Definitions
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- noun A
rear foot .
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- noun a rear foot of a quadruped
Etymologies
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Examples
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(The hindfoot is the rear of the foot, above the heel.)
For women, foot pain often comes on the heels of poor shoe choices 2009
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The hindfoot is the rear of the foot, above the heel.
For women, foot pain often comes on the heels of poor shoe choices 2009
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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.
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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.
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Since the hindfoot receives the largest shockwave with each step, these shoes could help prevent pain in this area.
For women, foot pain often comes on the heels of poor shoe choices 2009
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Since the hindfoot receives the largest shockwave with each step, these shoes could help prevent pain in this area.
For women, foot pain often comes on the heels of poor shoe choices 2009
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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.
For women, foot pain often comes on the heels of poor shoe choices 2009
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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.
For women, foot pain often comes on the heels of poor shoe choices 2009
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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.
For women, foot pain often comes on the heels of poor shoe choices 2009
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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.
For women, foot pain often comes on the heels of poor shoe choices 2009
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