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Celebrity Drive: 'Shark Tank' Investor Robert Herjavec
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Quick Stats: Robert Herjavec businessman/host, ABC's "Shark Tank"
Daily Driver: 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography (Robert's rating: 10 on a scale of 1 to 10)
Other cars: Ferrari LaFerrari, Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, others
Favorite road trip: Toronto to Vancouver
Car he learned to drive in: Chevy Caprice station wagon
First car bought: Mazda RX-7
While all the judges/investors on ABC's venture-capital show "Shark Tank" are business-savvy and make for engaging television, Robert Herjavec is the only one who's a real car enthusiast and racer.
Herjavec's daily driver is a 2014 Range Rover Autobiography, which he rates a perfect 10. Every car he has in his collection, he sayd, serves a difference purpose. "It depends. For me, if I'm just driving to get somewhere, it's just transportation. I'm a big car guy, but I like to drive cars when we drive. Going to work or going for business, I don't really honestly even notice the car. It's just transportation. It's a great car. It's fantastic."
He calls the Range Rover the ultimate SUV. "I think it's the perfect blend of luxury and performance and style," he says. "I used to have a Cadillac Escalade, which is a great car, but it was too big,"
Herjavec spoke to Motor Trend about some favorites in his collection, which includes the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta and LaFerrari.
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta
Rating: 20
Herjavec drives his Berlinetta whenever he has the time. "I have a few cars, I have a 1958 Porsche 356, but it's for fun. Some people go play golf and some people go to a movie, if I have some spare time, I go for a drive. "
There is nothing Herjavec dislikes about the Berlinetta. "It's probably the best Ferrari all-around. It's powerful, you can drive it everyday, it's big. To me, it's probably the best front-engine car Ferrari's made. I've had a lot of Ferraris and they've really changed," he says. "It's become a luxurious car, and a well-made car. It used to be a finicky car, but today it's a really well-made car."
1958 Porsche 356
Rating: 10
"It's the ultimate California car, the James Dean car. Nothing better than driving [the Pacific Coast Highway] with the top down in that car," Herjavec laughs, as he rates the car a perfect 10. "I've had it for a while. It's a great car. It's a lot of fun to drive, but it is a 60-year-old car, so I don't drive it that often, because I love to drive and it's a 60 year old car. It's just an occasion to it. "
2011 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe
Rating: 10
Herjavec has a convertible Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe, which he thinks is either a 2011 or 2012 . He says it's a big car, but still a lot of fun, and it's one of those cars that is driven when there is an occasion to it. He adds it's "surprisingly powerful for such a large car and surprisingly sporty. To me it's the ultimate Rolls- Royce. "
It's also a perfect 10. "I don't have a car that I don't love," Herjavec says. "If I don't love it, I sell it. I used to have a Bentley GT, and I thought it was a great car, but didn't love it. Didn't love the design. I think the new ones are great, so I ended up selling that one. If I have a car, it's because I really love it for what it does, because every car is different."
Herjavec said he used to worry about which car to drive on certain occasions and where to drive them. And now, it's more about which he car he feels like driving.
"I drive it whenever I want, whenever the mood hits me, if it's a nice day. It's a great convertible," he says. "It's a little difficult to drive with the top up, because it has a big blind spot, but on a nice day, it's fantastic."
Car he learned to drive in
Herjavec grew up in Toronto, where he learned to drive in a Chevrolet Caprice station wagon in the late 1970s. He got his license as soon as he was allowed, and passed with very little practice.
"We had a bunch of cars," he says. " I really wanted to drive, but I didn't spend a lot of time with my dad driving me around. There were a couple of lessons here and there. We didn't go for driver training then, just a couple of lessons and then go out there and do it," he recalls. "I passed the first time, it was fantastic."
Herjavec wanted a driver's license because he liked cars even back then. "I didn't have a car, I didn't have to go anywhere, it's not like my parents let me drive a car. I just really loved cars and it's just such a sense of freedom to be able to have your license," he says. "Getting a car was a whole other thing. "
First car bought
Herjavec was around 20 when he bought his first car, a used manual-transmission Mazda RX-7 with a rotary engine. "I think it was 12 or 14 years old, horrible gold color, but fantastic car," he says. "Those cars didn't do well, they didn't sell well. So you could buy a used one for not very much money."
He paid for it with money he made from various jobs. "I always worked, I just wanted the freedom. I had every job. I was a waiter, I swept floors, I loaded trucks, anything I could do to make money," Herjavec says.
Favorite road trip
One of Herjavec's favorite road trips was when he moved from Toronto, where he was running a computer business, to Vancouver. The company needed to open an office in western Canada, which is why he was sent.
"I drove from Toronto through the northern United States over to Vancouver. It was incredible, it took almost a week," he says. "Just me and a Nissan ZX, white with a red interior, and every personal belonging I had in the world, and I headed out to Vancouver for a job. To go from Toronto to Vancouver, the fastest route is actually partly through Canada and partly through the United States. It was very cool."
Herjavec Group Racing
Herjavec races in the Ferrari Challenge North America series. This is his second time racing cars, after his first try 20 years ago in open-wheel Formula Vee..
"It was great until I had a really bad accident in Mont-Tremblant. I got launched off the racetrack into a tree. I didn't get hurt but the car was basically a write off. So I took that as a sign to get out of racing," he recounts. "But then, about four years ago, I thought it was a great way to provide some marketing exposure and a customer experience event for our customers and I love cars, so I went back to racing and we use it as a big marketing thing and been doing it for about four years now."
Herjavec says racing can be a marketing option for many companies. "I think if you look at most racing, there's a lot of logos on those cars. Someone's paying for that," he says.
Herjavec enjoys racing as well as the business aspect it offers, so he's continued doing it beyond that first year. "I love it, but it's a great tool of our customers and we compete against very large companies, IBM, and people like that," he says. "So you're not going to see a CEO of IBM in a racecar, but you get to see me in a racecar, which is kind of cool."
This has been a different experience than his first time two decades ago. "It's faster, it's more competitive, but I'm better at it, and it's just a different level, everything gets bigger, more competitive," Herjavec says.
