. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 264.—ModifiedThomas Heel. FOOT HABITS As age advances and the weight increases a naturally normal foot mayand generally does become worked out of shape. A foot that is constructedto bear a weight of 130 pounds must yield in time, if the weight is increasedto 200 or 250 pounds, and become more or less flat. With increasing years and weight the necessity of toeing out to main-tain the balance while standing is apt to become the habit so that in middlelife most people will toe out too far in walking. This brings the strain ofraising the heel on the inner and
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 264.—ModifiedThomas Heel. FOOT HABITS As age advances and the weight increases a naturally normal foot mayand generally does become worked out of shape. A foot that is constructedto bear a weight of 130 pounds must yield in time, if the weight is increasedto 200 or 250 pounds, and become more or less flat. With increasing years and weight the necessity of toeing out to main-tain the balance while standing is apt to become the habit so that in middlelife most people will toe out too far in walking. This brings the strain ofraising the heel on the inner and longer side of the foot and makes an unduestrain upon the tendons that support the arch. It also turns the large toein and in time the joint of the big toe becomes enlarged from the strain andprojects inward toward the other foot. The spring of the foot in walking should be on the outer and shorterside of the foot for the reason that the smaller and shorter bones of the foot 766 THE FEET.
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