Feet suffer a punishing regime, absorbing between 3 and 4 times body weight with every step (and up to 10 times when playing sport). Gravity, age and ill-fitting footwear soon take their toll and the foot’s structure can start to collapse. Usually this occurs to people from their mid-thirties but is increasingly seen in much younger people too.
In fact, an estimated 80% of us suffer from “pronation”, a condition where the arches have flattened and the feet roll inwards. This can cause the whole leg and hips to shift inwards too - which, in turn, can lead to knee, hip and back pain.
The constant flattening of the foot will also lead to fatigue on long walks and can cause bunions or painful swelling behind the joint of the big toe.