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How can you tell the difference between flexible or rigid flat feet?
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Sit down: A flexible flat foot is usually related to ligamentous laxity where a rigid flatfoot is usually more of a boney abnormality. When standing up, both the flexible and rigid flatfoot will be flat. When the weight is taken off the foot, a rigid flat foot will stay flat where a flexible flat foot will have a normal arch. Thank you for your question.
Answered 6/21/2018
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Easily: See your foot and ankle surgeon. He will examine you and determine. Just as the words mean is ur difference. Does the foot bend and flex? Then it's flexible. Is the foot rigid like a board?
Answered 3/20/2013
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DIFFERENCE: X-rays and a physical exam, performing the Jack test, can differentiate between the two.
Answered 8/4/2016
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