What the Ground Is Actually Doing to Your Feet
Pandal floors are rarely flat. Temporary bamboo platforms, wet tarpaulin, loose gravel, and patches of bare earth create a surface that shifts under every step. Each shift asks the small muscles of your foot to fire in rapid, unplanned corrections. Over several kilometres, those muscles fatigue. When they do, the arch collapses slightly on landing, and the load that the arch was absorbing transfers upward.
