Woman Born With Feet Facing Backwards Runs Faster Than Others

By Algonkin in Everything Else on Dec 4, 2007 at 8:05 am

A waitress has refused to be classified as disabled even though she was born with feet that face backwards.

Wang Fang, 27, of Chongqing city in China, was born with her feet facing the wrong way, but has learned to live with her condition without problems and recently refused a disability pension.

Wang, who has a five year-old son with normal feet, said: “I can walk as well as anyone else and even run faster than them. I’m like everyone else – except of course that I put my shoes on backwards. There is no reason to class me as disabled.”

Source: DailyMail

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uur
Dec 4th, 2007 at 8:53 am
in my country (Turkey) we tell stories about ghosts and djinns whichs feet facing backwards. we believe that kind of folks (who came from other world) have that kind of feet.. geez i felt weird with this picture..
ted
Dec 4th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Sadly, she never wins any races, because she runs in the wrong direction.
Mr Pudifoot
Dec 4th, 2007 at 10:06 am
She’s a witch! Burn her!…. oops… 21′st century. *cough* excuse me.
k
Dec 4th, 2007 at 10:09 am
wowww =o
matt
Dec 4th, 2007 at 10:17 am
I wonder if bending over to pick something up is different for her. Or does she have to do it backwards?
Samantha
Dec 4th, 2007 at 10:28 am
I imagine she’d have to squat instead of bending at the waist. Staying balanced would just require leaning slightly backward all the time instead of just slightly forward like everyone else.
JPC
Dec 4th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Her feet aren’t backwards, they are folded very far forwards. They are basically upside down.
ValZone
Dec 4th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Yea, it looks like she is walking on the tops of her feet.
Sid Morrison
Dec 4th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I’ll bet she can out-moonwalk Michael Jackson.
J Scart
Dec 4th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Wang Fang?
The Slapster
Dec 4th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Who ties her shoes?
donna
Dec 5th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Looks like her hands fold a bit to the outside as well.

Interesting.
Jacki
Dec 5th, 2007 at 2:28 am
They do seem to be bending far forwards because of the direction the toes face. But due to the ball of the feet (the heel can be from usage), i would have to say that only the base of her foot is flipped.
Dave
Dec 5th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
I noticed the hands too, Donna. The feet aren’t her only issue. Cool that she’s got such a great outlook on life; I know lots of people with no physical issues like that but lousy attitudes.

My son was born with a club foot; I wouldn’t be surprised if this woman’s condition is similar to that. My son’s foot was surgically corrected when he was one and he does really well, but he still has trouble with running and long walks. A great read on conditions like this is “Pain: The Gift That Nobody Wants”, by Dr. Paul Brand. He was a medical pioneer in treating foot deformities, leprosy and diabetes in India, and was a key figure in developing modern diabetes treatments in the US. Highly recommended read.
Oomi
Dec 7th, 2007 at 4:19 am
too much ancient chinese secrets in the h20.
Marie Issah
Dec 9th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Oh my!
Emperor
Dec 10th, 2007 at 9:51 am
I followed this up and dug out various bits of folklore about spirits and the like with backwards feet (I think you can click on my name for the link) and also found this video of John Seavers – one of only 5 people with backwards feet in the US and the only one who can walk without help. However, not only can he walk but he is a dancer too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DX6AHeJOQM

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