Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Crocs (CrocsRX) "Friends of CKPA" Program

Great news for all of you Crocs lovers!!! We have been working with Crocs, the maker of the CrocsRX brand that we offer at Central Kansas Podiatry Associates, and have developed a program that allows our patients and friends of the practice to order from a special website which waves the SHIPPING COSTS on all products ordered. We are excited to be able to offer this as an option to our patients and there friends. To access this site, go to www.ckpa.net, click on the Crocs Link and choose what you would like to order, and upon checkout, you will notice there is no cost for shipping. You can pick out any style and color of the CrocsRx as if you were directly in our office.

20 Good Tips for Living Healthy

1. Take a 10-30 minute "Thank you" walk every day. While you walk practice gratitude. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
3. Buy a TIVO, tape your late night shows and get more sleep - it's the ultimate energizer.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement: My purpose is to___________ today.
5. Live with the 3 E's. Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy.
6. Read more books than you did in 2009.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, qigong and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Do the "one thing" you have always wanted to do.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less foods that are manufactured in plants.
11. Mentor someone and be mentored by someone.
12. Engage in daily random acts of kindness.
13. Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing positive energy into your life.
14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.
18. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:
I am thankful for __________.
Today I accomplished____________.
19. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
20. Enjoy the ride. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy it.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Advice to High Heel Wearers

The doctors at CKPA offer the following advice to those who insist on wearing sky high heels. We suggest not wearing heels that are higher than 2 inches. It’s very difficult, not only on the foot, but the knees and low back. The way the shoes put pressure on the front part on your feet, it applies compression on your toes and irritation to the nerves in the toes.
The bones in the ball of the feet, called sesamoids, can be damaged or broken. Constant pressure on the feet can result in thickening of tissues around the nerves of the toes, called Morton’s Neuroma, causing pain, stinging or numbness in the toes.