Foot Facts
(from a Birkenstock® pamphlet)

-There are 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet. Sweat glands
in the feet excrete as much as a half-pint of moisture a day.

-The average person walks about 115,000 miles in a lifetime -
more than four times the circumference of the globe.

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

-Women have about 90% of the 795,000 annual surgeries for bunions,
hammertoes, neuromas, and bunionettes - the 4 most common problems
linked to poorly designed and poor-fitting shoes.

Medical information furnished courtesy of foot.com.