He spends the bulk of his time in the States and the UK. His Herjavec Group cyber security business is expanding out there, where the market has been growing. "We've been in Canada for 10 years, but most of our growth is now coming from the United States and Europe and so I'm spending a lot of my time in growing the company," he says.
ABC's "Shark Tank" Season 7 Fridays 9 p.m.
Season 7 of "Shark Tank" premieres next Friday and airs from Sept until May. When we spoke to Herjavec, he was in the middle of filming for the new season.
"We only film 17 days for the entire season. But they're long days, and we get 30 shows out of that. It's pretty good," he says. "The show's been here for six years, we've all had great investments that we've done very well with. I've done very well with a product called ChordBuddy and Tipsy Elves.The show's made a lot of success from a lot of different businesses."
Herjavec was on the same show in Canada called "Dragons' Den," before he helped launch the American version. "It's the exact same show, Sony owns the show and it runs in about 30 countries across the world," he says. "It started in Japan, it runs in Europe and all over the world and Kevin (O'Leary) and I did the Canadian version of the show for six seasons, and it's still on in Canada. And then we came to the States to do it here."
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Its frosty air makes warm breath turn to a slight translucent haze; continuous sound echo's around the glossy polished tiling covering the whole bathroom.
Being night only reflections from the window lightens the room, making silhouettes. Broken mirror shattered sharp like knifes over the floor, picks up rays which dance along the window sill, moist air made it seem like a shower had been taken, letting off a putrid smell, as though something was withering away in the corner and had been forgotten about. The shower curtain lay half hanging on the shower hook, plastic and slashed as though someone grabbed it to support themselves which they were falling.
It reminds me of the movie psycho the scene of the bathroom, the door pushed slowly open, a hand reaching up and the grasp of the shower curtain, the pure horror on her face, knife slashing.
The tap dripping is an outburst of sound stabbing the silence in the atmosphere creating a mind- driving insane sound, bringing peace when the drips stop.
My hands where sweaty, deep down inside I was afraid, the way the door, continued to stare at me, its dark, driven insanity laughing at me, like it was going to lead me into a dreaded place that I dared not to enter.
Night is so horrifying, it makes everything you question uncertain, it unravels until you think it's something more, and believe it, fear it.
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Imagine this: This holiday season you spend your time enjoying your family, making memories and finally feeling like you got it right.
Imagine this: You see the perfect Christmas present for your grandmother but it's in July. Not to worry, you have a savings account for that. So, you buy it. Things keep happening like this and before you know it, you've got all of your list shopped & wrapped, and you haven't even put the tree up yet. What's more: you have no credit card debt to pay off in January. Most people go into debt over Christmas. Not you. You are able to be generous because you know exactly where the money is coming from.
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1. Brainstorm.
Yes, you'll first brainstorm what you really what the perfect Christmas is like for you and your family. You might even call a family meeting. Ask:
- What is the meaning of Christmas?
- How do you want to feel this holiday seaons?
- What are the things that make it special, make memories?
- What are everyone's favorite things about Christmas?
- What makes it not feel the things you answered in question 2?
This doesn't have to be long and drawn out, but you might find yourself shocked when the answers from your family are the least expensive things. Now that you've got that straight, we can plan your time and budget.
2. Plan & Prioritize.
Interestingly enough, the reason for the season had this to say:
The way we can relate this to our subject is to figure out exactly what our tower (the holiday season) costs before we begin. For our purposes, we're talking time & money. Gift giving, parties, decorations and such all cost money. It's time to see how much. List everything you think you want to spend your time or your money on out on your worksheet or a piece of paper.
Now you're going to prioritize. Your time is precious and it's one of the first things to get claimed with endless parties, activities and attractions this time of year. We're willing to bet you did not answer "rushed" or "busy" in question 2 above. So, you've got to plan your time and plan to not give it all away. You may choose to do fewer things than you wrote out. That's okay! Keep your mind on your vision for the season.
Likewise, your budget may be a little higher than you want. So, prioritize what matters most and cut what you can if you need to.
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This part is "easy." You need to find the cash to make your holiday season happen. Fret not if that seems impossible, Step 4 is for you to implement beginning in January so that next year this is a breeze. However, if you're in the position where you need to fund a lot with a month or two, it's time to look at the numbers and figure out exactly what you can fund with cash. Get creative!
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Tony and Grammy Award-winner Billy Porter continues Philadelphia Theatre Company's new Theatre Masters Series on March 23 at 7:00 PM at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets). Porter will be joined in conversation by theatre historian and author John Kenrick. Launched as part of PTC's celebration of its 40th Anniversary season, Theatre Masters offers an array of Monday night on-stage interviews with major theatre artists with whom PTC has worked, each sharing personal journeys of transformation and creative growth over time and how it has impacted both art and life. The series, which launched February 16 with a sold out house for Bill Irwin, concludes with Anna Deavere Smith on May 11.
Tickets are available at philatheatreco.org or by phone at 215.985.0420 and range from $5 for enrolled college students to $25 for the general public.
A composer, actor, playwright, and director, Billy Porter is a master of stage, television, and film. As a director, he comes to PTC having just directed The Colored Museum at Huntington Theatre. He conceived and directed Being Alive based on the music of Stephen Sondheim which PTC produced to inaugurate the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. His other directing credits include Once on this Island at Reprise Theatre Company, for which he won a NAACP Theatre Award for Best Direction of a Musical, as well as a critically acclaimed production of The Wiz. He recently won the 2013 Drama Desk and Tony Awards for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots. Other Broadway acting credits include Miss Saigon, Five Guys Named Moe, Grease, Smokey Joe's Café, and the 20th Anniversary Broadway concert of Dreamgirls. His one-man show, Ghetto Superstar: The Man That I Am, was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award, and he won critical acclaim as Belize in the 20th Anniversary revival of Angels in America at New York City's Signature Theatre. As a playwright, his play While I Yet Live recently received its world premiere at Primary Stages with a cast including S. Epatha Merkerson and Lillias White.
