They say that your feet are happy before the hike but sore at the end of it, while this is something very normal and it will occur to anyone who goes on a hike you can do a few things in advance, during the hike and most importantly after the hike to turn your sore feet into happy ones, ones which are ready to go on another hike, if you know nothing or very little about how to recover from sore feet after a long hike then you should learn it from an expert, you should read more on Derek’s guide to fixing sore feet and you will get the tips from an expert, it is easy to trust the information coming from someone that experienced and seasoned.
As soon as you stopped walking and you sit down and take your boots off, hiking boots are fitted and usually heavier than what you wear on a daily basis, as soon as you remove the boots you will feel the ease, a mistake that many commit is that they don’t take off the boots and do a little walk right at the end and think that its cooling them down, you need to walk slowly at the start of the hike to warm you up but the cooling can be done instantly.
When your body is warm you shouldn’t dive into a cold icy bath tub but you if you want to turn sore feet into happy ones and reduce the inflammation very quickly then you should put them in ice right after a hiking session, this will reduce the swelling and inflammation and help things get better in a much quicker way, recovering this way will not also help with tiredness.