Foot Facts

The average person takes 8000-10000 steps a day, covering 115000 miles in their lifetime, the equivalent of walking 4 times round the world.

Your feet will change size and shape throughout your lifetime.

Look after your feet; they need to last a lifetime.

Strangely many people believe that it is normal for the feet to hurt, and simply resign themselves to enduring foot problems that could be treated.

When you run, you put pressure through your feet of more than 3-4 times your body weight.

Your foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments and 19 muscles.

The 52 bones in your feet equal a ¼ of all the bones in your body. Your feet are complex pieces of machinery and need regular maintenance.

Leonardo da Vinci once called the foot a masterpiece of engineering.

Some systemic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, lung disease, kidney disease, nerve and circulatory disorders can be noted first in feet.

Your feet mirror your general health. How are your feet?