History

Early Foot Coverings

Shoes As Symbols

Modeling & Creation

Care Your Feet

Outline Of Footwear

Style and Fashion

Footwear Construction

Extra Protection

Glossary

Comfortable shoes are part of the good care your feet deserve.

In an average lifetime a persons feet will carry them between 150,000 and 200,000 miles. That's six to eight time around the earth. And for the entire distance out feet will be our levers, balancers and shock absorbers. It makes good sense to keep them comfortable and healthy.

YOUR FOOT

There are twenty-six bones in each foot. They are moved by muscles and tendons and held together by ligaments. The foot is divided into three sections. The larger bones are in the rear foot. The middle bone is made up five irregular bones called tarsals. The forefoot contains metatarsal bones and phalanges.

HOW ITS BUILT

Each foot has thirty-three complex joints and four arches. The major arch is the long high one. along the inner border of the foot. The minor arches are the long slight arch along the outer border of the foot and the metatarsal arch across the ball of you the foot(3) and the arch under the foot just behind the instep.

We also have a certain amount of padding on the bottom of our feet. This padding is a natural cushion that Mother Nature has provided to help our body manage the shock waves that enter our body every time we take a step. These shock waves, known as heel strike shock are create stress throughout our body. Just like inferior grade insoles, the bilatural padding of our body's shock absorbing system breaks down in time.

HOW IT CHANGES

From the time we are born, our feet are constantly changing. They continue to increase in size throughout life. For this reason we should measure for shoes periodically. Also, as we get older our toe nails become harder and thicker and require extra attention and added toe room

HOW IT MOVES

When we stand still 50% of our weight is on the heel,25% at the base of the big toe joint 25% spreads across the ball of the foot. When we walk, all our weight comes down on the heel(1)., continues to the outer border(2), crosses the ball of the foot(3) to the big toe joint (4) and moves forward to spring off the toes.

HEALTHY FEET

Wearing comfortable good fitting shoes is the most important thing we can do to take care of our feet. Three more basic ingredients in the health of the normal foot are cleanliness, trimmed nails and exercise.

YOUR SHOE

Nature intended us to be barefoot. However, Since we paved most of our walking surfaces and cluttered up our environment, we need shoes to Protect your feet. The next best thing to barefoot is a good comfort shoe. Be sure new shoes are comfortable. before you buy them the ball of your foot should rest on the widest part of the shoe. The heel should fit snug and not slip. Your toes shouldn't push against the top of the shoe. The space between you longest toe and the inside of your shoe can be one-half inch. If your feet vary slightly in size, always choose the most comfortable size for the longer foot.

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