Author, teacher, and theatre historian John Kenrick has been featured on A&E's Biography, BBC TV and Radio, The Discovery Travel Channel, and National Public Radio as an expert on Theatre. Kenrick has made a career of illuminating the art of performance to audiences with his series "Musical Conversations" at Manhattan's York Theatre, and "Theater Chats" at The Sutton Place Synagogue. He is also the creator of Musicals101.com, an educational resource celebrating the history of stage and screen musicals.
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A block from where I live sits one of those ubiquitous Subway sandwich stores. A block away in another direction is Submarine Express, a small privately owned sandwich shop that's been in the community for many years. Both seem to be doing okay.
Why doesn't the Subway franchise with its familiar brand name and advertising clout overwhelm the mom-and-pop competitor? It's because the little place makes meatier, tastier sandwiches. Plus, a visit to the tiny shack usually scores an added bonus of pleasant conversation with an owner as opposed to mumbles from sullen kids with pins sticking out of their faces.
It's just one of many examples of little businesses thriving in the land of giants. When you delve into this, a surprising phenomenon comes into focus. It's not only that little businesses can hold their own against huge competitors, it appears that the presence of a formidable company in a marketplace can actually give a boost to smaller competitors. Subway's advertising whets peoples' appetite for sub sandwiches. That's half the marketing battle. Once that's done all Submarine Express has to do is convince people its sandwiches are better.
According to a Time magazine article, the number of independent coffee shops rose from 8,200 in 1999 to 8,800 in 2002, despite Starbucks popping up everywhere. The power of the Starbucks brand seems to be a tide that lifts all coffee shops. Coffee used to be a breakfast staple thrown in by restaurants virtually at cost. Starbucks has made it an end unto itself and trained people to pay three and a half bucks for a cup.
Likewise, you can still find a lot of neighborhood pet shops despite the dominance of Petco and PetsMart. Same with little bookstores amid behemoths like Borders, Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks and amazon.com.
Last month we named New York City's Davis & Warshow Wholesaler of the Year. D & W operates eight successful plumbing showrooms in the NYC area, despite plentiful competition. President Frank Finkel had an interesting observation about a nearby Home Expo store that he didn't regard as competition. "Home Depot and Lowe's have helped create demand," said Finkel. He's right. They stimulate interest in remodeling projects. From there it's simply a matter of hitching a ride on the brand name's bandwagon by better meeting customer needs.
Storefronts on Main Street tend to go vacant after a Wal-Mart moves into town. That may be due to lack of business acumen by most mom-and-pop owners. You don't need much marketing savvy when you're the only one in town supplying certain products or services. If the owners thought things through, they just might find a way to compete by filling a niche or doing something better than Wal-Mart. Or, simply capitalize on the convenience factor.
It's interesting that the likes of Home Depot and Borders have gone retrograde in developing smaller scale stores. They found out that neighborhood hardware stores and book dealers retain not just charm, but have some marketing advantages over big companies. Home Depot is a great place to shop for bulky home improvement materials, but its size and bustle make it a hassle to patronize if you just need a box of nails. A little bookstore can specialize in an oddball category the big chains might find unprofitable. A favorite ploy of independent book dealers is to host book discussion groups, whose members wouldn't think of buying books from anyone else.
Roll-up consolidation has failed in the PHCP industry and many others largely because the consolidators overrated the advantages of sheer size. A small local firm competing against a national chain doesn't really need to climb Mt. Everest, just hop over one of its lower ridges. That's because he's not really competing against a billion-dollar business. He's only bumping up against a branch operation whose volume may be a little more and sometimes less than his own. The local operation may enjoy some competitive advantages in purchasing and other areas, but it also likely has more corporate overhead and rigamarole to deal with. No matter what its size, a company that knows the market and its players is likely to hold its own against the giants.
Small businesses face a lot of problems. The labor market and government regulation are among the most onerous, in large measure because they are beyond the control of business owners. Beating the competition is very much within everyone's control, and thus ought to rank very low on the list of problems that cause business owners to lose sleep.
Competition is good for everyone in business. Competition makes us better at whatever it is we do for a living.


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12 common Hair Mistakes you should stop doing right now
Healthy hair is what makes us confident in the crowd. It feels good when someone praise you for beautiful healthy and glossy hair, isn't it?
And, we really pay attention to our natural hair. However, we accidentally develop few hair habits that are not so good on our hair.
It's easier to handle our natural hair on some days while others are complete struggle with hair loss. It happens with all, either in mild or severe case.
Furthermore, quite possible that hair is not the problem, in fact, some hair mistakes we're doing, assuming to be for healthy hair, are the culprit.
Though it can be any underlying medical condition or hair disorder, when it comes to hair care, unknowingly you do the things that can damage your hair.
Wonder if you're the one doing the things that can trigger hair problems? Look to the common hair mistakes you should stop doing right now for healthy hair:
Washing your hair everyday
It's good to wash your hair regularly. However, shampooing hair everyday is a bad idea though.
Washing hair daily can strip away the natural oils and proteins of your scalp that are responsible for locking hydration and keeps hair healthy.
Shampooing daily only leave the scalp and hair follicles dry and dull, leading dry hair and more prone to breakage.
Instead, better to wash your hair 2 to 3 times a week. This will lock the moisturizer in hair shafts for healthy and nourished hair.
Or, if you still find it sweaty in head after workout, just rinse it with water, not shampoo, and that too alternate day!
You do shampoo without conditioner in wrong manner
While shampoo removed dirt and oil from the hair, conditioner moisturize hair and help with detangling.
Simply washing your hair with shampoo and not doing conditioning is one of the common hair mistakes. This will only make your hair dry.
Conditioner is must after shampoo for the healthy growth of the old and long hair.
Additionally, it's also very important where you apply conditioner. Do you apply it from root to end? Well, that's the wrong method I should say.
Conditioners are meant to be moisturized older and long hair, not the scalp. Your scalp is already moisturized with new hair. It doesn't need extra.
If you do so, you'll lose more hair and goodness of hair follicles. Instead, the right way to apply conditioner is from mid-length to tip of the hair.
Also, choose the herbal mild shampoo with as much as less chemicals. Harsh chemicals in shampoo can damage your hair by thinning it and making it greasy.
