies for a trouble-free holiday 30 Sound Effects How to get people to listen to you 38 Dog Days Are Here! Tips to keep your pets happy n healthy even in the sweltering heat 52 Psyche
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Remedies Foot Work How to choose your shoes wisely and wear them. It is not without reason that Socrates once said To him whose feet hurt, everything hurts. The feet are the foundation of the human body and any problem down there will be felt elsewhere in the body. The human foot was designed to walk on soft surfaces like earth, grass and sand. The price of civilization is that we re now forced to walk on hard surfaces like tiles, marble and concrete, which are pretty hard on our feet. When you walk it s the outer edge of your your body tries to roll the foot inward. The harder you hit on the outer edge, the more the foot rolls in. This inward rolling where the arches of the feet collapse is called pronation. The most common foot misalignments are excessive pronation (foot turning inward) and supination (foot turning outward). While some amount of pronation is vital One way of correcting foot alignment is being conscious of your walk. Always hit the ground... that s the way to go. to absorb the shock, it is estimated that more than 75% of the population suffer from excess pronation. The condition often disrupts normal knee function and hip alignment and increases forces on the lower back, leading to problems like and lower back pain; Achilles tendon, tibial stress (shin pain). Standing on harder surfaces for too long has somewhat the same effect as walking on a hard surface. You may not be able to see the excess pronation with your naked eye, but if your shoe tends to slide inward that s a clue. If your shoes don t provide the necessary support to your feet to offset the impact of walking and daily wear n tear, they can aggravate all the above problems. What s more they may even prevent the essential range of movements in your foot. That s why you should never compromise when selecting your foot wear. Your overall well being depends on how comfortable you are in your shoes. But before you go out shopping, you need to know the anatomy of your feet.
TEST YOUR ARCH Do this quick wet test to determine the shape of your foot and your arch type. Here s how: Thoroughly wet the bottoms of your bare feet, then step onto a paper bag or a piece of heavy, colored paper. At le 1 If your arch is high walk, you re likely to land on the outsides of your feet without rolling inward (known to podiatrists as underpronation or supination). This can lead to plantar fasciitis, tendonitis, and knee problems, if you pick unsupportive or noncushioned shoes. You may also notice that the soles of your old shoes are worn down along the outsides. Luckily, you ll have fewer problems than people High Sampath Kumar, General Manager and arch foot expert at Dr. Scholl s, India. Shoe rules: You need neutral-cushioned shoes. Look for curved, C-shaped soles and squeeze the heel areas your ideal shoes should feel stiff, not mushy like the look for cushioning under the balls of the feet and a small heel lift. High arches tend to turn normal/neutral so do the wet test periodically to select appropriate footwear. 2 If your arch is normal your feet will feel comfy with shoes that provide moderate arch support. You have the most common foot type and are considered a normal pronator. Shoe rules: Look for semicurved soles, and stick with the types of shoes that have been comfortable for you in the past. Avoid the extremes: Skip superhigh you can either roll up in a ball or not bend at all. 3 If your arch is low or overpronate, when you walk. area or heel or ankle or sometimes even in the knee or lower back. This could happen due to age, excessive strain (e.g. running or walking long distances) or even standing for long periods of time. You probably wear out your shoes on the area closest to the insides of your feet. Shoe rules: You need shoes that offer good arch support to prevent any rolling; Normal arch Low arch Try orthotic footwear (see box elsewhere in the article) which will help align the feet properly and ensure that the fallen arches are lifted. Shoes that are labeled motion control and stability are the best kind for your type of foot, says Kumar.