Tired of Being Tired? Part One

Are you tired of being tired?

It is discouraging to not understand why you are tired all the time but one of the reasons may be because your feet are making you work harder all day long than is necessary.

An interesting study was conducted with women aged 18 to 38. The women found to have flat feet were fit with individually-designed arch supports which they wore for two weeks. It was found that their heart rates were significantly slower, their systolic blood pressure was lower, their oxygen consumption was lower (oxygen consumption is a reliable measure of the amount of work the body is performing), and the amount of energy they were expending to perform the same tasks they had been measured doing before wearing the arch supports was reduced. A control group for which no individually-designed arch supports were prescribed had no change in the recorded parameters.

An interesting finding which should be of great interest to people who exercise is that all the differences found in this study were more obvious when the women walked faster or on steeper inclines.

At Perry Hall Chiropractic and Physical Therapy custom-made, flexible orthotics are used to raise and support the arches of the feet to aid in therapy and reduce fatigue. So if you are tired of always being tired then you should consider what has been shown by research to be effective in helping you feel less tired all day long.