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Time Out Chicago
February 23 - March 2, 2006
The Fix Is In
We asked six hardworking Chigagoans what ailed then, and set them up with services designed to repair, relax and revitalize. See if the treatments do the trick.
Alex Vorro 25, Runner
Hazards of the job: Foot and leg pain; cracked, dry heels; and calluses.
Shares his pain: Basketball players, dancers, nurses, hairdressers, anyone who stands all day.
The TOC prescription: The minty Foot Awakening treatment at Eshe Day Spa ($57, 90 mins) specializes in soothing sore feet and reducing aches and tissue swelling. Feet are soaked in warm water infused with peppermint essential oils; exfoliated with a homemade peppermint-sugar foot scrub; and buffed free of cracking heels and calluses. Next, nails and cuticles are trimmed and a hydrating, cooling mask is applied for five minutes. A final pressure-point massage with moisturizing mint body butter seals the deal.
Problem solved: “My feet have never felt more alive,” Vorro says. “They feel fresh and revitalized.”