Caring for corns, bunions and other agonies of de-feet.

From: FDA Consumer | Date: June 1, 1985| Author: Hecht, Annabel | Copyright information

How often have you been offered a chair and invited, colloquially speaking, to "take the weight off your feet?" However inelegantly put, the invitation is usually welcome, for the feet bear a tremendous burden in the course of day-to-day living. Considering that an average day of walking subjects the feet to a force equal to several hundred tons, it is little wonder that they ache by nightfall.

Like other parts of the body, the feet are highly specialized structures. ...

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