Foot Care While Traveling: How to Avoid Tired and Swollen Feet?

Navigating a new city, walking for miles, or sitting on a plane for hours - discovering new places is an enjoyable adventure, but it often comes with physical discomfort, especially for our feet.

Tired and heavy sensations, swollen feet, dryness, and fungal infections are problems that unprepared travelers often face. Many of us simply perceive this as an accompanying phenomenon of travel, and foot health often remains secondary. But in reality, healthy and well-cared-for feet contribute to our energy and mood during a trip.

Why is Foot Care Important While Traveling?

1. During a trip, your feet are under the most strain - whether from standing for hours, walking for miles, or simply prolonged travel. This leads to a feeling of fatigue, swelling, and pain in the feet.
   

2. During long periods of sitting, for example, on a plane, train, or bus, venous blood circulation in the feet and legs slows down, which causes swelling and tightness. Along with this, the slowing of blood flow also increases the risk of venous thrombosis, which is another reason why we should not forget to periodically stretch and move our feet while traveling.

   
   

3. In addition, climatic changes - for example, dry air on a plane or a hot and humid environment in an exotic country - significantly affect the condition of the skin on your feet. For example:
   

   • Dry air can cause the skin to dry out, and lead to calluses and cracks.

   • In a humid and warm environment, the risk of developing fungal infections increases, especially between the toes.

   
   

How to Care for Your Feet While Traveling

Practical Tips

1. Hygiene

   Walking barefoot in the bathroom, at the pool, or in a hotel increases the risk of fungal infections. Avoid walking barefoot in common areas and, if necessary, use antibacterial wipes or spray.

   
   

2. Moisturize Your Feet Did you know that the air humidity on a plane is about 10-20%, which is about 2-3 times less than in a typical household environment (40-60%)? Accordingly, the skin dries out quickly under these conditions. For this very reason, dry, cracked feet and calluses are common after a flight. The solution is an effective moisturizer that deeply hydrates the skin and maintains moisture for a long time.

   
   

3. Foot Massage At the end of the day, a light massage soothes muscles and improves blood circulation. It is ideal to massage the area of your feet and heels with an effective moisturizer for a few minutes using circular motions.
   

4. Comfortable Footwear Choose lightweight, soft, and comfortable shoes that you have already worn in. Wearing rough and uncomfortable shoes can lead to calluses or sores on your feet.
   

5. Movement During Long Trips

   During long trips, regularly move your feet—make circular motions, wiggle your toes, or walk around on the plane. This helps activate blood circulation and reduces swelling and a feeling of heaviness.
   

If you want to prevent foot swelling, a feeling of fatigue, and dry skin from bothering you during your trip, there are special foot care products that will make you forget about these problems.

Euronaturals offers the innovative cream-mousse, Vinum C6, from the German brand Callusan - a unique formula specially created to relieve and prevent swelling, heaviness, and fatigue in the feet. Its active ingredients stimulate blood circulation in the veins, relieve the unpleasant feeling of heaviness, have an anti-inflammatory effect, and create a feeling of lightness and freshness.

In addition, the mousse texture is very light, thin, and airy. It is absorbed immediately upon application to the skin, has a natural, pleasant scent, does not clog pores, and does not make the skin greasy, which makes its use more comfortable.

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