Wellness

[CelticCrafter]

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@ID2 wrote:

I give my toes a nice long break from polish through the winter month. I have never had a professional pedicure. I'm turning 70 and have no problems reaching and doing my own. I never knew some can't reach their own toes?? Perhaps some exercises could loosen up those stiff muscles.

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@ID2 you never stop with the snarky digs and comments do you?

[CJC]

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@ID2 wrote:

I give my toes a nice long break from polish through the winter month. I have never had a professional pedicure. I'm turning 70 and have no problems reaching and doing my own. I never knew some can't reach their own toes?? Perhaps some exercises could loosen up those stiff muscles.

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It's the aging thing. I could do everything at 70, twist & bend in all directions. Not true at 80. The years pass quickly and bring many changes. 

[haddon9]

I get my toes done with a trim & polish in the summer when I'm wearing sandals all the time.  However I find it very difficult to cut my own toenails so I have been having my nail tech cut them for me more often now.

I go for a manicure every two weeks and have been going to the same tech for almost 30 years.  I went yesterday and asked her to just cut my toenails and she adds oil to them the  next time I'm in.  I won't get polish. It doesn't require a full pedi and to be honest I can't stand for someone to touch the bottoms of my feet.

ETA:  Not always an age thing but maybe 70 is old for some. I'm going to be 70 in the spring and pretty knock kneed so have been having more problems reaching my right foot in particular.  

Since I have been going to the same person who also owns her own salon. It's nice to see many of the same regulars, some of whom I have become friendly with. I also like to hear all of the news going on in town!

[2sisters]

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@gloriajean wrote:

2 sisters!!!!  Yes, Of course I remember you.  It would be nice to keep in touch, somehow someway.  Somehow we lost track, I don't know how anymore.  Gosh! it's been years!!  Are you still on Facebook?

Nice seeing you here!  The pedicures are with my daughter,so it's nice getting them done together, and they do such a good job of it.  My youngest daughter is a Hospice Nurse now, she used to be a Massage Therapist owning her own business but always wanted to be a nurse.  She just lives 2 miles from us.  Older daughter is taking a year off school, she's a professor at the college here, but she has 7 year old identical twin daughters that have Autism, and need lots of care.

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@gloriajean Im not on FB very much but I got your request.   So good to see you here.  ❤️

[Carmie]

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@ID2 wrote:

I give my toes a nice long break from polish through the winter month. I have never had a professional pedicure. I'm turning 70 and have no problems reaching and doing my own. I never knew some can't reach their own toes?? Perhaps some exercises could loosen up those stiff muscles.

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What if someone has a bone on bone knee or had knee surgery?  Can't loosen up bones to stretch to reach your toes.

What if someone has a bad shoulder? Or Arthritis in their hands? Or a bad back?

I am turning 70 this year too and I am lucky I can still do maintenance on my toes, but others can't.

There is no need to get snarky. You're still breathing and still have time to have some medical problem preventing you from being able to reach your toes.

You never knew some couldn't reach their toes?  Please, no one could be that lacking in basic intelligence, now could they?

[henderson]

You don't have to be diabetic to have your insurance pay for someone to cut your toenails.  My husband got a referral from his primary care dr. because he had health issues as well as not being able to cut his own toenails.  I go every 2 months to get mine cut, then after that I go get a $15 pedicure at a local school where students are in training.

[arrabella]

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@chrystaltree wrote:

I get regular pedicures because I can't do my toenails as beautifully as the techs.  I did my own pedicures during Covid and I thought I was going a good job.  Until I had a professional one.  I get a pedicure every three weeks.

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Me too! I get a pedi every 3 weeks, year round.

[I am still oxox]

@Carmie You do not have to be diabetic I get this done on occasion and I am not diabetic. I have done the for many years a long time before I was on Medicare

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@Carmie wrote:

Just a FYI. In case you are diabetic, you can get your toe nails cut at a podiatrist's office and your health insurance will pay for it.

That helps with the cost. 

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[Carmie]

@I am still oxox   That is true.  There are other medical conditions that allow Traditional Medicare and other insurance plans to pay for nail clippings.  

I cut and pasted  the info right from the Medicare website on another post on this thread.

Also, many Medicare Advantage plans will pay for routine nail clips with no medical diagnosis at all.

[chrystaltree]

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@Trix wrote:

Your health insurance (including Medicare) will also pay for pedicures if you have other foot ailments that can be relieved with pedicures.  In these cases, as with the diabetics, the pedicure is considered to be a medical necessity and not cosmetic. Because I have medical issues in both feet and deformities in my toes (no nails for one thing), I can have pedicures covered by Medicare as long as it's done at the podiatrist's office.  That said, I don't mind buffing and exfoliating my own feet and mostly take care of them at home. 

Yes.  So true.  Medicare pays for my sister's podiatrist to cut her nails and care for her feet.  She is not diabetic but she is paralyzed on one side and can't do her foot care.