Hiryu
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I researched this stuff partly for the knowledge partly because I was board. Being a footman, I like to read a lot of the stories here based on foot tickling but, I must admit that I sometimes get confused about some descriptions. Every author has his/her on way of describing the areas of the foot and that's just fine but, sometimes it can be difficult to understand what part of the foot is being explained so, I looked up the names of these areas and this is what I found.
In Figure 1 notice that the red markers point to and describe the names of those areas of the feet. The lateral longitudinal arch is often referred to as "the bridge of the foot" or "rim of the sole" which joins the heel to the lateral ball. Also Figure 1 gives more detailed information on the ball or balls of the foot. I've often wondered what the pad beside of the ball was called. I now know that it is the lateral ball and that the main ball is the medial ball.
In Figure 2 we see that someone's right foot is being stimulated along the medial ball, close to the center while the other foot is being stroked along the longitudal lateral arch, right at the curving point. Also notice in Figure 2 that the left foot's upper arch, just below the balls is marked and reffered to as the transverse arch. The transverse arch is sometimes referred to as "the sole" yet the entire bottom of the foot from balls to heel is also reffered to in this manner, making for much confusion.
Well, this information really helped me so I thought I would pass it along.
In Figure 1 notice that the red markers point to and describe the names of those areas of the feet. The lateral longitudinal arch is often referred to as "the bridge of the foot" or "rim of the sole" which joins the heel to the lateral ball. Also Figure 1 gives more detailed information on the ball or balls of the foot. I've often wondered what the pad beside of the ball was called. I now know that it is the lateral ball and that the main ball is the medial ball.
In Figure 2 we see that someone's right foot is being stimulated along the medial ball, close to the center while the other foot is being stroked along the longitudal lateral arch, right at the curving point. Also notice in Figure 2 that the left foot's upper arch, just below the balls is marked and reffered to as the transverse arch. The transverse arch is sometimes referred to as "the sole" yet the entire bottom of the foot from balls to heel is also reffered to in this manner, making for much confusion.
Well, this information really helped me so I thought I would pass it along.
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