Roughly towel drying wet hair
Be gentle with your hair. Don't be harsh, please! Roughly towel drying wet hair only makes them frizzy and dead.
Rubbing your hair with towel can cause too much friction and lead to breakage. In worst cases, it may also create tangles in hair.
Let your hair dry in natural breeze. Otherwise, use a cotton cloth or Aquis hair towel to pamper you hair while drying them.
Brushing wet hair
This is what I was doing with my hair. And the result is, more hair loss. In fact, it is really a common sense that a hairbrush and wet hair shouldn't go with each other.
Wet hair is more elastic and weak than dry hair. By combing wet hair you'll end up losing more hair than you struggled for.
Though you can use detangle brushes for wet hair, I recommend only fingers to detangle wet hair, even dry hair.
I am detangling my hair with my fingers and once they become dry in natural air, I simply use wide-tooth comb.
Washing hair with hot water
The only thing we feel good in winter is hot showers, I know. But, your hair will suffer if the water is too much hot.
How? Let me explain.
The heat of hot water leads to rough structure and even you may lose the natural texture of your hair. Too much hot water can damage the hair roots and disturbs the pH levels of your scalp.
Besides this, lukewarm water instead opens up the clogged pores and remove any dirt and excess oil from the scalp.
Though, too much hot water is indeed does the damage.
Styling products you always choose
Do you always step out with your hair straight? Then probably you are not loving your hair at that degree.
If you ask me, the heat of hot water and styling products are equally damaging if used more than often.
Never forget to use heat protector before you blow dry or straighten your hair. Using styling tools once in a while is OK, but your hair hates the regular usage of them.
In fact, I would suggest just go with your natural looking hair, it's nothing wrong with it.
Combing hair often, almost every 2 hours!
This is one of the reason why your hair falls out too much. I have seen many girls combing hair very often, in fact, almost every 2 hours! Doesn't that too many times a day?
Exactly. Have you ever wonder why your brush has many hairs in it always? Because you're brushing your hair in a wrong way.
Brushing your hair every hour will only make the hair roots weak and result to a great hair fall. Make a habit to brush it only 2-3 times a day, not more than that.
Furthermore, start combing hair from mid-way, and not from the root. Remove tiny knots slowly from mid to end, then start from top.
The reason is, when you start from the root, it makes tiny knots at the end worse and you'll lose whole bunch of hair knot.
Keep tight hairstyles for long time
When ponytails and braids are on trend now with quick and easy fixing methods, how someone would not go for it?
It makes sense that you feel comfortable in that, especially in hot summer days, your hair still need breathing.
Wearing your hair too tightly can make the hair foundation very weak. Constant tweaking and hair band constraint can pull the scalp, making it weak and damaged.
Try out some lose hairstyles. Also, keep your hair free when at home. Remember, your hair need some time to relax for healthy growth.
You skip hair oil massage and healthy diet
We always feed our stomach when it's hungry, so with our hair too. Oil massage is like feeding our hair roots for shiny, smooth and healthy hair.
People often does this type of hair mistakes by not giving enough oil massage to their scalp for healthy hair growth.
If you're shaking your head to avoid hair oil massage, I fear if you really get a long healthy hair.
Let some warm oil seep into your scalp for the better hair growth. A gentle warm oil massage every week keeps your hair smooth and nourished.
You don't have to keep it overnight; 2-3 hours are enough for oiling of your hair!
Another important factor is healthy diet. Eating healthy can nourish your body from inside because oils can only do the effect from outside.
So, make sure you attain both!
Avoid Hair spa is what you think
I was always thinking why even I have to go to parlor and that too for hair? later on, I realized why.
We usually avoid pampering our hair while focusing on face and body. Your hair struggles a lot through daily sun rays, sweat and pollution.
You're the only one damaging your hair by not showing some extra care for it. Get your hair spa done in salon every month for healthy and glossy hair.
After all, allowing you hair to be nourished and moisturized with hair spa isn't a bad idea though.
You don't go for haircut
Yeah, I understand about your love for long hair. In fact, that's really fine. I also want long healthy hair. But, do you know your hair starts getting split ends after certain length?
That's true. Similarly, picking out split ends does the more damage than good. It makes your hair more open to new split ends.
Go for haircut to avoid split ends and damaged tips. Initially, this may not look like a great idea, but once you trim your hair once in every 6 months, you'll notice the change.
The hair will become healthier than you have it earlier. And, yes, I am not saying for short haircut, but even the basic at the tips will do the magic.
Not protecting your hair when out in sun rays
We mostly focus on skin care in summer and forget that our hair are equally important to be protected from harsh UV rays of sun.
Summer means heat waves of sun rays and, we now know how much heat is horrible for healthy hair.
So, next time whenever you plan a day in the scorching sun, keep in mind to apply sunscreen to your scalp and hair or cover your hair with a hat.
As these hair mistakes may not seems harmful right now, you'll punish yourself later for applying all of them to your hair.
Beautiful, healthy and strong hair is everyone's dream. But for that, you have to stop few hair habits that damage the natural texture of your hair.
Take care of your natural beautiful hair ladies and gentlemen, you would not like to regret later for your own hair mistakes.
