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J.I.A. or juvenile idiopathic arthritis is just one of the manifestations of arthritis in children. Just like adults children get pain, stiffness in the morning that can last for some hours, restricted movement of their joints, swelling of their hands and feet. In other words serious incapacity. Unlike the adult form where we see a pattern of rheumatoid arthritis starting to affect women mainly around the age of 40, in children it can happen anytime.
Thousands of South African children go back to school tomorrow. How many with foot pain?
We don't know the facts, because the research hasn't been done. But as children grow, so do their feet. So it's a safe bet that many feet will be pushed into shoes that were bought at the beginning of the school year in January and are too small 6 months later in July.
High heels – of course they damage your feet. But women still buy them. Just take a look at an outrageous South African blog: Google- Shoegirl South Africa and see what you get!
'Walking on sunshine.' 'Sexual heeling.' 'Toeing the line.' All headlines for articles recently printed in the South African press taken from The Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The Times respectively, all from London. Toeing the line is all about the Chinese tradition of foot binding and I'll pick up on that later this week.
