11 Common Types of Foot Problems and Treatments

You can prevent foot problems and quickly ensure wellbeing. Don’t wait until you have problems with your feet. A healthy and well-cared-for foot always aids relaxtion and fitness.

Make sure you read our blog about ” The 5 Golden Rules for Healthy Feet”

In the meantime, do you have some issues/concerns with your feet? The following are the most popular foot problems and we have some suggestions for you on Gehwol products that can help you with your foot treatment.

1 – Foot odour and/or sweaty feet/ foot perspiration – Sweaty, smelly feet are a problem for many people. However, effective treatments are available:

• Gehwol Fusskraft Green - This basic product deodorises, is kind to the skin, provides effective protection from athlete’s foot, and is therefor the ideal treatment for healthy feet.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Lotion - The refreshing, soothing spray softens hard skin, deodorises, does not leave behind a greasy film, and is ideal for freshening up in-between washes or for customers with limited mobility.
• Gehwol FootCream - aids in removing foot odour, excessive sweating, while strengthening the skin to make it more resistant to the cold.
• Fusskraft Blue – Foot perspiration is normalised and unpleasant foot odour is prevented.
• Gehwol Medicated Foot Deodorant Cream - Gehwol Med Deodorant Foot Cream contains a highly effective combination of manuka oil and activated zinc oxide for long-lasting eliminating of strong foot odour.
• Gehwol Caring Footdeo - refreshes, deodorizes, protects, cares for and freshens feet for the whole day.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Bath - has an intensive cleansing and deodorizing action.
• Gehwol Foot Bath – Gehwol’s Foot Bath counteracts sore, aching and sweaty feet.
• Gehwol Foot Powder – prevents foot odour while absorbing perspiration.

2 – For cold feet – Particularly in elderly men, cold feet are often associated with extremely dry skin on the feet: GEHWOL combines the effect of warth with beneficial moisturizing.

• Gehwol Fusskraft Warming Bath – A circulation-stimulating, invigorating bath with emollient ingrediants from palm kernel oil that protects from dehydration and is the ideal complement to Gehwol Fusskraft Red.
• Gehwol Warming Balm – Extracts of algae, paprika, ginger, essential oils of rosemary and lavender, as well as invigorating camphor, stimulate the circulation and product a pleasant feeling of warmth.
• Gehwol Fusskraft red – rich emollient cream. Warm the feet and provides very dry skin with rich moisturizing.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Red – light emollient cream. This cream, with its beneficial warming effect, is exactly the right one for dryness.
• Gehwol Bath Salt With Real Rosemary Oil – Stimulate circulation in the skin while invigorating your senses. These bath salts are good for diabetics or people with poor circulation.

3 – For Tired and Painful Feet. Do you work on your feet all day? Get home and your feet are painful and tired. Get the life back in your feet with the following treatment suggestions:

• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Lotion - Refreshing and skin conditioning spray to deodorize and help prevent perspiration, burning and itching feet.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Bath - A refreshing foot bath for tired, aching, burning and dry chapped feet.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Green - Normalizes foot perspiration.
• Gehwol Foot Cream EXTRA – Intensively cares for and fortifies worn-out feet.

4 – For tired and overworked feet - Legs need a great deal of movement to maintain their circulation at adequate levels. Alternating hot and cold baths and a skin oitment containing invigorating ingrediants are a recommended supplement.

• Gehwol Fusskraft Leg Vitality. Extracts of algae vitalise and tighten, while prized avocado oil improves the skin’s moisture-retaining properties.
• Gehwol Refreshing Balm - Gehwol’s Refreshing Balm is a natural peppermint oil and menthol balm that will refresh tired, burning and aching feet and legs.

5 – For protection from athlete’s foot and fungus. Athlete’s foot is one of the most common foot conditions, which is why carefully targetted prevention is particularly important.

• Gehwol Fusskraft Green. This basic moisturizer strengthens the skin on the feet, deodorises, prevents athlete’s foot and gives the feet lasting refreshment.
• Gehwol Med Deodorant Foot Cream – The tangy,skin-friendly manuka oil acts on bacteria and fungus and is particularly suitable for foot hygiene
• Gehwol Med Protective Nail/Skin Cream/Oil
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Lotion – contains a high proportion of essential oils of rosemary, mountain pine and lavender, as well as selected skin-care substances, deodorizes the feet and keeps them fit.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Bath - has urea to combat fungus
• Gehwol Foot Powder
• Gehwol Nagelmasse: Nail Compound – Nail Compound is used to treat torn and ingrown nails, nail walls and nails with fungal infections.

6 – For Burning and Aching Feet. Who hasn’t experienced it? After a long day on your feet, they burn and itch. Gehwol restores them with the following treatment products.

