flat feet problems

All right.

Number six, flat feet.

Now, if your foundation is not supporting the whole body with the correct arch, boy, that can throw off your knees.

It can throw off your hips.

It can cause some serious, serious leg pain.

I'm speaking from experience.

I had flat feet.

My whole life I used arch supports.

yeah

not that that has anything to do with your job now go hike a mountain i would rather not why I have flat feet.

I won't make

it.

I wouldn't either.

I also have flat feet.

Okay,

perfect.

i can do it now though i don't think i was ever asked to duck walk in the doctor

you never had flat feet where they had to check

you're i guess you're right yeah who knew yeah who knew that was like a way to test

for sure

Oh, yeah.

She said, "You, you've got fallen arches."

Mm.

And I was like, "What are fallen arches?" And she's like, "Well, as you get older, you lose your, you know, your, your foot has this natural arch-

Mm-hmm

... and you lose the ability to maintain that, that shape.

Yeah

... because they're to support runners who, who run long distances.

... who's got an entirely flat foot like a duck, you know?

I've got a pretty flat feet, honestly.

Like a duck?

But it, they're not even good for me.

That's what I wasn't apologizing for-

All right

... for, by the way, my flat feet.

You're having, you're having your duck ass feet.

This is looking at the effect of foot orthotics and short foot exercise at the hypertrophy of the abductor hallucis.

And this is in people with flat feet.

So in someone with flat foot who has a dropped medial arch, probably could use some strengthening of the abductor hallucis, which is going to be more effective.

Is it the orthotics or is it the abductor hallucis? And this is based off of the hypertrophy, the actual strengthening of that abductor hallucis muscle.

So what this study concluded was that foot orthotics combined with short foot exercise is more effective at increasing the abductor hallucis muscle and the strength of the medial arch versus foot orthotics alone.

Now, they then further concluded, foot orthotics combined with short foot exercise is the recommended protocol for improving strength of the abductor hallucis in people with flat feet.

This is exactly what I do in my practice.

So never do I prescribe orthotics and that is it.