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Relieve Tired & Swollen Feet
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While most of you are too conscious about your face, did you ever
think that your feet also require some attention? Your feet are the
most used and abused part of your body. Right from the time you wake
up in the morning, to the time when you go back to bed at night,
your feet are constantly being used. Though most of us exploit our
feet to the maximum, we rarely bother of consciously resting or
relieving them. The result - extremely tired and swollen feet!! The
need to relax, revitalize and soothe the feet, after a long day of
standing, walking or wearing uncomfortable shoes, scores high on
many people's wish list. In the following lines, we have provided
some tips for getting relief from swollen and tired feet.
Tips To Relieve Tired & Swollen Feet
- The easiest way to get relief from tired and swollen feet
would be to dip them in a bucket of cold water. You can even
keep your feet under a cold-water tap.
- Another effective method would be to take cold drink cans
from the refrigerator and roll them over the feet. It will
provide relaxing effect, kicking away bouts of tiredness or
swollenness.
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- Place your feet on a pillow and rest for about twenty
minutes. Elevated feet helps in getting relief from tired and
swollen feet.
- Rubbing feet with peppermint oils and fragrant herbal oils
are effective in treating swollen feet. Massaging would improve
circulation, which in turn will reduce edema.
- This might come to you as a surprise but rolling a tennis
ball under your feet for several minutes is an effective way of
exercising the feet and treating tiredness.
- Take two buckets of hot and ice-cold water respectively.
Soak your feet first in the bucket of hot water (keep it as hot
as you can bare) for about 10 minutes. Thereafter, quickly
switch to the bucket containing ice cold water for about 30
seconds. Repeat the process several times a day.
- Mix 2 tsp of castor or jojoba, 3 drops of lavender essential
oil, 1 drop each of German chamomile essential oil and geranium
essential oil in a small bowl and massage gently into your feet.
Once you do this put your feet up for sometime. Wash your feet
with a mild soap and apply nourishing cream on your feet.
- Massaging from ginger essential oil is effective for
reducing swelling. Apart from alleviating pain and soothing
aches, it also improves circulation.
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