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"Flat Foot" or "foot that flattens"

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by N.Smith, Sep 15, 2014.

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I'd have to say, that the nearly every person that comes to me saying they have "flat feet", actually have an arch. In many cases they would be considered cavus. If you dorsiflex the 1st MPJ and there's an arch, does this mean the person has a "foot that flattens" and not a "flat foot"?
Not very often will they have a MLA that doesn't move and stays flat when applying the windlass.

Just puttin it out there!

N.Smith, Sep 15, 2014

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