The floating bone in the foot is called the sesamoid bone. These small, pea-shaped bones are embedded in tendons beneath the big toe. They aid in strengthening and reducing stress on the tendon.

“This type of shoe is created with a more natural foot shape that widens at the top of ... Compressing your bones together regularly can lead to blisters, corns, calluses, bunions and hammertoes ...

Humans' small toes became weaker during this time, says physical anthropologist Erik Trinkaus, who has studied scores of early human foot bones. He attributes this ... you grip the ground with your ...

“This type of shoe is created with a more natural foot shape that widens at the top of ... Compressing your bones together regularly can lead to blisters, corns, calluses, bunions and hammertoes ...

The cuboid is a cube-shaped bone in the middle of the outer edge of your foot. It provides stability and connects your foot to your ankle. Cuboid syndrome happens when you injure or dislocate the ...

Your navicular bone is a half-moon or boat-shaped bone in the middle of your foot. If it suddenly loses its blood supply, your bone tissue starts to die, which then causes your joint to erode and ...

“This type of shoe is created with a more natural foot shape that widens at the top of ... Compressing your bones together regularly can lead to blisters, corns, calluses, bunions and hammertoes ...