Facts About The Human Foot

1. Each of your feet probably has exactly 26 bones.

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That's a quarter of your entire skeleton, which has around 206.


2. Your feet also have 33 joints each.

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The better to balance you with.


3. And over a hundred muscles, tendons, and ligaments,

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giving your feet motion and strength.


4. Oh yeah-- and your feet each have 250,000 sweat glands

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that can produce as much as half a pint of moisture a day.


5. The soles of your feet have more sensitive nerve endings

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 per square inch than any other part of your body.


6. In a day of walking, your feet withstand hundreds of

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tons of forces, equivalent to the weight of a cement truck.


7. The average person walks 115,000 miles in a lifetime,

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enough to walk around the world four times.


8. But the average woman walks three more miles each day

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than the average man.


9. When you run, the pressure on your feet can be

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as much as four times your body weight.


10. Backaches, headaches, and even indigestion

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can often be traced to problems with the feet.


Having problems with your feet? Call your local podiatrist and make an appointment today.