Courtney Conley

can also tie in with cognitive decline.

And so those are the things I think we can really pay attention to and do something, be proactive with.

Take your shoes off and put your foot on the ground.

Walk around barefoot in your house for five minutes.

I thought it was really interesting after COVID.

You saw a lot of articles come out saying, don't walk barefoot at home because everybody's getting heel pain.

And I was like, they're blaming the wrong problem.

It's not the shoe.

It's the fact that most people's feet are weak and they have poor mobility.

And now they went from zero to 100.

They went from always wearing shoes to never wearing shoes.

And the foot, like anywhere else, needs progressive loads.

We wouldn't squat 100 pounds one week and then 200 pounds the next week.

So it's this slow, progressive loading, and it's very impactful when it's done properly.

It's funny.

And many of my patients who have chronic foot pain, when they get out of bed in the morning, their foot goes into a slipper.

They'll often wear a recovery sandal.

Have you seen those?

There's a reason it's called a recovery sandal because when you wear it, it's to recover your body.

So after a marathon, for example.