hindfoot

IPA: hˈɪndfʊt

Examples of "hindfoot" in Sentences

The hindfoot is the rear of the foot, above the heel.
(The hindfoot is the rear of the foot, above the heel.)
Since the hindfoot receives the largest shockwave with each step, these shoes could help prevent pain in this area.
Women who had a history of wearing good shoes were 67 percent less likely to have pain in their hindfoot than those who wore average shoes.
That's the message of a new study, which found that women who wear sensible shoes are much less likely to have pain in their hindfoot when they're older.
It was a bipedal, feathered carnivore with a long, stiffened tail and an enlarged sickle-shaped claw on each hindfoot, which is thought to have been used to kill its prey.
Interestingly, women who had a history of wearing poor shoes were only 8 percent more likely to have hindfoot pain than those who wore average shoes, a difference small enough that it could have been due to chance.