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Back to Journals » Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology » Volume 8
Dietary water affects human skin hydration and biomechanics
Authors Palma L, Tavares Marques L, Bujan J , Monteiro Rodrigues L
Received 17 April 2015
Accepted for publication 21 May 2015
Published 3 August 2015 Volume 2015:8 Pages 413—421
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S86822
Checked for plagiarism Yes
Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 2
Editor who approved publication: Dr Jeffrey Weinberg
Lídia Palma,1 Liliana Tavares Marques,1 Julia Bujan,2,3 Luís Monteiro Rodrigues1,4
1CBIOS – Research Center for Health Science and Technologies, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal; 2Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; 3CIBER-BBN, Madrid, España, Spain; 4Department of Pharmacological Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Abstract: It is generally assumed that dietary water might be beneficial for the health, especially in dermatological (age preventing) terms. The present study was designed to quantify the impact of dietary water on major indicators of skin physiology. A total of 49 healthy females (mean 24.5±4.3 years) were selected and characterized in terms of their dietary daily habits, especially focused in water consumption, by a Food Frequency Questionnaire. This allowed two groups to be set – Group 1 consuming less than 3,200 mL/day (n=38), and Group 2 consuming more than 3,200 mL/day (n=11). Approximately 2 L of water were added to the daily diet of Group 2 individuals for 1 month to quantify the impact of this surplus in their skin physiology. Measurements involving epidermal superficial and deep hydration, transepidermal water loss, and several biomechanical descriptors were taken at day 0 (T0), 15 (T1), and 30 (T2) in several anatomical sites (face, upper limb, and leg). This stress test (2 L/day for 30 days) significantly modified superficial and deep skin hydration, especially in Group 1. The same impact was registered with the most relevant biomechanical descriptors. Thus, in this study, it is clear that higher water inputs in regular diet might positively impact normal skin physiology, in particular in those individuals with lower daily water consumptions.
Keywords: dietary water, water consume, skin hydration, TEWL, skin biomechanics
Water is a large component of the human body and plays a key role in normal physiological balance. This general concept has been widely explored by the food/beverage market to cultivate the idea that an increase of water intake in our diet might act as a health (and antiage) promotor. Regarding skin health, this association between water and better (skin) performance has been widely accepted, although not clearly demonstrated.1–3
Water is the main component of cells and tissues, a major element of body fluid compartments,4 and represents 75% and 60% (from birth and in adults, respectively) of body's composition. It is an essential nutrient with unique properties as a solvent for ionic compounds and solutes5 and acts as a carrier with a central role in cell homeostasis.6,7 Water is the environment in which all transport systems work.8 It helps in maintaining body volume (intracellular and extracellular),9,10 which is essential to prevent dehydration, a potentially life-threatening condition.11 The water in the body also plays an important role in thermoregulation10 and acts as a lubricant and shock absorbent.10
Several studies have suggested that the amount of water supplied by regular food and beverages, including the water produced by the cellular metabolism, is not sufficient to meet the body's daily water requirements,10,12–14 even considering the very effective neuroendocrine osmoreflexes regulating thirst and voluntary water ingestion.13–15 Unlike other essential nutrients, daily recommendations for water consumption are often disregarded, and a clear definition of the daily water requirement needs does not exist. However, there are some indicative recommendations. The "Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010" report15 establishes as adequate water intake 3.7 and 2.7 L/day for men and women, respectively, between 19 and 30 years old, while the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) indicates dietary reference values of 2.0 and 2.5 L of water per day for women and men, respectively.16
Regarding human skin's physiology, cutaneous water content is known to play an important role in different skin functions, such as the water "barrier" function or the "envelope" function, and water deficiency is associated with several dermatological dysfunctions.17–19 Nevertheless, a direct relationship between these properties and regular dietary water consumption have not been clearly demonstrated, and only very few publications have addressed this theme.20,21
In this study, a validated Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) was used to measure the total water intake in a population, ie, the water they drink, the water content of the dietary nutrients, and the water produced by regular metabolism.22 In this way, a relationship between some cutaneous functions and water ingestion could be measured in order to look deeper into the impact of dietary water on normal skin physiology.
Material and methods
A convenience sample of 49 healthy female volunteers, aged between 22 and 34 (24.5±4.3) years was selected. The effects of gender on normal physiology, including the skin are known.22–26 So, this research compromise was intended to reduce the gender-related variability. The selection of volunteers took place after informed written consent was obtained, in accordance with previously established inclusion criteria. The methodologies used fully complied with all ethical standards set by the Declaration of Helsinki and its amendments,27 and were previously approved by the institution's ethical commission.
Experimental design
The population's water consumption pattern involved all contributions accounting for the total amount of water consumed. The measurement instrument was an FFQ, which was previously validated to the Portuguese population.22
Volunteers were grouped according to their total water consumption, which corresponded to the sum of drinking water (DrW), water from the dietary nutrients (DiW), and water produced by metabolism (MeW).22 Two groups with different total daily water consumptions were identified by cluster analysis (see the following section) as Group 1, corresponding to a total water consumption lower than 3,200 mL/day (n=38), and Group 2, corresponding to a water total consumption higher than 3,200 mL/day (n=11). The groups were stratified by the total water consumption over the preceding 4 weeks, with ratings on day 0 (T0), on day 15 (T1), and on day 30 (T2). Volunteers were then asked to supplement their normal diet with a fixed daily amount of water for 4 weeks in order to establish the impact of this surplus on their normal skin physiology. A mean value of 2,000 mL water/day was adopted as the reference surplus, based on the dietary reference values for women from EFSA.16
To quantify skin functions, measurements took place after full acclimation to room conditions by volunteers (temperature and humidity 21°C±1°C, 45%±5%, respectively) for a period of approximately 20 minutes. All evaluations were conducted in the absence of heat sources and forced convection, according to previously published recommendations.23 Five anatomical sites were measured – face (zygomatic and forehead), arm (ventral forearm and hand), and leg (external face). BMI (body mass index) and blood pressure were controlled throughout the study in order to identify potential changes in weight and hemodynamics. The BMI was measured by the Quetelet's formula, while hemodynamics were monitored by blood pressure and heart rate measurements.
The epidermal "barrier" function was assessed by the transepidermal water loss (TEWL) measurement, obtained with the Tewameter TM 300 (CK Electronics, Cologne, Germany), expressed in g/m2/h, and by the epidermal hydration measured by the MoistureMeter SC and Moisturemeter D (Delphin Technology D, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) system, expressed in AU (arbitrary units). The "envelope" function was assessed by the Cutometer CM 575 system (in mm) from CK Technologies. The utility descriptors chosen were extensibility (Uf), the ability of the skin to return to its original state (Uf – Ua), total elasticity (Ua/Uf, including pulse stretching and recovery), elastic function (Ur/Ue), and viscoelasticity (Uv/Ue).24,28,29
Statistical analysis (descriptive and comparative) was performed using the SPSS version 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) software. The cluster's analysis, which is based on a hierarchic model that groups similar "objects", allowed to identify a group of individuals consuming less than 3,200 mL/day (n=38) as Group 1, and another group of individuals consuming more than 3,200 mL/day (n=11), as Group 2. The analysis of variance generalized linear model, the sphericity test of Mauchly, and the Levene test were applied to both groups. The goal was to test the homogeneity of these populations. So, we confirmed that variance of endpoint variables for these two groups were similar and that the data distribution was narrow, tending to normal. Post hoc multiple comparisons were performed using the Bonferroni test, a suitably robust method to control errors in handling.30 Variables were also compared by the Spearman correlation coefficient. A confidence level of 95% was adopted. Due to the population homogeneity of age, age correction was not regarded as necessary.
