10/23/2023 0 Comments Flat foot disadvantagesWhen your feet excessively flatten or pronate, depending on when you do it, you will unevenly stress some structures more than others. Ideally, this force is spread evenly throughout all these structures. It’s absorbed through muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments and fascia. It matters because the force that passes through your foot with each step has to go somewhere. This is usually associated with compensation for restricted movement elsewhere, often in the sagittal plane (hip, knee, ankle and big toe joint).ĭon’t worry, we know what we’re doing, and we’re trained to know when and how to intervene.īut what does this all mean? Why does it matter? Feet that are neutral or high when standing, but flatten or pronate when walking and running.This is usually associated with ligament laxity and hypermobility. Feet that are neutral or high during non-weight bearing, but flatten or pronate during weight bearing.This is usually hereditary, and associated with poor bone alignment and/or ligament laxity and low muscle tone. These are the pancakes of feet! They are flat all the time - weight bearing and non-weight bearing. True flat feet, also known as pes planus.Your podiatrist can generally tell from about the age of 5 what foot type you have. All of us are born with flat feet, and the arch develops (or doesn’t) between the age of 3 through to the end of puberty. Less commonly it’s related to diabetes, systemic arthritis and injury. Most commonly it’s hereditary, or related to ageing. Really it’s an umbrella term for a spectrum of foot types that tend to have a lower than average arch during all, or at some stage in the gait cycle. Like many things in life, having flat feet is not an absolute. Fortunately, understanding of foot and gait biomechanics has improved significantly in the past 50 years, and having flat feet no longer needs to be a disadvantage. In short, it’s because the medical world has long known that people with flat feet tend to suffer more musculoskeletal problems than those with more neutral feet. You may have heard that back in the day flat feet kept you out of the army.
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