The foot contains 25 percent of the bones of the entire body. It contains 26 bones and 19 muscles. There are more nerve endings on the feet than on any other part of the body.

Believe it or not, people who don’t wear shoes have far healthier feet, less deformity and greater mobility of their feet than those who wear them. A good exercise that also acts as a massage for your feet is walking barefoot on a sandy beach – if the sand is clean and there are no dangerous objects on the beach. Walking on dry and warm sand stretches every muscle of the foot. Continue reading →