Considerations When Choosing Shoes With The Proper Foot Support There are many advantages to using foot arch support for several people that suffer from foot pain. Many of these people choose shoes without thought of appropriately supporting their arches, and end up having various maladies as a result. If you suffer from foot pain, start with determining if your shoes give you proper arch support. Determining Your Arch Profile You identify arch profile by taking measurements without any load on the foot. Start by sitting down and crossing your legs. Begin with the closest foot and take hold of the ball with one hand and your heel with your other hand. Push the ball as well as the heel of your foot together slowly and look at the curvature. Looking from ball to heel, the high arch peak is basically a toe height higher than the line between the ball and heel. A low arch is less than half that. A warning: don't automatically believe you have a low arch just because you have been told that you have fallen arch or flat feet. They are not related. Flat footedness only occurs when you are standing on your feet and putting your weight on the arch. Regardless of whether your arch is high or low, you can still have flat feet. Choose Your Shoe to Match Your Profile Those who consider arch support look for a couple of things in a shoe: the mid-sole and the heel counter. The mid-sole in the shoe is the location located in between the ball of the foot and the heel. This area must be stiffer to offer the correct support. The part of the shoe above the heel, within the ankle will be the heel counter. A firm heel counter reduces left to right (lateral) motion. When you're walking this helps make sure that your feet move forward. Weak Arch Support Can Lead To Over-Pronation Foot pronation offers shock absorption when you are walking, running, or standing and is the natural motion of the talocalcaneonavicular and subtalar joints. However, an extremely flexible ankle can over-pronate. This unnatural stress causes strain within the connective tissues in the ankle. It can also unduly stress ligaments in the foot and the knees. Over a long time, continuous over-pronation can lead to foot and ankle injuries. It can also cause flat feet, deformities on the foot like hammer toes and bunions, and chronic foot pain. Arch Supports Improve Heel Pain One reason for regular heel pain is known as Plantar Fasciitis. This can be a common injury caused by over-pronation. It affects the fibrous tissue that runs the length of the arch, from the ball of the foot to the heel. If the tissue should happen to tear, your foot will become inflamed and you will feel pain in your heel. Plantar Fasciitis is going to be diagnosed by a podiatrist when the patient is complaining of pain that occurs in the morning, right when the person wakes up.
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Problems with Plantar Fasciitis can be handled with the proper foot arch support, and will get rid of the pain within a couple weeks. This compares to traditional treatments that can take months to work, if they work at all. Treat Ankle And Knee Pain With Arch Supports The tissues in the ankle will also be impacted by over-pronation. Due to over-pronation in the foot, the torque in the tibia and fibula can cause knee pain also. Because of this, the proper arch support will also help with ankle and knee pain. It will be best to select shoes that are made to offer the best arch support to begin with. When you already have shoe that don't fit your arch, or if you find a pair of shoes that you'd like that don't offer the correct arch, then it is usually necessary for you to add foot arch supports to help keep your feet healthy and happy. Your posture and the natural form of your feet are improved if you use foot arch supports to relieve pain. For more information on Feet Relief, see their web site at http://www.feetrelief.com/.
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