Did you know that most flat feet are simply caused by weak foot muscles often combined with other tight muscles.

The good news is that they can be fixed in most cases by easy exercises, often avoiding the need for orthotics.

Foot Posture Correction

How your foot is positioned in weight-bearing has an impact on all of the joints and muscles within and above your foot. While you are probably aware of orthotics (an arch modification device placed within your shoe), the unfortunate trouble with orthotics are that they are only useful when you are wearing shoes.

Another significant disadvantage is the fact that they are a passive support which means that your foot posture muscles can progressively weaken further with their continued use. There is growing evidence to support the "use it or lose it!" philosophy.

Good News! Active Foot Posture Correction is now an excellent short and long-term method of regaining full control of your feet and the pain they cause.

It's much easier to regain control of foot that has only mildly weakened than one that is chronically weak and subsequently deformed eg bunions.

For more information, please contact your PhysioWorks physiotherapist who is trained in Active Foot Posture Correction.  It usually only takes a few weeks of the right exercises to regain control of your arches.

Alternatively, if you feel you're arches are too far gone, please have your feet checked by a quality podiatrist.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

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