Aging Feet – Yaseera Hajee Podiatry Can Improve Your Mobility
As we age so do our feet and we become prone to any one of over 300 foot ailments including common complaints such as hammer toes, bunions, ingrown or infected toenails, calluses and corns.
Although some ailments are inherited, the vast majority of foot conditions that our patients present with are impact related and rather than live with long lasting pain, Yaseera Hajee is able to treat the majority of these conditions, ensuring that our patients are able to continue to move around pain free.
One’s foot health often mirrors a person’s general health with diabetes, arthritis and circulatory diseases often affecting ones’ extremities.
A number of sensations or indeed loss of sensation can provide early indications to potential health problems down the road such as burning or tingling sensations, cold feet, numbness and a change of colour as well as brittle nails and dry skin. Any of these can point to more serious health problems down the road.
Basic Foot Care Will Keep You Mobile in Your Old Age
Aging often also brings with it excess weight and this often impacts our ligaments and bone structure. We also see age related heel conditions such as degradation of one’s fatty pads that provide cushioning to the bottom of our heels.
Rather than assuming that one’s foot size remains constant throughout one’s life, we strongly advise that older patients have their feet re-measured to ensure that they have not changed.
With basic foot care and the occasional visit to one’s podiatrist, mobility can be maintained as one ages.
Although ageing often affects one’s ability to clip one’s nails, it is important to maintain this routine. The care of your podiatrist should be sought in the event that one is unable to trim one’s nails due to poor eyesight, difficulty bending down or because of thickened toenails.