Your feet take a pounding every day. Help them go the distance by identifying and correcting issues ranging from corns and calluses to athlete's foot and hammertoes.
ByBrian P. Dunleavy
Medically Reviewed byJustin Laube, MD
Updated on January 12, 2024
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The human foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than 100 muscles, ligaments, and tendons made of strong fibrous tissues to keep all the moving parts together — not to mention more sweat glands than any other part of the body.
Indeed, the foot is an evolutionary marvel, capable of handling hundreds of tons of force — your weight in motion — every day.A bunion is a bony bump at the base
