Flat foot surgery aims to restore the arch at the base of the foot. Surgery may involve cutting bones, replacing tendons, or strengthening ligaments. An individual with flat feet has either no arch on ...

“Flat feet,” also referred to as pes planus, is a common foot condition that affects as many as 1 in 4 people throughout their lifetime. When you have flat feet, the arch bones in your feet are low to ...

How do our bodies efficiently distribute our weight? The answer is in the arches of our feet. When those arches are lowered or nonexistent, it changes the way our legs carry the weight. This puts ...

Steven Edwards works in private practice in Melbourne, Australia. Every day, parents around the world are told their child’s flat feet are normal and they will grow out of it. This isn’t true – they ...

Angela Evans is affiliated with Walk for Life Clubfoot in Bangladesh, Director of Australian Podiatry Association. Angela Evans is an author of Cochrane library reviews (2010, updated 2022) pertaining ...