You're ready to get a new pair of shoes and visit the shoe store. While there, an associate asks you about your shoe size, if your feet are wide or narrow, and what type of arch you have.‌ You might ...

Regularly performing some exercises like heel stretches may help reduce pain and correct fallen arches. Flat feet (pes planus) are commonly known as fallen or collapsed arches. It’s a relatively ...

Vaughan is known for wearing her favorite fashion statement for hours on end. “Women actually stop me who don’t know me and say, ‘You’ve been wearing those shoes all day? Yes, I have,’” she said. Her ...

A long-overlooked part of the human foot is key to how the foot works, how it evolved, and how we walk and run, a Yale-led team of researchers said. The discovery upends nearly a century of ...

One of the most common running injuries is pain in the arch of the foot, and it’s easy to see why. The main point of contact between you and the ground during your foot strike, the arch of the foot ...

You don’t need us to tell you that running has a ton of health benefits, but like all the best things in life (relationships, children, travel), it also causes stress from time to time, particularly ...

What kind of arches do you have? Here, a podiatrist walks you through how to do the 'wet foot' test in order to find your arch type. Your Typical Household Cleaners Won’t Get Rid of Norovirus—Here’s ...

Walking and running subjects our feet to forces in excess of body weight. The longitudinal arch of the feet was thought to be the reason the feet do not deform under such load. However, researchers ...

For more than a century, evolutionary biologists have admired the exquisite design of the human foot and how its features make it possible for us to effortlessly walk upright. Our short toes, for ...