Fact-check: Does having flat feet bring health problems
Four Years ago, the general population believed that people with flat feet were more likely to develop pain and muscle problems in the future. That is not the case.
The idea that having flat feet inevitably leads to pain or other musculoskeletal problems is believed to be centuries old.
It was brought back into use during the second half of the 1900s, when American podiatrists popularized the concept of having a normal foot.
This included the theory that not having a well-defined arch or a straight heel puts your feet at risk of unusual and over-injury, for example when they experience more arching when walking.
However, the researchers at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivieres in Canada have claimed about this theory is completely baseless and there is no truth in it.
They conducted an editorial study that reviewed the body of research surrounding flat feet and found virtually no correlation between having flat feet and the likelihood of developing degenerative disorders such as heel, knee, or heel pain do not have any kind of relationship.
“If we study the literature, we find that having flat feet increases your risk of three or four types of pathologies, that’s all,” says one of the judges of podiatric medicine and its research. ” “But if we take a straight foot, the risk of having three or four other pathologies increases, and for a foot with a high arch, these four will be different,” said a scientist Gabriel Moisin.
The myth you hear that flat feet make you more prone to injuries, often leads to unnecessary physical interventions and complaints from patients about the appearance of their feet. Concerns in the mind become very important.
In fact, asymptomatic flat feet usually don’t require any treatment, according to a study the authors want to set the record straight.
Having flat feet is normal. It’s an anatomical variant. You just need to be comfortable with it.”
Moisan also first told about the same that universities need to stop teaching physiotherapist podiatrists and general practitioners because flat feet is a special problem that will lead to health problems later.
“Then we really need to translate all this information or disseminate it to the medical world because once you’ve finished your education, it’s very difficult to disseminate information,” he said.
So the therapists need to stop spreading these misconceptions in their patients.
The hardest part is convincing people that their flat feet aren’t a problem, according to Moisan, who tries hard to convince patients not to worry about them.
Having flat feet is completely normal, it’s a body shape you just need to be comfortable with” he said.
Moisan added in his statement that you are no more at risk for pathology than someone who has what I hate to call normal, let’s say rickets or flat feet. So I am informing all the patients.
