Everyday Foot Care

Feet get remarkably little attention until they start complaining. They carry you several thousand steps a day, spend most of that time shut inside a shoe, and generally get looked at only once something has gone wrong.

Our everyday foot care range covers the basics that keep problems from developing in the first place. Creams for dry skin, soaks for tired feet, and the practical bits and pieces that make a proper routine easy to keep up.

Have a browse below, or read our guide further down the page for what actually matters in looking after your feet.

Everyday Foot Care

A Daily Foot Care Routine That Takes Two Minutes

Foot care has a reputation for being fussy, which puts people off. In practice, the whole useful routine takes about two minutes and it prevents a good proportion of the problems we see.

Wash your feet properly, and dry them even more properly. The drying is the part people skip. The skin between the toes stays damp inside a shoe all day, and damp skin between the toes is where fungal infections take hold and where the skin softens and breaks down. Give each gap a proper go with the towel.

Moisturise, but not between the toes. Heels, soles and the tops of the feet benefit enormously from a cream, particularly one containing urea, which softens thickened skin rather than simply sitting on the surface. Between the toes is the one place you leave dry, since adding moisture there causes the very problem you are trying to avoid.

Look at your feet. Actually look, including the soles and between the toes. Most foot problems announce themselves visually well before they hurt, and a ten-second glance while you dry off is enough to catch a colour change, a patch of hard skin building, or a blister forming.

Change your socks daily and rotate your shoes. Shoes need a day to dry out properly between wears, and wearing the same pair every day is one of the commonest reasons fungal problems keep returning.

That is genuinely the whole routine. Everything else is dealing with a specific problem rather than general care.

Everyday Foot Care Essentials

  • Everyday Cushioning

    General insoles and pads for feet that simply get tired rather than having a specific problem. Often the difference between comfortable and aching by the end of a long day on hard floorsn

  • Socks and Liners

    Moisture-wicking socks keep feet drier than cotton, which holds sweat against the skin. A worthwhile change for anyone whose feet perspire, who is on their feet all day, or who walks any distance.

Finding the Right Range for Your Problem

If something specific is bothering you, general care will only take you so far. Here is where to look.

Pain under the ball of your foot, burning across the forefoot, or a feeling like walking on a pebble points toward our forefoot relief range. Pain underneath the heel, especially first thing in the morning, is covered in heel relief.

A bony bump at the base of the big toe that rubs against your shoe is a bunion, and our bunion relief range covers the sleeves and shields for that. Toes that crowd, overlap or press against one another need toe alignment, while toes rubbing against the shoe itself need toe protection.

Hard skin, corns and cracked heels are covered in corn and callus care. Blisters, or the hot spots that precede them, are in blister protection.

If your ankles swell, ache or give way, look at ankle support, and at compression support for heaviness and swelling that travels up the leg. For rebuilding strength after an injury, our rehabilitation equipment range covers the bands and balance tools that do that work.

If your feet ache generally and nothing above quite matches, orthotics and insoles is usually the right place to start, since most everyday foot fatigue comes down to how your foot is supported through each step.

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