How your feet can benefit from Epsom salts

Have a Foot Soak

Giving your feet a good soak is a great way to relieve tension and to help you relax. You can use warm water, but if it is a really hot day cold water is a good idea as it will help you to cool down. Giving your feet a good soak is a great time to exfoliate too by giving them a good rub after soaking. Always finish with a good foot cream to massage and moisturise your feet. Sometimes, you just need to take time to sit down, relax and unwind. Here are some foot soaking tips that you can try.

Immersing your feet in a tub of warm water, even without anything extra in it, is a nice way to relax after a long day. A foot soak soothes your muscles, hydrates your skin and can relieve aches and pains due to standing for hours or walking in uncomfortable shoes. Plus, letting your feet sit in their own bath can help reduce swelling and prevent bacteria from settling into blisters and cuts or under toe nails.

And while a little rough skin helps protect our feet, if you’re prone to developing thick calluses, softening them in a soak makes them easier to exfoliate—precisely the reason why most pedicures begin by submerging your feet into warm water.

Have you tried an Epsom Salt Foot Soak?

Epsom Salt foot bath

Epsom salt contains magnesium and sulfate and is a compound that can help flush toxins and heavy metals from your skin’s cells, reduce inflammation, increase circulation and ease muscle cramps and joint pain.
As your feet absorb the magnesium, pain-reducing ions are released, relaxing your muscles and nerves and helping them function properly by regulating your electrolyte levels. The sulfate targets any harmful substances that need to be eliminated from your body. Epsom salt can also get rid of bad food odours, help heal fungus or ingrown nails, and soothe dry skin.
You’ll find this healing salt at most drug stores and pharmacies. In a standard size foot tub, dissolve one cup of Epsom salt in warm water and soak your feet for 10 to 15 minutes.

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