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The arch running across the width of the human foot might be a big part of the reason that people can walk and run upright, a new study suggests. People have a prominent arch along the insides of ...

Have you ever woken up with sore heels, struggling to place your foot flat on the ground? If so, you might be suffering from plantar fasciitis, a common and completely treatable condition. While it ...

Most people have no idea what arch type they have, but it’s one of the most important pieces of the puzzle to consider when you’re shopping for comfortable shoes, says Jewels Busenberg, the senior ...

As a busy sports-medicine podiatrist in Orangeburg, New York, Robert Conenello, D.P.M., sees runners with a wide range of foot problems, from Achilles problems to bunions to stress fractures. But more ...

An unappreciated quirk of human anatomy hidden in the foot is thought to be the secret behind how humans evolved to walk and run on two legs. The feature, dubbed the transverse tarsal arch (TTA), runs ...