Facts About Feet

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Facts about the foot

  1.  Your foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 tendons, muscles and ligaments! That’s a lot of anatomy in a relatively small package to support the entire body
  2. The foot accounts for 25% of the bones in the body
  3. The average person takes about 10,000 steps per day. That’s equal to 115,000 miles in a lifetime, enough to circle the earth 4 times
  4. An average woman walks 3 miles per day more than an average man
  5. There are roughly 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet, producing about half a pint of moisture a day
  6. The pressure on the feet when running can be as much as 4 times the runner’s actual body weight
  7. 9 out of 10 women buy shoes that are too small for them
  8. Women experience foot problems 4 times more often than men
  9. Fingernails and toenails grow 4 times faster during pregnancy, hot weather and teenage years
  10. The ancient Romans were the first to make the left and right shoes. Before that, shoes could be worn on either foot
  11. The average foot gets 2 sizes longer when the person stands up
  12. Feet can pick up a nasty array of diseases such as verrucae, athlete's foot and ringworm in communal changing rooms and showers
For a wide range of foot care treatments, look no further than Kettering Foot Health Clinic. Our fees are very competitive and we provide you with effective treatments for an array of problems.
To get reliable foot health care services, contact Kettering Foot Health Clinic on
01536 485 381
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