531: Fix Your Feet with Tea Nguyen
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Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Bunions, hammertoes, and the wide array of foot ailments can be easy to hide inside shoes, but that doesn’t make them easy to live with. What might start as achy feet can quickly turn into a real health challenge with cascading effects if you’re unable to stay active doing the things you love. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a podiatrist that takes a holistic approach to foot health.
Listen to Learn
- Why bunions happen and what to do about them
- When cosmetic vs. necessary surgeries make sense
- Why type II diabetes nerve damage puts your feet (and legs!) at risk
- Realistic recovery time if you need surgery
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Tea Nguyen is a podiatrist in private practice. She is the founder of Pacific Podiatry in Freedom, CA, and takes a whole person, holistic approach to foot health and healing.
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| 0:00.0 | I spoke with a friend of mine recently who was doing a really really long walk. He was |
| 0:07.6 | doing a commino de Santiago here in Spain and his plan was to walk about 30 kilometers per day |
| 0:14.7 | and I got really excited asking him about his energy bars and how much water he was packing |
| 0:20.0 | and all he would really talk about was his feet. He was saying the whole name of the game is |
| 0:24.8 | don't get blisters if you get blisters manage them well and that was really news to me. I didn't |
| 0:29.0 | realize how important foot care was as you walk further I assumed it was you know food and fuel |
| 0:33.9 | and and recovery but turns out lots of people can do 30 kilometers a day walking the question is |
| 0:39.6 | can your feet manage and that kind of loops me back to an ongoing inquiries that have come |
| 0:45.2 | into the podcast over the years which is about things like hammer toe and bunions and |
| 0:49.6 | corns and overlapping toes and all of the challenges that people have with their feet some of |
| 0:54.0 | which are cosmetic many of which lead to pain and unfortunately a lot of which keep people from |
| 0:59.2 | doing the things that they love like running and hiking and staying active on this week's podcast |
| 1:03.6 | we'll get into all of those and more with our guest who's a podiatrist if you're new here it's |
| 1:08.4 | the Lucas Rockwood show I'm a yoga teacher teacher trainer I'm a serial entrepreneur I'm a father |
| 1:13.4 | of three but first and foremost I'm a student I like to learn things so I go out and find people |
| 1:17.7 | doing research in this case working with feet and I try to bring their best work here so we can |
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