• Gehwol Fusskraft Mint. The cooling, refreshing foot oitment penetrates instantly, deodorises, and prevents athlete’s foot.
• Gehwol Refreshing Balm – Gehwol’s Refreshing Balm is a natural peppermint oil and menthol balm that will refresh tired, burning and aching feet and legs.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Lotion. The deodorizing lotion in the pump atomiser provides all-round care, softens hard skin, and is particularly convenient to use.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Bath - essential oils from mountain pine, rosemary, urea and lavender, which helps resolve many foot complaints.
• Gehwol Foot Bath – Gehwol’s Foot Bath counteracts sore, aching and sweaty feet.

7 – For dry feet and/or hard skin, cracks or fissures. The skin on the feet is particularly vulnerable to a lack of oils and water, and therefor needs intensive care that helps restore its softness and suppleness.

• Gehwol Fusskraft Blue. This oil-in-water emulsion-based emollient cream stregthens the skin on the feet with essential oils and makes dry skin soft and supple again.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Red – Rich emollient Cream. This warming cream with circulation-stimulating natural ingredients and rich moisturizing properties ensures warm, healthy feet.
• Gehwol Med Salve Ointment – Gehwol Med ointment provides caring for excessively dry, hard, rough and cracked skin.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Bath. This herbal bath beneficially and relaxingly softens hard skin, moisturizes rough, cracked feet, and prevents sweating and odour-development.

8 – Hard Skin & Calluses - Corns and calluses becoming hard, dry and troublesome? Soften and fix your feet up with these products…you’ll be happy that you have given yourself special treatment.

• Gehwol Med Salve for Cracked Skin. – With regular use, the skin regains its natural elasticity and resilience and is also protected.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Vigour Blue - A lubricating Balm for daily care of dry / chapped boot skin and skin cracks.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Lotion – Regular use softens hard skin.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Bath – Corns and calluses become thoroughly soft, skin becomes more elastic.
• Gehwol Foot Bath - Hard skin, calluses and corns are softened, while the skin is deeply cleansed and kept supple.

9 – Feet with Blisters. Who hasn’t had blisters and worn out feet at some point of their lives? Prevent yourself from getting calluses and relieve your worn out feet with plasters.

• Gehwol Foot Cream EXTRA - Intensively cares for and fortifies worn-out feet. Prevents overworked feet from getting calluses.
• Gehwol FootCream – Gehwol’s FootCream protects exhausted skin and prevents aching feet, sores, blisters and chafing.
• Gehwol’s Pressure Relieving Plasters are shaped plaster strips with a soft foam insert which alleviates tenderness caused by corns, blisters and pressure points.

10 – Feet with Brittle Nails. Not enough conditioning of your nail beds? Regain healthy nails back and promote nail growth.

• Gerlan Nail Care - Improves brittle and cracked nails, will promote nail growth.
• Gehwol Med Protective Nail/Skin Cream/Oil – Brittle and damaged nails regain a healthy sheen.

11 – Feet with corns and hammer toe. Corns can be quite painful and ugly. You need to soften up your feet and releive yourself.

• Gehwol Corn Tincture – Extra is extremely strong in aiding with the removal of corn and callus growth.
• Gehwol Corn Protection Pad - Gehwol’s Corn Protection Pad is a soft, shaped foam with loop to relieve painful pressure on corns located on the toes.
• Gehwol Pressure Relieving Plasters-Gehwol’s Pressure Relieving Plasters are shaped plaster strips with a soft foam insert which alleviates tenderness caused by corns, blisters and pressure points.
• Gehwol Protective Plasters - Gehwol’s Protective Plaster provide a soft moleskin fabric to relieve pressure on bunions and corns.
• Gehwol Toe Separators - To straighten overlapping, displaced or crooked toes. Troublesome soreness is prevented and the formation of corns between the toes is eliminated.
• Gehwol Hammer Toe Pad – Gehwol’s Hammer Toe Pad is a soft leather laminated foam pad with an adjustable strap on the back.
• Gehwol Fusskraft Krauterbad Herbal Bath Salts -
• Gehwol Fusskraft Herbal Lotion – A refreshing, cooling foot lotion, softens calluses, prevents itching between toes, eliminates foot odour and makes the skin smooth and supple.
• Gehwol Foot Bath - Hard skin, calluses and corns are softened, while the skin is deeply cleansed and kept supple.
• Gehwol Disinfectant Fluid - This fluid helps to reduce inflammation on ingrown toenails and soothes and softens nail folds with corns or calluses.
• Gehwol Med Nail Softener - Gehwol’s Med Nail Softener softens calluses quickly and painlessly.

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