4 Fascinating Foot Facts
Many people tend to take their feet for granted until a foot or ankle problem makes them pay more attention. Your fabulous feet do an incredible job of supporting all your weight and pressure every day so take good care of them! Catch foot and ankle injuries and other problems before they worsen with regular visits to your foot doctor.
Four fascinating foot facts include the following:
- 25% of your bones are in your feet—Just one of your feet contains 26 bones, 33 joints, and over a hundred muscles, tendons, and ligaments. While robust, these components need proper care and maintenance with the help of your foot doctor to treat and prevent foot and ankle injuries and other problems.
- Women tend to have more foot problems—Women have close to four times as many foot and ankle problems as men. This is largely due to wearing high heels, which should be avoided.
- Your feet are made for walking and running—The average person will take somewhere between 8000 and 11,000 steps every day, so over just a single year, this is enough to walk around the earth four times!
- Your feet don’t stop growing until your late teen years—Your feet grow continuously until the age of eighteen or nineteen before they reach their full size. Always get properly measured each time you get new footwear to avoid unnecessary problems.
If you are having a foot or ankle problem, we highly recommend that you consult our board-certified podiatrists. The foot experts at Desert Podiatric Medical Specialists, in the Tucson, Oro Valley, and Green Valley areas of Pima County, Arizona, have unparalleled experience in treating all aspects of foot and ankle care. Our team of doctors: Christopher M. Funk, D.P.M., FACFAS, Bradley A. Whitaker, D.P.M., FACFAS, and Peter C. Merrill, D.P.M., AACFAS, is dedicated to serving you with state-of-the-art, cutting edge medical technologies including the PinPointe FootLaser, custom-fitted orthotics, and Radial Pulse Therapy (RPT) for chronic foot, heel, or ankle pain. If you have any questions or would like to make an appointment, please call (520) 575-0800.
