SC PODIATRIST DISCUSSES SUMMER PROTECTION OF FEET

SUMMER IS HERE AND FOR MANY, THAT MEANS ITS TIME TO BREAK OUT THE SANDALS.  DR. JOSEPH MENN, PODIATRIST ADVISES TO PROTECT THEIR FEET.  HE SUGGESTS YOU APPLY SUNSCREEN EVERYTIME YOU ARE OUT IN THE SUN.  "PEOPLE OFTEN FORGET TO APPLY SUNSCREEN TO THEIR FEET OR THEY GO INTO THE OCEAN, WHICH WASHES OFF THE SUNSCREEN, AND THEN FORGET TO RE-APPLY IT TO THEIR FEET," SAYS PODIATRIST MENN.

HE ALSO SAYS YOU SHOULD APPLY MOISTURIZER TO YOUR FEET TO PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING DRY AND CRACKED.  "NORMALLY, CLOSED SHOES PROVIDE A MOIST ENVIROMENT IN THE SHOE AND SOCKS.  IN SUMMER, PEOPLE WEAR OPEN SHOES, WHICH ALLOW THE SKIN TO BE EXPOSED TO THE AIR." SAYS PODIATRIST MENN.

MOST TORONTO FOOT SPECIALISTS, INCLUDING TORONTO FOOT DOCTORS, TORONTO CHIROPODISTS AND TORONTO PODISTRISTS AGREE THAT THE USE OF SUNSCREEN TO EXPOSED AREAS OF SKIN ON THE FEET IS IMPORTANT.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND TORONTO CHIROPODIST, MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.

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