Bunions and my beautiful feet
Posted by Gaby Federal on Tue, Dec 22, 2009 @ 04:42 PM
Like many women, my first thing to do every morning was look in the mirror to assess my body. No matter how other body parts failed my scrutiny, I always looked at my feet last - because they were perfect! They carried me everywhere, and despite the load, they looked beautiful. No calluses, corns, blisters or ugly veins, not to mention hammertoes. I dreamt that I might become a foot model.
I did everything right to keep my feet healthy and pretty. I wore flat (but attractive)
shoes, had pedicures and my favorite: many foot massages & foot reflexology sessions.
To my surprise, despite all the care and attention, my feet changed when I turned 40. I developed a "bump" on the side of my feet and needed larger shoes. As a matter of fact, my shoe size seemed to continually increase, as did the bump. It didn't bother me at first, but when the balls of my feet started to hurt I knew I was in trouble. Hiking, one my favorite hobbies, became a painful event.
Even worse, one of the most painful results of the "bump" was - I had to give away the sexy and attractive shoes that I collected over the years, and the lack of exercise due to the foot pain led to even more middle age weight gain. My dream of becoming a model, even a foot model disappeared!
I felt I was on a downward spiral. I needed help - and I got it!
Out of the blue an old friend from Munich called and asked if I would introduce a new product from Germany to the U.S. market. I was interested. The new product was a patented and innovative splint that corrects the mal-positioning of the big toe/bunion or in medical terms, Hallux Valgus. After several weeks of research I found out that the "bump" on my feet was a bunion.
For several weeks the splint became my best friend - I wore it every night and a few hours during the day. And it paid off - the splint worked! I was able to start hiking and exercising again, free of pain!
I was so impressed with the splint that I became president of Alpha Orthotics Corp., and started to sell and distribute these German-engineered innovative orthotic products, beginning with Bunion Aid - the first hinged splint designed to correct painful bunions.
Maybe, my dream of becoming a foot model will come true after all!
Gaby