Results and discussion
The water consumption pattern was crucial to assess the impact of dietary water on the cutaneous physiology within this population. Previous results have drawn attention to the importance of DiW in quantitative terms, representing more than 50% of the total water related to diet.1,21,31 DiW includes water from food, juices and soup, and in accordance with those results, our FFQ detected that DiW contributed 57.2% of the total water accounted within these patients' diets, stressing the need to consider all sources of water input to calculate the total water consumption (Figure 1).
Figure 1 Contributions of DrW, MeW, and DiW to total water intake.
Results obtained from both groups having different daily water consumptions revealed no relevant changes regarding epidermal barrier and TEWL. As shown in Table 1, we found a progressive decreasing gradient from the face, the highest (forehead and zygomatic area), to the forearm and leg, where the lowest values were recorded in both groups. This is in accord with the known expected anatomical and functional variation.32–35 Thus, our methodology did not significantly change the epidermal barrier in both groups. Regarding epidermal hydration, however, a dramatically different reality was registered, with a consistent improvement of superficial and deep hydration in both groups, although with different magnitudes (Table 2). In fact, changes observed in the group with lower initial water consumption (Group 1) were significantly greater and present in all anatomical areas, relative to the (reduced) impact observed in Group 2. Similar results were previously reported in individuals with dry skin, leading the authors to suggest that increasing the dietary water intake would affect the skin the same way as a topical moisturizer.2 In our current study, impact on epidermal hydration was consistently noticed in both surface and deep hydration variables, which may signify that more water is available for the normal physiological processes (Table 2). These effects are especially detectable in Group 1, from T1 forward.
In order to look further into the impact of this dietary water overload on the skin's physiology, we also assessed the so-called "envelope" function. Skin hydration has been related to skin mechanics to justify preservation of a younger, healthier looking skin. Dermal water was reported to decrease the friction between fibers, acting as a "lubricant", including in the upper layers, thus facilitating the dynamics of the overall structure.26,36 However, a direct relationship between skin hydration and biomechanics has not been clearly demonstrated.37–39
Biomechanical descriptors such as maximum extensibility (Uf), the ability to return to the original state (Uf – Ua), total elasticity (Ua/Uf), elastic function (Ur/Ue), and the viscoelastic ratio (Uv/Ue) were chosen as the most relevant, in accordance to several authors40,41 and because they have been referred as the most useful to detect improvements in the plasticity of skin41–45 (Table 3). As mentioned previously, our experimental methodology did impact skin biomechanics in both groups with different magnitudes, and statistically significant evidence of biomechanical changes could be found in Group 1 (Table 3). Total extensibility (Uf) significantly improved in all body areas except the face after the 2 weeks of the test. By the end of the study, these improvements were still present in all the tested regions, with significant differences present in the leg, forearm, hand, and in the forehead (Table 3). Similar impact was registered for the ability of the skin to return to its original state (Uf – Ua), which significantly increased after the 2 weeks (T1) and 4 weeks (T2) of the water surplus in all the tested areas, except the zygomatic region in the face. This consistent increase of Uf and Uf – Ua throughout the study seems to be related with the highest amount of water available in the epidermis of these volunteers, facilitating deformation and recovery after stress, as has been previously suggested.25,46 The evolution of the other ratios are more difficult to follow. Total elasticity (Ua/Uf) was significantly reduced in all tested areas except the zygomatic, especially in T2, and this reflects a higher impact of the water surplus on skin extensibility (Table 3) rather than in the elastic recovery (Ua). The elastic function Ur/Ue and viscoelasticity (Uv/Ue) do not follow this pattern. However, these descriptors are closely age-related, thus they depend primarily on the dermal components whose contribution(s) cannot be specifically quantified with these methods.28,40,47,48 A decrease in the viscoelasticity index has been reported after regular long-term use of topical moisturizers.26,43
We have finally analyzed a potential relationship between the most relevant descriptors representing epidermal hydration and biomechanics. In fact, many of the factors that modify skin mechanical properties have been identified, but relationships between epidermal structure and these characteristics are still insufficiently documented. Although suggested for many years,49 experimental evidence is still recent (although rare), and are frequently obtained from other perspectives.50–52 Moreover, the in vivo approach is particularly difficult, considering the close relationship between cutaneous tissues and the poor discriminative capacity of currently available technology. Recent results from a three-layer computational skin model53 and from a new dynamic mechanical device,54 both assessing mechanical properties of skin under different conditions, suggested that the epidermis, the statum corneum in particular, and different factors such as hydration, do influence skin mechanical properties in vivo as well.
After calculating a confidence range for each anatomical area, our data was tested by the Spearman correlation coefficient, a well-known determinant for these properties.41,45 In this way, an estimated interval allowed a mean value calculation for each variable in the face, upper limb (forearm and hand), and leg in both groups. As shown in Table 4, clear, consistent relationships between epidermal hydration and biomechanical descriptors could not be found under the present experimental conditions. Nevertheless, significant relationships are nearly absent in both groups at T0. The water stress test seems to contribute to the significant relationships found, especially at T2 and in particular within Group 1. The progressive reduction of these relationships from the face to the leg areas should also be mentioned (Table 4). More sensitive, discriminative technology may be a key aspect behind this apparent absence of differential data.
The clinical relevance of this approach should be strongly emphasized in specific conditions where the correction of skin water balance by strategies other than pharmacological might dramatically improve the patient's quality of life. This particularly may be the case for the elderly or obese, for whom dry skin is a consistent compliant.
