The foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 tendons and 19 muscles.

25% of all of the bones of the body are in our feet. When these bones are out of balance, the whole body is out of balance.

There are 125,000 perspiration glands in the foot. Most of these glands are located in the base of the foot. Each day the foot looses up to 0.25 ltr of perspiration!

The function of the tendon is to connect the muscle to the bone. The ligaments serve to connect the bones.

In each step, most of the bodys weight is first transferred to the heel, and is then distributed through the arch to the other parts of the foot.

The arch serves as a shock absorber, and like an architectural arch enables the right distribution of the force/pressure of the weight of the body over the entire foot. When the arch is too high the pressure on the extremities beneath the calcaneus (heel bone) and the metatarsals is excessive. When the arch is too low (flat feet) the shock absorbing effect is deficient.

The tarsus enables up and down movement.

The talus enables sideways movement.