A podiatrist specializes in feet and ankle care because they have studied these in deep. You may not even know how many bones the feet have. We depend so much on our legs to walk around that we are not aware of how sensitive the feet area is.
Feet are designed for walking. Today, to stay healthy a person is recommended to walk 10,000 steps every day and up to he/she reaches 70…it adds to more than 25 million steps of their lifetime. Studies have reported that an average person walks more than 128,000 km across their lifetime. This is equal to 3X the circumference of our planet Earth.
At Podiatrist Irvine Office, Dr. Sima wants the Orange County patients to not take their feet for granted. Always appreciate your feet as they keep your lives busy and active. Here are some interesting foot facts you must be aware of.
Building good yet small foot takes a lot…..
A foot is small to the total body but surprisingly that a quarter of the overall bones in the body are in your feet. There is a total of 52 bones in your feet. Just looking at the feet it is hard to say there are 26 bones, 33 joints, 19 muscles, and 107 ligaments inside each of them. However, it makes sense because people depend heavily on their feet to move around. It offers us the freedom to go anywhere!
Feet endure irrational volume of pressure…..
The most interesting feet fact is that they can survive 3 to 4 times the weight of your body. While walking, the pressure exerted on the feet can be more than your body weight. While running, the pressure is 3 to 4 times more than your body weight.
Built for strength…..
Feet can walk for miles in a lifetime because it has the thickets soles like your hand palms. The strongest tendon Achilles tendon connects the calf muscle and feet. There are 8,000 nerves in the feet that make you feel ticklish.
2 small feet have bizarre sweat glands…..
Two feet have 250,000 sweat glands that are why many people experience sweaty feet. Almost one cup of moisture is expelled from your feet every day. Therefore change socks daily. Allow socks to be a sponge and not shoes because bacteria surviving on sweat can cause the shoes to stink.
Feet reflect a person’s overall health
If the feet of a person is in bad condition then there is a possibility that their overall health is also not good. Foot ailments indicate medical issues in some other parts of your body. It indicates the person has a circulatory or nerve disorder.
Fascinating feet facts…..
- Every baby is born with flat feet. The foot arch develops around 3 years of age.
- To grow out toenails completely takes approximately 10 to 18 months.
- People can have one foot a little bigger than the other, it is normal!
- People’s shoe size gains a little after every 10 years until they reach 40.
- If your 2nd toe is bigger than the big toe, it is called the Greek toe because you will see it in the ancient Greece statues. It is also popular as Morton’s syndrome. Even the Statue of Liberty has the same!
- Leonardo da Vinci has described the foot as ‘the world’s greatest engineering device’!
- When you wear socks at night to keep your feet warm, it makes falling asleep a little easy.
- According to the National Shoe Retailer Association in America, the feet of men and women are gone a shoe size bigger in the last three decades.
When you read about…..
- How intricate the designing of your feet is
- The number of moving parts it has
- Our dependence on them
And are now wondering what can go wrong, especially when one out of five people is struggling with a foot issue. You certainly know by now how important it is to keep your feet healthy and why regularly visit the Irvine Podiatrist clinic.
Reasons to visit podiatry clinic
Many people are unaware that podiatry clinic exists just to help people with lower limbs issues. Common foot complaints are heel pain or burning feet, which can affect anyone once in their life. Athletes make up a fair proportion of podiatry clinics’ clientele. Check out the statistic to get an idea of why they visit podiatry clinics.
- 42% are knee injuries.
- 17% are foot/ankle damages.
- 13% are lower leg issues.
So, the next time your feet or ankle feel some kind of discomfort or pain approach the local podiatrist to avoid the condition from worsening.
Inspiring facts that encourage foot care
- A 2 ½” high heel increases forefoot load by 75%.
- Women experience foot pain 4X more than men.
- 75% of the world population experience foot issues once in their life.
- 9 out of ten women wear the wrong size shoes…generally too small.
- Ankle sprains are common sports injuries.
- Communal showers can cause nasty foot diseases.
- Foot ailments are the first indication of a serious medical condition.
- Walking barefoot with cuts causes plantar warts, a virus to gain access.
- Cut toenails straight because it can increase the chance of ingrown toenails.
If you experience foot discomfort and pain regularly then it is not normal. Visit a local Orange County podiatrist to gain treatment and avoid it from getting chronic.
