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Fallen arches
A fallen arch is commonly known as a flatfoot. The foot loses the arch on the inner side of foot. This is also known as pes planus and there can be either a flexible version and a rigid version. A flexible version is flat only when weight is applied on the foot; a rigid version is flat when the foot is off and when the foot is on the ground with pressure.
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How can a fallen arch be fixed?
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How can you lift a fallen arch?
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Are fallen arches reversible in an adult?
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A 33-year old asked:
Are there any exercises to raise fallen arches?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: fallen arches?
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A 40-year old asked:
Are horsehair inserts remedies for fallen arches?
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A 45-year old asked:
I want to wear sandals but I have fallen arches any suggestions?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is the best treatment for fallen arches?
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Is there corrective surgery for fallen arches?
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A 29-year old asked:
Has anyone had successful corrective surgery for fallen arches?
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A 34-year old asked:
What are the best running/workout shoes for only one fallen arch?
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A 38-year old asked:
How can I improve pain caused by fallen arches/flat feet- which exercises to do?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Will significant weight loss correct a badly fallen arch? I'm female, 30 years old, and 6'6. I was 205, but now i'm 180. My normal weight is 120.
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have a severe fallen arch &i went 2 hosp. 4special surgery they basically told me i need total foot reconst or wear orthop. My entire life.Options?
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A 48-year old asked:
What orthopedic inserts should I use in my shoes for fallen arches?
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A 52-year old female asked:
What causes fallen arches? Do arch supports in shoes prevent it getting worse?
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A 40-year old asked:
If you wear orthotics for flat acquired flat feet[fallen arches] is this smart, or a bad idea?
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A 51-year old female asked:
FLAT feet and fallen arch. Is it best to get custom RX orthotics for feet or store bought ones? Please advise. Dr. said no more run at surgeyr risk
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A 17-year old male asked:
Is there any cure for a fallen arch? Right foot. I have become extremely depressed and anti-social because of the pain, my life has changed from it.
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A 33-year old asked:
Which is better for neuromas and fallen arches? Foot ortho or podiatrist?
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A 19-year old male asked:
What is the estimate amount for fallen arches surgery.My legs are killing me.I need surgery asap african
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A 43-year old asked:
Doctor recommended orthotics for painful feet dye to fallen arches?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Pain under feet and in ankles after walking. Swelling on the inside of my ankles- better with arch support in shoes. Could these be fallen arches?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I have fallen arches but left foot always hurts. Sometimes i can't walk on it.Inner part at ankle bone is painful all the way down. Burns too?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Foot problem, have a fallen arch on left foot for 3 yrs now. Use orthotics, but recently my heel hurts to walk on. Planters fasciitis? What is it?
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A female asked:
Born w/flat feet & fallen arches. Slight pronation on sprained ankle than other foot. What does traumatic tendonitis secondary to pronation mean?
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A male asked:
Can fallen arches cause pain in talus? My elderly dad has pain on the top of his foot near talus. He had an x-ray; no fracture.
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A 52-year old female asked:
I have a fallen arch on my right foot. & i also have osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. My right ankle give me pain. Would an arch support help?
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A member asked:
I run track(hurdles and polevault) my feet have been hurting and i was told to ask about fallen arches. I usually have high arches but when the pain began i noticed they were not nearly as high and a muscle feels pulled above my arch. My ankle also rolls
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A 44-year old asked:
What to do about fallen transverse arch of feet?
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