Why Do My Feet Hurt When I Walk?
So you’ve been at work all day, standing for 8 hours & you get home & your feet ache – that’s normal. You’ve been for a walk up Mt Lofty (& back down) & your feet & the rest of your body ache – that’s normal. You’ve just run a marathon & EVERYTHING is sore & painful – well I’ve never run a marathon, but I think that’s normal as well. But, if you go for a walk on the beach & your feet hurt – that’s not normal. You’ve been shopping for a new pair of shoes & after 20 minutes, your feet are hurting – that’s not normal. You want to get fitter & decide to start walking 20 minutes a day, & your feet & legs hurt – that’s not normal either. Pain is your bodies way of telling you something isn’t right. Pain that occurs for no obvious reason, or keeps occurring, get’s worse or stops you from enjoying life, IS NOT NORMAL. On the bottom of your foot you have a group of muscles and tendons, that run from the ball of the foot to the centre of