Don't Use The Wrong Shoes While Traveling, This Is The Risk

JAKARTA - Traveling or traveling outside the city or abroad, it is not uncommon for someone to walk a lot from one destination to another. Walking in a long time can affect the condition of the body.

Especially if in everyday life the person rarely walks. One part of the body that often affects walking too much is the plantar fascia or tissue that stretches under the feet, which connects the heel and toebones.

People who are not used to walking continue to walk, usually less than 5 thousand steps per day jadi 15 thousand or 20 thousand pas traveling. Those can be some conditions, yes, usually women have problems with the plantar, so they are sick," said Internal Medicine Specialist & Travel Health Expert Eka Hospital BSD, dr. Rudy Kurniawan, Sp.PD, MM, MARS, Dip.TH, Dip.SN, DCD, FRSPH, in Serpong, Tangerang area, on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

Doctor Rudy said that the planning part of fascia can be injured in the form of inflammation after traveling, one of which is due to an error in wearing shoes. If inflammation in the plantar fascia someone will feel pain in the heel of the leg.

"Because the shoes don't fit, muscle or the fascia medical language is inflammation," he said.

Thus, it is highly recommended to wear appropriate shoes when traveling. If traveling requires you to walk a lot, wear volume shoes or running shoes, so that the body's plantar part does not develop inflammation.

So apart from the problem of clothes, make sure the problem of shoes (during travel). Sometimes you want to wear heels, but that's for walking, you can't (not be advised). Always adjust the condition we walk with shoes. If you want to walk, you can wear volume or running shoes, if you want a new event to wear heels, so always adjust it," concluded Doctor Rudy.