Do you really know your feet?
How well do you really know your feet? Do you know which shoe is the worst for them? How about the optimal heel height for your pumps? Did you know our feet have 250,000 sweat glands? No wonder they stink sometimes! As importantly, have you ever heard of foot cheese? When you take a look at our foot trivia, you’ll look at your feet differently.
- Your feet aren’t as weird as you think. Nearly everyone has one foot that’s larger than the other foot.
- Nearly one-quarter of the bones in our body are in our feet.
- Each foot has 26 bones and they carry our entire body weight and everything else we pick up in our arms or put on our back.
- Our feet can produce a half pint of sweat
- Flip flops are considered the worst shoe for feet because of the instability they cause feet, damage to toes, and exposure to bacteria.
- 2 1/2 inch heels are the optimal heel height. Wearing heels higher than this increases the load on your forefoot significantly.
- It’s normal for feet to sweat and they generally respond very well to deodorant.
- Ongoing foot numbness is a sign of nerve damage and medical treatment should be sought.
- The average woman takes enough steps each day to equal 10 miles.
- The big toe and second toe are being used successfully in thumb transplants.
- In 2013 scientists made cheese using microbes from human toes. The cheese was not made for consumption but highlighted the unique bacteria and smell each person has.
- Daily foot pain indicates a problem so seek medical treatment as soon as possible.
For additional information and more fun foot trivia, click on the links below.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3122704/#!po=1.21951
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72021/14-funky-facts-about-feet
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.orthobethesda.com/blog/the-real-dangers-of-flip-flops/amp/
https://www.footdrkales.com/blog/2019/9/3/fun-foot-trivia
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