Believe it or not, your flat feet could be causing of your back, hip, or knee pain.
The doctors at Next Step Foot & Ankle Clinic explain how your arches support your body and what options are available to you for correcting your flat feet.
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Once the team determines whether you have flat feet, they formulate a personalized treatment plan with you.
The muscles and tendons in your arch will need extra support for proper health and optimal use of your ankles and knees.
Flat feet don’t typically go away on their own, but some suggestions for correcting flat feet include:
WEARING ORTHOTIC INSERTS OR SUPPORTIVE SHOES
Changing your shoes to more comfortable footwear and/or adding orthotic insoles to relieve the pressure on your ligament can help increase your elasticity and heal.
We are the first and currently only provider in and around San Antonio that offers custom 3D orthotics with our FitStation by Hewlette Packard. Providing the doctors with more data points, such as your individual pressure points per your gait (way/manner in which you walk) in order to design a perfectly custom orthotic.
REGULAR STRETCHING
Click the video below to see how Dr. Silvester recommends stretches to help treat your Heel Pain. Stretching helps loosen your ligaments, increasing the elasticity and helping them heal.
WEIGHT LOSS
Your health care professionals may also recommend weight loss for better distribution on your feet.
OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION
Although, at Next Step it is our goal to get you off pain medication, in extreme cases it may be necessary.
Treatment & Surgery Options
Dr. Silvester and Dr. Larsen specialize in many advanced minimally and non-invasive treatments, and if necessary, advanced minimally invasive and traditional surgical techniques with patient proven success stories.
Request an AppointmentDr. Silvester talks about flat feet in children and why we are the best choice to treat your children’s flat feet and help give them the active life, pain-free, they deserve!
Take our quick quiz to see if your child might have flat feet:
Does my child have flat feet?
Flat feet can be a major problem for kids. Many people (some doctors included) think it is just something you have to live with. This is not the case.
So if you think your child is struggling with flat feet give us a call and let us discuss which options might be best for you and your child.
Request an AppointmentChildren with Flat/Misaligned Feet
Cautionary signs to look for:
Some children may not be able to verbalize the symptoms they are experiencing, but parents can still spot signs of a problem with their child’s feet.
Check to see if your child exhibits any of the following behaviors (signs):
Always wanting to be held
Your child wants to be held and carried longer/more often than other children, especially when walking.
Avoiding physical activities
Your child avoids/resists normal physical activities, runs significantly slower and/or is less coordinated than other children.
Shoelaces always coming untied
Your child shoelaces come untied more than normal due to the foot rolling inward at the ankle.
Growing pains & pain in their legs
Your child experiences growing pains at bedtime and/or wakes up shortly after falling asleep from pain in their legs.
Unusually over-weight
Your child is unusually over-weight, typically due to a lack in activity level.
Collapsed arches or “too many toes syndrome”
Your child has collapsed arches, or “too many toes syndrome”.