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Health Center :: Foot Pain
Health Center :: Foot Pain
Your feet and ankles are designed to bear weight. The 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles and 26 bones in your feet are capable of adjusting to almost any terrain. Also, the padding in the feet is designed to absorb shock. But the one thing your feet aren’t supposed to do is hurt. Yet 75% of Americans will experience foot health problems during their lives. But most foot pain is preventable and treatable.
Foot Facts
- ¼ or 52 of the bones in the human body are down in the feet. When these bones are out of alignment, so is the rest of the body.
- Ankle sprains are common- 25,000 people sprain an ankle every day! The goal of treatment is to relieve pain and prevent instability.
- The average person walks about 10,000 steps a day. During a lifetime that’s enough steps top have traveled around the planet more than 4 times -- approximately 115,000 miles!
- When you are walking, the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight. When you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
- As shock absorbers, feet cushion up to one million pounds of pressure during one hour of strenuous exercise.
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The most prevalent foot injuries include:
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