How is the body weight distributed on the feet? Does the heel carry most of the weight?
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Depends on how you walk. We are actually supposedly supposed to walk heel to toe instead of toe to heel, but basically the body weight being distributed on the feet depends on how you walk and stand.
572440
They dont use their feet as much as non disabled persons do. Therefore the soles of their feet arent subject to any abrasion, pressure etc so it stays soft all the while and less blood goes to their feet as a result of less movement.
1030615
NO it's all about muscle mass rather than fat. Muscle weighs more so you have better strength. You may have a high body fat percentage but are really slim. They may appear over weight but have a lower percentage of body fat and greater muscle mass. Also, most women have carried kids so they are stronger in the arms than what men would expect.
476912
you know how i did it??? i walked around th house on the balls of my feet like tippy toes, but like you are wearing the heel shoes, I walked around like that all the time, so when I wear shoes like that, I just walk like that...now my calf muscles are very sexy! I conditioned them well doing that and I didnt even realize it!
660596
It could also be where the weight is . Maybe one has more belly and one fatter legs, who knows ? All I know is that their heads weight is like half of their total body weight. Does one have a big head ?
185092
your whole weight is concentrated on your left foot. try leaning towards your right.
155058
could be athletes foot .
511146
I believe it is the plantaris. You can further investigate at http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_leg Hope this is helpful.
805105
I have that same habit lol! Just focus on keeping it lower down, really concentrate on it. After a fwe practices, you should be able to do it. Be careful you don't lean back too much because you will go on your heel and either stumble or fall, in experience that really hurts.
83333
None, just one foot, if it is the proper size.
362365
Yes...actually the big toe is the only thing that is required for balance....so hopefully you have one of thoes !!
624094
Feet are bumped, banged, stepped on, and smushed more often as they are on the ground and used for transportation.  Nails (on fingers and toes) are protective devices (the way a helmet is used to protect your head).  Makes sense for toenails to be thicker and stronger, because feet take more abuse in general.
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Got it once, long time ago playing basketball (I wore tennis shoes instead of basketball shoes.) It took me couple weeks to completely heeled.  Make sure put some ice on it and do your best to stay off that foot.  Good luck!
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"Balance" isn't much of an explanation.  Why is a big toe better than a small toe?  If big toes produced better balance, then why does it help to have it on the inside, rather than the center of the foot or the outside?  Why not 5 big toes on each foot?\n\nA better explanation is that it is an evolutionary throwback to the "thumb" on the foot of primates.  A lot of the internal bone structures, muscles, ligaments, and nerves of the foot provide further evidence.  Four examples (among many):\n\nFact 1: Look at your hand.  Notice that you have one fewer bone (one fewer joint) in your thumb than in your other fingers.  The same is true in your foot (see picture of foot bones in Source 1) ... your big toe has one fewer bone (one fewer joint) that your other toes .  And the same holds with all primate hands and feet.  Your big toe is a re-purposed "thumb".\n\nFact 2: There is a vestigial muscle in the calf of humans, called the 'plantaris' muscle.  (See source 2.)  It is completely useless in humans ... in fact it is so useless that it is a favorite to be harvested by surgeons needing tissue for reconstructive surgery (like heart surgery), and in fact 9% of humans are born without any plantaris muscle at all.  However, the same muscle is very important in other primates, as it is what lets them flex and oppose the large inside digit of the foot, to allow GRASPING WITH THE FEET.\n\nFact 3: Why is your thumb fatter than your other fingers?  Because it needs to be stronger than the other fingers to be opposable for grasping.  That is the reason the big toe is fatter  than the other toes.  It had to be fatter because it was once used for grasping.\n\nFact 4: Wiggle your toes.  Notice that you can wiggle your big toe independently of your other toes ... but it's very dificult to wiggle any other toe by itself (some people can wiggle their pinkie toe by itself).  The reason for this is that there are more nerves and muscles dedicated to the big toe than to your other toes ... again, evidence that the big toe was once used for grasping.\n\nYes, the human big toe (once we became ground walkers, and no longer grasped things with our feet) has moved forward help the other toes produce better balance when walking upright ... but that doesn't explain why there was a big toe in the first place.
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Strength shoes, I'm assuming the type with the raised heel (that gained it's fame after Cosmo Kramer wore them in Seinfeld), can work, but only if useed properly.\n\nIf you wear them too much, you can put alot of stress. The best way to use them is by wearing them when you exercise your legs, but doing exercises that are safe to wear them, such as sprints or jumping, rather than haevy squats or long distance running. If you don't exercise, then wear them for a good walk every other day.
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strength shoes.\n\nhttp://www.strength-shoes.com/\n\nPlay with ankle weights.
859320
to keep your balance the center of mass of your body along with the weight needs to be just above your feet.\nas the weight is in front the body must move back to prevent falling forward.