Orthotic insoles control the way your foot functions, and can compensate for deformities and other anomalies to add support and increase comfort. Here are some foot facts that you should consider:

Foot facts that you should know!

• There are 52 bones in a pair of feet.
• There are 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet that produce approximately 500ml of perspiration daily.
• The average person will walk around 128,000 kms in a life time.
• A persons left and right foot can be as much as a half to a full size in difference.
• Forces on the feet can be one and a half times our body weight when walking and two to three times when running.
• A childs foot can grow to half its adult size in the first year of its life. At the age of 12 the foot is about 90% of its adult size.
• Surveys have shown upto 75% of people will experience foot pain at some point in their life.
• There are 33 joints in the foot. It takes 20 muscles to move the foot.
• There are approximately 100 ligaments join the bones of the foot.
• Leonardo Da Vinci said the foot is "a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art".
• Most peoples feet get a little wider, a little flatter and a little longer as they age.

 Painful ailments that are treated with Custom Orthotics: