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Share Before you close this window, healthy yoga poses for your feet do not require standing on your head or bending over backwards- in fact, it can be as easy as just standing. Standing poses are fantastic for reviving energy in the feet, strengthening muscles, and adapting feet to healthy positions that will in turn benefit the rest of [...]

Share June is such an exciting time of the year because it brings the first day of summer and it’s also Great Outdoors month, which means endless opportunities for fun and healthy activities in warm weather.  Great Outdoors month and the summer season provide perfect opportunities for friends, families and communities to join together and [...]

Share An Italian, a German and a Frenchman went hiking. The Italian says “I am tired and thirsty, I must have a glass of Chianti”. The German says “I am tired and thirsty, I must have a glass of beer”. The Frenchman says “I am tired and thirsty, I must have diabetes.” All jokes aside, diabetes [...]

Share HealthyFeetStore.com has added three new foot care products from Pro-Tec Athletics: the Ankle Sleeve, the Support for Achilles Tendonitis Treatment, and the Gel Force Ankle Support.  Like most items from Pro-Tec Athletics, these foot care products offer support, comfort and injury prevention.  They’re designed to minimize discomfort all while providing the right features so [...]

Share There are two things that occur in the month of June: Summer begins and dads are honored across the country on Father’s Day.  Normally, this combination is the perfect recipe for fun in the sun.  How could these two things be a bad thing since both events usually bring friends and family together for [...]

Share When we think of poolside safety, the first thing that comes to mind for most is a lifeguard shouting “Walk!” as kids chase each other around the perimeter of the pool with oversized inflatable animals and foam noodles. However, diabetics need to follow their own set of safety rules this summer to maintain foot [...]

Share Flat Feet (also known as fallen arches, pes planus, collapsed arches, and pronation of the foot) is a common condition affecting nearly 25% of the world’s population, foot health and comfort. Flat Feet is caused by multiple factors, both inherited and acquired; including pregnancy, obesity, wearing shoes with insufficient arch support, walking for long periods [...]

Share Wound care shoes play an important role in the treatment and prevention of diabetic foot ulcers and lesions of the foot.  There are various types of wound care shoes available but they all pretty much do the same thing: they off-load pressure or redistribute weight away from areas of the foot that have wounds, [...]

Share So it’s the month of May and a lot of us are already thinking about spending time outside to enjoy everything that the sun has to offer.  Summer is almost here, which means planning many outdoor excursions at the beach and attending many poolside parties with friends.  But our skin pays the price for [...]

Share For the majority of us, going about our business on a daily basis usually includes activities that require us to walk from one place to another, and as we do this we typically don’t think about our feet.  We tend to  forget about them even though they’re constantly taking a beating as we run, [...]