The present methodology allowed, for the first time, an objective clinical approach to study the effects of dietary water on normal skin physiology. These results seem to confirm that higher water inputs in one's regular diet might positively impact normal skin physiology, as expressed by its hydration and biomechanical behavior, and in particular in those individuals with lower daily water consumptions.
The authors thanks all patients enrolled in the study, and Carla Monteiro and Osvaldo Santos for statistical support.
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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Madison St. from 17th to 18th-
Meals on Wheels will hold the Great
Pumpkin Race, Saturday, October 26, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
from 17th to 18th will be closed.
will have restrictions from Monroe to Jefferson.
Greene St. Bridge- A project to increase the life of the Greene Street
Bridge over the Spokane River is under way. There are
lane restrictions on the bridge and Greene Street between South Riverton
Avenue and Upriver Drive. The work will improve its load rating,
allowing larger trucks and loads to use the bridge. The project includes
installing fiber-reinforced polymer to the bridge deck and floor beams.
Main Ave. West of Monroe St.- Main Avenue, just west of
Monroe Street is closed until November 1 for
sewer line repair work. Vehicles must enter
the Peaceful Valley neighborhood from the west. The sidewalks along Main
are open, allowing for pedestrians and cyclists to access Peaceful Valley
from downtown on Main.
Crestline Rehabilitation Project- This project to
replace the water main in Crestline from 37th to 57th
avenues is substantially complete. It also rehabilitated the street curb-to-curb rehabilitation from 44th
to 53rd avenues; and added bike lanes, sidewalks and stormwater swales
along the 44th to 53rd avenue stretch.
Rockwood Blvd. Rehabilitation- Paving
continues on the project to rehabilitate Rockwood Blvd. from Cowley to Southeast Blvd. The project is expected to be substantially complete in the next
two weeks, weather permitting.
Traffic Calming Work- Work on a variety of improvements to promote traffic calming throughout the City is underway and continues through the end of October. The following streets are affected:
Illinois – Signs
and striping
Mission, Cook and
Regal – Ramps and striping
Manito Boulevard
and 29th – Ramps and striping
from Bernard to Browne – Sidewalks
Maple from 8th
to 9th – Bumpouts
Adams Street from
Montgomery to Mansfield – Sidewalks and ADA ramps
Horizon Avenue
and F Street – Sidewalks and ADA ramps
Maple Street from
Chelan to Fairview – Sidewalks and ADA ramps
Ash Street from
Fairview to Cleveland – Sidewalks and ADA ramps
Liberty St. Construction-
Construction to
rehabilitate Liberty from Oak Street to Ash Place and Ash Place from Liberty to
Dalton is beginning. The road is closed with local access only.
Downtown Bike Network lanes. Trail construction will occur on Fourth
Street from Division to McClellan. Expect shoulder and
partial lane closures as needed.
Post Street near
City Hall will close for Avista work
on City Hall Plaza and new crossing work between City Hall Plaza and Riverfront
Park. Crews will use this closure to work on sidewalks at the southwest
corner of the Post Street bridge, a new Centennial Trail connection into
Riverfront Park, additional sidewalk work on the west side of Post Street and
for the re-striping of Post street.
project will pave Fiske Street from 19th to 17th avenues, install curbs,
sidewalks and ADA curb ramps, where needed, and replace current or
install new stormwater drainage, where needed. The project will place pavement between the existing curbs on
Fiske from 17th to 18th and install new curbs and
sidewalks, and pave on Fiske from 18th to 19th. Fiske is closed between 17th Street and 19th
Ave.from Division east to Arthur continues. Paving is complete,
crews are working on sidewalks, signing, striping, and general
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main with a 30-inch water main in Euclid Avenue. The new main will begin
at Euclid & Mayfair and continue to Crestline, with a jog to the north
around Gonzaga Prep High School.
through mid-November for sidewalk improvements. Drivers
are redirected via Evergreen or Progress.
lane each direction through October for island, curb and
sidewalk construction.
maintenance work on the bridge deck. Signs will redirect traffic to
Schafer Rd.
lane each direction through November.
mid-November for sidewalk updates and improvements.
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to as late as 3 p.m., eastbound I-90 between Thor Street and Sprague Avenue
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26, from about 9 p.m. until as late as 7 a.m. on Sunday morning, eastbound
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for slow traffic and possible congestion.
October 24, until as late at 5:30 p.m., westbound SR 290 will be reduced to
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experience slow traffic.
roadway and resurface with Hot Mix Asphalt. Construct ADA sidewalk ramps.
Intersection Improvements- Today, Thursday October 24th until as late as 3 p.m. the contractor
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this month or early in November. The striping will occur mostly within the
existing work zones but will also include the intersections of Francis / Market
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timeframe. This will create long backups, delays, and for 20 – 30 minutes
all through movements at the Francis / Freya intersection (except westbound
Francis) will be prohibited while the dotted extension line dries. Traffic
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northbound and/or southbound lane restrictions. Northbound US 195 is
reduced to one lane in the vicinity of Cheney-Spokane Road. That
restriction may be removed when the barrier is taken out. The northbound
left turn lane remains closed. Northbound drivers need to use Qualchan
Road to access Cheney-Spokane Road. Northbound drivers should be alert
for possible congestion and slowing traffic. The southbound off ramp to
Cheney-Spokane Road is now closed so drivers will need to be alert for
southbound highway traffic slowing to make right turns into Cheney-Spokane
Road. This is a long-term construction configuration. The US 195/Inland Empire Way intersection is closed.
Inland Empire Way traffic is directed to the Thorpe Road intersection.
This is a permanent closure to accommodate the new northbound Cheney-Spokane
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Mavor, Michael B.
CliffsNotes on Fielding's Joseph Andrews
Ordinarily a moralist writer, in this novel Fielding creates a comedy of romance, by superimposing the positive act of the imagination on the raw material of the real world. It is ultimately both instructive and entertaining. Here Fielding parodies his own previous novels in this story of a young man resisting the many attempts to seduce him.
