{"id":7956,"date":"2016-06-21T16:39:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonebridge-blog.positive-dedicated.net\/?p=7956"},"modified":"2020-11-26T15:03:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T15:03:38","slug":"why-work-in-foot-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/foot-health-practitioner\/why-work-in-foot-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Why work in foot health?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a new career, working as a foot health care practitioner might not be something you&#8217;ve thought about. Did you know that there&#8217;s a lot of demand for skilled professionals to look after people&#8217;s feet? It&#8217;s also a&nbsp;very rewarding career path, with great potential for success.<\/p>\n<h2>Here are 5 things you need to know about working in foot health:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>It might sound obvious, but if you&#8217;re&nbsp;thinking about working with feet, you&nbsp;can&#8217;t be put off by them. Feet are one of the most neglected parts of the body&nbsp;and we often hide them away, but&nbsp;they still need looking after.<\/li>\n<li>If you work for yourself, the profession is flexible and you can find that work-life balance that you&#8217;ve always&nbsp;wanted. Create&nbsp;your own&nbsp;schedule and fit your clients in when it&#8217;s convenient for you.<\/li>\n<li>The industry is growing and people will always need their feet caring for.&nbsp;Many&nbsp;elderly people have foot problems&nbsp;and with&nbsp;everyone living longer, foot health practitioners will always be able to&nbsp;find work.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll meet and be able to help many different people. Clients often&nbsp;have discomfort in their feet, or have suffered with problems for some time&nbsp;and you&#8217;ll be able to make life a little easier for them.<\/li>\n<li>It will be your responsibility to educate people about how to look after their feet. You&#8217;ll need to raise awareness about common foot problems and encourage people to seek treatment before conditions become debilitating.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Who can work in foot health?<\/h2>\n<p>Many people train to work in foot health in later life. It&#8217;s a profession that anyone can work in with the right support and experience. If you&#8217;re going back into the world of work as a mum, or are looking for more flexibility in your career, study with Stonebridge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/search?keyword=foot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Our foot health courses<\/a> will&nbsp;let you&nbsp;treat real patients and give you the confidence to start your own practice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/a-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7249 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses.png\" alt=\"A-Z book of courses\" width=\"690\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses.png 690w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses-300x52.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a new career, working as a foot health care practitioner might not be something you&#8217;ve thought about. Did you know that there&#8217;s a lot of demand for skilled professionals to look after people&#8217;s feet? It&#8217;s also a&nbsp;very rewarding career path, with great potential for success. Here are 5 things you need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":7973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572,337],"tags":[111,236],"class_list":["post-7956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-ideas","category-foot-health-practitioner","tag-foot-health-practitioners","tag-foot-health-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7956"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24773,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7956\/revisions\/24773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}