


Flat feet place undue stress on the structures along the bottom of the feet in many ways.įirst, flat feet place stress on the plantar fascia (bottom of your feet) that connects from the heel to the balls of your feet. When you have flat feet, typically there is a loss of all three of the arches mentioned. Lastly, you should then have an arch in the front of your foot formed by a slight elevation across the underside of the balls of the feet. This arch is located between the heel and the “knuckle” of the 5th toe. Secondly, there should then be a slight arch on the outside of your foot. Ideally, your foot should have three arches:įirst off, is the main one on the inside of your foot that everyone already knows about.

Are flat feet responsible for increasing amounts of overall foot pain? The simple answer is that it IS likely that your flat feet are, at least, contributing to your foot pain – if not the actual cause of the foot pain you are having.
