Arch Supports Can Worsen Your Flat Feet – Dr. Berg's Opinion on Arch Support for Flat Feet | DrEricBergDC

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so today we’re going to talk about arch supports and how they can actually

make someone’s flat feet worse now growing up i had flat feet

really bad and for years i tried every single arch support custom

orthotics you name it and reflecting back on the

actual cause of flat feet my theory is that it’s either a

manganese deficiency at birth or a vitamin d deficiency that

sets up a child with either a weakened structure of the arch

or a bone malformation i had constant problems with my feet

through sports track and field wrestling and even the army

i really never felt a lot of relief when i would have this arch support

they take a mold of your flat foot and then they customize

a an orthotic that matches the fallen arch

all i know is it didn’t work for me as i was constantly massaging that arch to

try to get some relief i think it was like i was 22

years old where i went to someone that did foot

massage and oh my goodness did i get some relief

with that but they actually really worked the

muscles on the front part of the shin which was

extremely painful but when they were done it was like i

was walking on air at that point i stopped wearing the

arches and my feet start feeling better and i

would start to massage the foot as well and then a few years later i started

doing stretches not the usual stretches of the calf

but i stretch the other part of the leg where you take your toes and you stretch

them down which i will demonstrate in a

minute looking back at what i did i didn’t really understand at the time

but all i knew is when i stretched the front part of the leg

it gave way more relief than stretching the calf so if the bottom of the arch or

the bottom of the foot is cramping and you stretch the muscles

on the top part of the foot that stem right up into the front part

of the leg you will send signals to the muscle

that’s cramping that will relax the muscle so that’s how

it works so you don’t want to ever stretch the

the tight muscle you want to work on the opposite side

so i’m going to demonstrate that right now check out this little part of this

video so take the toes and we’re just going to

stretch them like this we’re going to stretch and stretch

about 10 times and we’re actually stretching this whole muscle right

through in here what that will do that will give the

foot the signals are sent to relax the bottom

of the foot it’ll really give you a lot of relief okay so we’re going to

stretch that okay so that would be the stretch of

what you would want to do if you had fallen arches

it will give you a lot of relief you just do it every single day

second thing i would recommend finding someone that specializes in

a foot massage and have them work not just on the foot

but on the front part of the lower leg you will get

so much relief and number three take those arches out and allow your

feet to strengthen on their own you’re going to find that without that

little handicap the little arch that the muscles in the lower part of

the leg will adapt and they’ll become stronger and they’ll start holding

somewhat of an arch there and you will get way more relief

go ahead and try this and then comment down

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