A Guide to Working Feet

The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the earth in a lifetime, and in simple walking, each step can exert up to two times your body weight in ground reaction force through your lower limbs; so a trim 10 stone person will have between 15 and 20 stone of impact going through the heel on heel-strike. Considering the distance covered, and the hazards feet are exposed to during a working lifetime, it is no wonder that working feet need care and attention if they are going to survive.

Your feet bear the brunt of your daily working life. Prolonged standing, walking, operating machinery, high heels, falling objects and slippery surfaces are just some of the dangers we expose our feet
to in the workplace.

Every year, 2 million sick days are lost due to lower limb disorders, and many of these sick days could be prevented by simply:
• wearing the right shoe for the job;
• following an appropriate daily foot care routine

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