FEET – DESCRIPTION
Few give much attention to the feet until they start to play up but that probably applies to the rest of the body as well.
The foot has 26 bones, 19 muscles, 33 joints and over 100 ligaments.
It is a complex, strong, supple structure which supports us through life, yet we squeeze it into shoes which are too tight and designed by the whim of fashion rather than for comfort.
Management of problems of the feet mainly rests with the medical profession.
In the past, chiropodists confined their practice to cutting toenails and paring corns and calluses.
They have now changed their name to podiatrists and have more training in all aspects of feet problems. Increasingly, people are going directly to podiatrists when feet start to ache.
Let us look at a few of the common foot problems.
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Posted by admin on May 15th, 2009 :: Filed under General health
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