Diabetic Shoes
What follows is an article on how the proven techniques used in reflexology have been harvested and put to great use in the design of disbetic shoes.
Diabetic Shoes and Reflexology
Reflexology's main dictate is that each part of a person's body is intimately connected with all the rest. Different points of the foot are therefore related to different internal organs such as the heart, spleen, liver or kidneys. The body's system is joined together by nerves. These nerves traverse the entire body. Through the full knowledge of reflexology techniques, a person suffering with a headache can be cured simply by massaging a finger. Severe abdominal pain can be completely relieved by putting pressure on a toe. A fever can be brought down by kneading the palm. Pain or discomfort felt in one part of the body can be treated by manually stimulating the nerves in another part of the body.
Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic disease which affects the body's ability to fully metabolize sugar. When this happens, the buildup of glucose in the body can clog the nerves. As glucose is found in the blood and as blood is effectively aided in its movement around the body by the nerves, the debilitating effects of diabetes are far reaching. Circulatory problems can occur and as such can affect a variety of bodily functions and normal processes.
Diabetic patients generally resort to orthotics. These people try out a variety of equipments designed to help the body's circulatory processes in the hope that these will combat the effects of their diabetes. Among the huge variety of orthotic devices that are easily available for diabetic patients are diabetic footwear, in particular diabetic shoes.
Specially designed to assist blood circulation, diabetic shoes are built with custom-made soles which have inbuilt rubberized spikes. These special spikes are designed to massage the soles of the feet using tried and tested reflexology theories. By having this kind of sole stimulation, the body's blood circulation is known to improve tremendously.
Wearing diabetic shoes is similar to having a masseur armed with reflexology knowledge working on your body all the time that the diabetic shoes are being worn. All that the diabetic patient needs to do is walk around wearing the diabetic shoes and the inbuilt rubber spikes massaging the soles of the feet work their incredible magic.
It is often said that diabetic shoes are plain, boring or even ugly and posses no aesthetic value. This is quite untrue. Many diabetic shoes are designed to look extremely fashionable and good looking.
Diabetic shoes are not limited to certain makes or models. If you have a favourite pair or ordinary shoes, you do not have to throw them out. You can now purchase diabetic in-soles that you simply insert into your favorite shoes. These special diabetic in-soles are also embedded with the same rubberized spikes as custom made diabetic shoes. Again, these special spikes have been manufactured to carry out the reflexology through your feet. While walking normally, you'll be healing yourself with the diabetic in-soles in your shoes.
This is why diabetic shoes are so good for diabetes sufferers. Can you really do without them?
Terry Didcott
Diabetic Shoes