- Author(s)
- Mavor, Michael B.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2001
- Language
- en
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- Category
- Litterary Studies
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4 million Southern California jobs may be at risk because of coronavirus, report finds
Southern California faces a dire economic outlook over the next two years, with high unemployment rates expected to linger through 2021 and many more jobs at risk than unemployment data may suggest, according to two new reports.
Consultants at McKinsey & Co., who have been exploring the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on jobs and economies globally, conducted an analysis this week focused on Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. They looked at how social-distancing requirements and reduced demand are likely to affect workers across 800 different occupations and dozens of industries.
The results were staggering.
In Los Angeles County, McKinsey classified 1.8 million jobs as "vulnerable," describing not only workers who have lost their jobs but also those at risk of being placed on unpaid leave, having their hours or wages cut or otherwise seeing their incomes reduced. That would be 40% of all jobs in the county, where officials estimate that around 1 million residents have filed for unemployment.
"The jobs at risk are larger than the current number of people reported as having claimed unemployment benefits," said Tim Ward, managing partner of McKinsey's Southern California office.
Add in several other counties, and close to 4 million jobs are vulnerable across the region, the consulting firm's analysis found.
Depending on how effectively the coronavirus is contained, the jobs at risk in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties could account for nearly 50% of food services employment, 41% of arts and entertainment jobs and 17% of retail employment. The worst effects could be felt in the Latino community, where McKinsey determined that 46% of all jobs are vulnerable to COVID-19.
The Southern California Assn. of Governments concluded in a report last week that the economic pain is just beginning.
The government planning agency projected an annual unemployment rate of nearly 20% this year for the six-county region that includes Los Angeles, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. Perhaps even more worryingly, SCAG's analysis projected that Southern California's unemployment rate would still exceed 12% next year.
The agency projected that Imperial County, where residents already experience some of the state's highest poverty levels, will see unemployment of 26% in 2021, up from 18% last year. Los Angeles County, by contrast, is pegged for a 12% jobless rate in 2021.
"Even with some uncertainty over how all of this will play out, our analysis suggests that the pandemic's economic impacts will be severe and long lasting. Understanding this now, and identifying which sectors will be hardest hit, allows us to better plan for the recovery," SCAG president Bill Jahn, a Big Bear Lake city council member, said in a news release accompanying the report.
Restaurants and clothing stores are likely to suffer some of the biggest economic hits, with sales in those industries through the end of 2021 down as much as 65% and 57%, respectively, compared to 2019, SCAG's analysis concluded. Government revenues across the six counties are also expected to plummet, with taxable sales falling as much as $264 billion during 2020 and 2021.


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Fray (2016/2020) by Laurie San Martin
for violin, viola, and cello
World premiere; Earplay commission
in three movements
Last spring, while listening to Terrie, Ellen and Thalia read through undergraduate compositions, I felt a pang of nostalgia. I had worked closely with these three musicians while co-directing the Empyrean Ensemble from 2001-2009. So when Ellen approached me a few weeks later about writing a piece for Earplay, I was delighted for the opportunity. I even had old sketches that I had created in years past for a playful piece that would juxtapose three distinct personalities. These past few months turned out to be a challenging time for getting any kind of work done, including writing music. I stole some time away from my internet browser, however, and gradually pieced together this project. It turned into something much darker and more amorphous than what I had intended. Fray is in three brief movements. Without giving too much away, I would say that that this piece is about exploring disparate moments, sounds, and ideas, and investigating what direction these fragmentary shreds of music might take. Many of the loose ends from the first two movements come together in the last movement. However, not everything is resolved. There is a sense of the stitching being left loose at the end of the piece.
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A bunion is essentially a partial dislocation of the great (big) toe at its base joint that progressively worsens over time. The end of the big toe slowly dislocates further and further towards the smaller toes while the end of the first metatarsal (at the base of the toe) becomes more protuberant. This creates an obvious bump on the inside of the foot.
You will most likely notice a bump forming long before you experience pain. And, ignoring changes in the feet is a big mistake – it is always easier to prevent a foot condition than to treat one. However, most of us often choose to continue the same foot care habits despite the negative effects they have on our feet. Eventually, what may have seemed like a simple cosmetic issue ends up causing daily pain.
In addition to the visible bump on the side of the foot, there are also other signs you should look for whenever bunions are a concern. Check the list below:
Therefore, the best way to prevent bunion pain and further inflammation is to opt for the right shoes and socks. You should always look for shoes with a wide toe box, wide instep, and soft soles that have a smooth surface in the bunion area. This preventative measure should, of course, be coupled with close supervision from a podiatrist.
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There are easy, effective changes that you can make to prevent this deformity from progressing, and bunion expert foot and ankle doctors are also here to help you. So, you should schedule an evaluation to learn about your unique foot structure and conservative treatments that will slow the development of this condition.
Doing so will help us build an effective treatment plan personalized to fit your specific situation.
Understanding your arch type is invaluable when purchasing shoes, because all footwear is not created equal – high arches, flat feet, and neutral arches each require a specific type of shoe to provide the best support and weight distribution. We may also recommend a custom orthotic to assist in this area.
Based on the results of your examination, some conservative treatments may be recommended, such as:
Although these methods won't permanently realign the joint (since they don't fundamentally change the structure of your feet), they can diminish or altogether eliminate painful symptoms.
Choose shoes with a wide toe box and make sure to have your feet measured. Many people forget that their feet spread with age, and they continue to wear the same size year after year. Shoes that are too small, too tight, and too pointy will cause pain and encourage the progression of this condition.
Keep in mind that you don't want your foot moving too much within the shoe as this may cause rubbing of the bunion. However, it should be wide enough to fit comfortably. Shoes made from stretchy material are often more comfortable.
If you suspect you have developed a bunion, you should seek medical treatment before the situation gets out of hand – when bunions are treated from an early stage, it will be much simpler to take the necessary treatment steps for both you and your doctor.
While new shoes and prescription orthotics are a start, bunion splints can be another effective option. Using a combination of cushioning and strapping, we are able to reposition the foot for proper weight distribution. This relieves pain and strain on the affected joint.
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