Your feet represent one of the more complex and therefore important parts of the human body. With 26 bones connected at 32 joints and a large number of muscles and tendons, the feet enable you to perform two important functions – standing and walking. Critical to allowing the feet to perform these functions are “foot arches”. This includes a transverse arch and two longitudinal arches (external and internal). Their formation begins in infancy, when the child begins to stand on its feet. Scientific research has shown that the formation of arches continues until the age of six or seven. However, even once formed, the arches do not remain unchanged for the rest of a person’s life. Over time, as a result of constant standing, walking on hard surfaces in inadequate shoes or sudden changes in body weight, the arches can gradually descend, resulting in so-called “static foot disorders”:

• flat soles or dropped foot – a consequence of lowering the internal longitudinal arch
• bunions, Hallux valgus – a consequence of a lowering of the transverse arch

These complaints cause pain in the foot, which leads to great difficulties when walking. Over time, this can lead to problems in other parts of the body, in the lower legs, knees, hips, back pain, eventually leading to posture disorders.
We can all agree: Your feet are very important, both for the proper posture of your body when walking and standing, and for the general well-being of your body!