Strengthen Your Feet And You’ll Live Longer - Fix Posture, Back Pain and Bunions

💬 If you improve your foot health and strength, you’ll not only fix back pain and bunions - you’ll increase your lifespan and improve your brain health!

⚡Most of us ignore our feet, squishing them into tight, cushioned shoes. But weak feet can cause problems throughout the body - and fixing them is easier than you think.

Dr Courtney Conley and Dr Jenifer Perez are the founders of Gait Happens - and experts in foot health. They join Dr Karan to share the top things you should start doing now.

🎧 Stay tuned to find out:

➡ Why back, hip and knee pain so often starts at the feet

➡︎ How to undo the damage of bunions and plantar fasciitis

➡︎ Why flat feet aren’t a death sentence

➡︎ Whether barefoot shoes are really worth your money

➡︎ Simple things parents can do to protect their kid’s feet

➡︎ Training and gadgets you can use for strong feet

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📕 Chapters

(0:00) Introduction - How foot strength affects your brain, lifespan and entire body

(2:13) What you’re doing to weaken your feet

(3:09) Why foot strength becomes increasingly important beyond 50

(5:54) How to fix bunions

(7:33) Why plantar fasciitis is so hard to get rid of

(10:38) What are the signs of a weak foot?

(14:00) How far up the chain do feet problems impact?

(16:36) Biggest mistakes people make when buying shoes

(21:50) Are barefoot/minimalist shoes worth it?

(26:36) Should you spend more time barefoot?

(28:10) Best ways to protect our children's feet

(32:32) Favourite daily foot strengthening exercises

(38:33) One thing anyone can start doing today

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