Flatfoot in adults

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Flatfoot

Flatfoot in adultsAt the reception to neurologists and orthopeds, patients with complaints about back pain, fatigue in the legs, fast fatigue. During the reception it turns out that the cause of such symptoms is flatfoot. Once it was a reason for men legally not to go to the army, with the age of the same joy of availability «disease that does not hurt» Summates, and replace the real suffering from harmless at first glance.

Flatfoot may be congenital, can be the result of injury, as well as a consequence of a weak ligament. Inherited factors can affect the development of this disease, stopping stop, uncomfortable shoes, overweight, pregnancy, some diseases, professional activities.

In the norm, the stop should perform the role of the shock absorber when walking - spring, that is, soften the contact of the legs and the surface. Smooth surfaces can contribute to the change in stop housings, and this affects the state of the spine, so experts recommend walking in summer barefoot on gravel, sand, land.

Flat stop can not spring, so the excess load takes on the joints and spine. Reduced or disappearance «Lifting» Stop leads to a change in posture, the lumbar bend disappears, the position of the pelvis changes. As a result, pinching of intervertebral discs arise, a person begins to experience pain in the back, in addition to this, there are disorders in the joints, the stop is deformed, the blood circulation of the lower extremities is disturbed, a person has inconvenience when walking, rapid fatigue. Also among the consequences of flatopyopy, it is possible to allocate incorrect posture, kosolapie, lumbar osteochondrosis, foot deformation, knee deformation, hips, underdeveloped leg muscles.

Flatfoot in the initial stage can determine orthopedic. It can send for an additional examination: submeterness, computer diagnostics of stop and radiography. If necessary, the doctor prescribes special orthopedic insoles that correctly redistribute the load. If the planefield is already in the running stage, then in this case we recommend wearing special orthopedic shoes.

So, for prevention flatfoot recommended:

  • Walk on uneven surface - land, gravel, sand, grass; You can use a massage rug.
  • Wearing a heel not higher than 3-4 cm, the sock should be spacious to the fingers be comfortable. Shoes should not be narrow and also should not be very wide and free, it must be comfortable to make a leg.
  • Training Stop rollers, foot massage, as well as special healing gymnastics.

Yoltyova Tatyana Aleksandrovna
Doctor traumatologist-orthopedic network clinics «Workshop health»

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