Ua aʻo mua wau e pili ana i nā mea hoʻokaʻawale wāwae ma o kaʻu hele ʻana i ke aumoe YouTube. I kekahi pō, hāʻule au i lalo i ka lua plantar fasciitis—nā wikiō o nā mea lapaʻau kino e lomilomi a/a i ʻole ke kuhikuhi ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau no ka pilikia wāwae maʻamau—e, ʻaʻole wau e hoʻohewa i kāu mea e nānā nei. Akā hoʻokahi wikiō i hopu i koʻu maka no ka mea ʻaʻole ia i haʻi i nā elixir maʻamau. Akā, ua lawe mai ia i koʻu manaʻo hoʻokaʻawale wāwae. Hmm. Māhele wāwae. E like me nā manamana wāwae āu e ʻaʻahu ai i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka pedicure akā ma nā steroids, kūpono nā mea hoʻokaʻawale wāwae ma waena o kou manamana wāwae, e hohola mālie iā lākou.
ʻO ka manaʻo, ʻo ka wāwae o ke kanaka ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia, e hāʻawi ana i ko mākou manamana wāwae i ka manawa e puka mai ai ka hōkū. Auē, ʻaʻole like ka ʻoihana hana i nā pahu manamana wāwae ākea. ʻO kāu sneaker maʻamau e paʻi i kou manamana wāwae, e hopena i ke ola o ka ʻeha wāwae (heluhelu: bunions, hammer toes, etc.). ʻO wau iho, manaʻo wau he wāwae ākea maoli a me nā makahiki o nā papa ballet me nā pahu wāwae haiki i hoʻopilikia maoli iaʻu. No laila, ʻo kahi hoʻopukapuka $30 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā kau pule o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā orthotics maʻamau i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka maikaʻi. Ua kauoha au i ka Yoga Toes a ua hōʻike lākou ma koʻu puka puka i ka lā aʻe.
ʻO Dara Katz
Hoʻomaka wau me nā minuke 15 i ʻōlelo ʻia, e kau ana i nā ʻano gel semi-squishy ma waena o koʻu manamana wāwae i ka wā e nānā ana i ka TV. ʻIke ʻia, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa iā lākou i loko o ka wai i mea e maʻalahi ai ka holo ʻana ma luna, akā palaualelo wau a maʻalahi hoʻi e kūlou i lalo, no laila ʻaʻole ia he pilikia. I loko o nā kau mua ʻelua, he ʻano ʻē ka manaʻo a ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Akā, i koʻu wehe ʻana iā lākou, ua hou koʻu mau wāwae. Ua iho ka pehu a nalowale ka ʻeha. Ua hoʻonui au i kaʻu mau yoga Toes i ka holoʻokoʻa Mea ola mau ʻāpana a poina aia lākou, akā i koʻu wehe ʻana iā lākou, hoʻomanaʻo pono wau i ke kumu aʻu i kau ai iā lākou ma kahi mua: e holoi i ka ʻeha i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i kēlā lā.
ʻAe, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou nā mea hana maikaʻi loa o ka honua - a ʻo ka mea gel e hōʻiliʻili i kahi lepo maikaʻi ʻole - he poʻe hana mana lākou. ʻAʻole wau he kauka, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke wehewehe i ke ʻano o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā manamana wāwae e hoʻomaha ai i ke koena o koʻu wāwae, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo. I kēia manawa, e ʻaʻahu pinepine au iā lākou-e noho ana ma kaʻu pākaukau a i ʻole ma hope o ka jogging. Ua pani piha anei ʻo Yoga Toes no ka podiatrist a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau kino? ʻAʻole paha. Akā i kēia manawa, hoʻopakele maoli lākou i koʻu mau wāwae.