What are the advantages and disadvantages of walking barefoot

Have you ever paid attention to the advantages and disadvantages of walking barefoot? In fact, walking barefoot can effectively enhance the baby's sensory stimulation, and can bring certain benefits to her learning to walk and the development of her feet. However, it is easy to cause some fungal infections, or cause skin keratinization and dermatitis caused by broken skin. Parents should have a scientific understanding of this.

1. Enhance baby's sensory stimulation

The feet of infants and young children under the age of 4 grow and develop very rapidly. Walking barefoot frequently in a safe environment, preferably on fine sand roads, can regulate many functions in the body. Because the feet are motor organs composed of multiple bones, muscles, tendons, blood vessels, nerves, etc., there are many meridian acupoints on the feet, and there are many nerve reaction points connected to the internal organs. By walking on fine sand, these reaction points will be stimulated, which is beneficial to maintain blood circulation throughout the body, promote metabolism, regulate autonomic nervous and endocrine functions, and improve the body's ability to adapt to external changes.

2. It is helpful for babies to learn to walk

For babies who are just learning to walk, going barefoot allows their toes to grip the ground better, which not only prevents them from slipping, but also helps them learn to maintain balance, allowing them to learn faster and walk better.

3. It is beneficial to the development of baby's feet

When barefoot, babies' feet are not restricted by shoes and socks and can grow and develop more naturally. Walking barefoot can also strengthen the arch of the foot, exercise the muscles and ligaments of the baby's feet, and increase ankle flexibility.

4. Prone to fungal infection

People's feet tend to sweat easily in hot weather. Wearing shoes without socks, especially plastic sandals, hiking shoes and other shoes with poor breathability, will cause the skin of the feet to be directly soaked in sweat. Fungi can easily grow in a hot and humid environment, leading to fungal infection of the feet.

5. Cause skin keratosis and dermatitis

Frequent direct contact between feet and shoes can easily cause the stratum corneum of the heels, toes and other parts that often come into contact with shoes to grow and thicken, increasing the chance of developing calluses and corns. In addition, some people walk barefoot for a long time, and the insteps, toes and other parts of the feet that rub against the shoes are prone to skin redness, papules, blisters and other symptoms. This is because the skin is allergic to shoe materials such as leather and rubber, and is a type of contact dermatitis.