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An Overview
Having balanced, well functioning feet is key to good overall skeletal support from head to toe. All the links in the kinetic chain are affected by what is going on at the top neck joint and at the feet.
We can enhance our skeletal support or collapse it. So what does this have to do with arches? One's height can be lowered or raised by one's arches. A flat arch in one foot can functionally shorten that leg by as much as1/4"! We can all learn to use our feet in better coordination with our whole body whether we are born with high arches or low arches.
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People born with flat feet are born without the "spring ligament" which supports the main bone of the middle the longitudinal arch. (See figure FC1) Many other short small muscles of the feet support our arches as well as larger muscles with long tendons that originate in the calf and insert in the foot. Ligaments give strength statically and muscles give strength dynamically.
With age and sedentary lifestyle many people's arches get lower over time. There are many things a person can do to bolster their foot strength and avoid deforming foot troubles as they age.
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