August 6, 2007
Don't miss Talk Radio 702 on Tuesday, 7 August at 7pm when I will be joining Prof Harry in this week's "A Word on..Medical Matters" when we will be talking about feet. How to look after them and what to do when things go wrong with them – as well as answering listeners questions about their specific foot problems.
July 17, 2007
* The average adult takes in excess of 18,000 steps a day. For children it's even more.
* In a lifetime your feet will walk approximately 112000 kilometres – that's four time around the earth.
July 16, 2007
* The foot has 250,000 sweat glands, they release about 200 mls of perspiration every day.
* Around 70% of foot problems come from wearing the wrong footwear or ill-fitting shoes. Many of these foot problems start in childhood.
