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Footprints - Winter 2012(PDF)
Did you know…
The American Podiatric Medical Association says the average person takes 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day. Those cover several miles, and they all add up to about 115,000 miles in a lifetime – more than four times the circumference of the globe.*
The foot is an intricate structure containing 26 bones. Holding it together are 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles, and tendons allowing it to move in a variety of ways.*
Seventy-five percent of Americans will experience foot health problems of varying degrees of severity at one time or another in their lives.* 75%
*Sources for the data are the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine, and United States Department of Health and Human Services.