Of all the videos on youtube I've watched about high arches, this is by far the best. I've implemented the different exercises and have noticed a significant change within the first few days. Keep up the quality content.
I thought that I had such a deformity, one day I felt unevenness when walking, I felt all the bumps (unpleasant sensation), the heel was very swollen (on palpation, like liquid or just trampling) and the arch rose up a little, but not much, I went to have an MRI examination, in conclusion they wrote synovitis of the entire ankle joint and tarsal joints, but about the bones they wrote everything was normal, nothing was displaced, there were no deformities, I went to the doctor, he then recommended doing a flfs examination of the size of both legs, in the end the conclusion was 8 cm shortening of the left leg, but the pelvis is not displaced in place, the doctor advised me to purchase individual orthopedic insoles, I’ll go soon, I even did electroneuromyography of my legs,to rule out neurological problems, in the end everything was normal, they told me it was an orthopedic problems.
Thank you! I'm willing to bet that because you are a pedorthist you see a higher prevalence of pes cavus in your clinic than you would in the general population. In the general population, the prevalence of pes cavus is less than 10%, which isn't THAT rare, but still a lot more rare than pes planus.
Every word mattered. This is what I needed to hear. Wasn't familiar with anatomy terms but that's what pause is for. I hope this helps. It all started with 45 minutes holding tension in my ankle and didn't realize it until I could hardly walk when I got up from the work chair. I didn't realize how seriously off kilter my ankle was after that. Within a year, I broke the foot. Dr. refused to provide physical therapy even though I was in the walking cast 6 months. My arch got higher and higher and a cyst developed o n the outside of the lower calf. Then I had a car collision with my back rotated which messed up a vertebrae on that side as well as my hips. Plantar fasciitis and a deep neuroma followed. Each aspect responds to treatments (the cyst, the neuromas, the fasciitis) but I'm tired of the whole thing so thank you for the suggestions. I really appreciate it. I don't want to have foot, hip or balance problems as I get older and more vulnerable so I think this will help. You thought you talked a lot, ha ha. I'll check out your ankle video too. Thanks!
Thank you and you're welcome! I hope that the exercises help and, if you're referring to the ankle sprain video, it's this one over here: th-cam.com/video/uGVhDf8DzRo/w-d-xo.html
What an incredible density of information in that video. Thank you very much. I have high arched feet and can’t even remember the age I could still squat down with heels on the ground. I’m afraid my arch has a genetical origin. I will definitely give this program a go, since it’s very different from what I’ve tried over the last years to correct my foot position. Everything I did so far was based on dorsiflexion and calf stretching. Seeing all the tibialis stretches I think I did it all wrong :D
Is it normal to have sharp medial malleolus pain when trying to dorsiflex/pronate while weight bearing? Also how long before I start to see improvement?
No exercise is going to "correct" high arches. It may help with the pain, discomfort, etc. but your high arches are not going to disappear because you do a certain exercise.
I was forced to use orthopedic boots when I was little and it deformed my feet, until very recently I realized I've had this condition all my life, it has affected my performance in sports: it stiffened my body and affected my mechanical function, even though I have always been promising and a decent performer. It made me fall into a very pernicious habit of using shoes extremely small, I mean like 4 to 5 sizes smaller. One thing I can observe is that in order to compensate the high arc I rotated the legs and it gave the impression that the ark was normal, this tampered me to walk properly and gave my feet a tubby appearance... all in all, I thought I had very short wide feet, because I was gaslighted into it basically, and it ended up the opposite, long, narrow and hollow ones. Thank you for you advice.
Even more rare: I have high arches and overpronation, not supination. It's congenital, inherited, not due to injury or neurological disorder. It's always been so hard to find shoes! Am I correct to assume that you would advise inversion variations rather than eversion for those exercises or perhaps do both eversion and inversion? Thanks for this informative video.
Do you mean varus ankles and overpronated feet? If so, then the strengthening exercises for the feet - like the towel toe curl and point and flex exercises - and inversion mobilization exercises for the ankles.
@@TeamYouphoric I mean a pes cavus foot anatomy with valgus ankles. The wet footprint is a skinny stripe at the lateral midfoot, the instep is high, yets feet overpronate. Long arch orthotics and metatarsal cookies have helped to relieve excessive pressure on the 1st MTPs, though less reduction for 5th MTPs. No bunions, but 5th MTPs tend toward bunionettes because of footwear shapes not matching the foot shape. Medial tendons can ache after running, jumping, dancing. I've had a sprain at the medial foot, which is not common. Calf stretching and strengthening have helped Achilles tendon issues. Overpronation combined with the high arch is a problem that makes finding athletic footwear challenging, because I've needed roll stabilization and room for the high arch. So I was excited to find your video.
@@sncnjcsmom6451 ah, so the opposite. You'd want to stretch the toe flexors, strengthen the toe extensors, and you can wrap a band around your ankles to do some resisted ankle eversion exercises.
I have a high arch issue bothering me for years. I am constantly sprain ankle and cant see to recoup enough to do exercises. Also, i actually sprain my ankle when I pronate it, so I always have to walk/support it to stay in a supination stand. I definitely feel my ankle really weak but cant get to the point to be able to exercise it because of the pain.
Hi! I broke my ankle in the end of 2016 (I know it is been long) Thanks to the very poor management of the injury I have that condition now, which is not really doing too much with my daily life, I can walk, run, cycle and most of the things that everyone does but since the injury my ankle is just not the same. Could a High Arche also cause limit in some of the movement in the ankle? Or is it something completely different?
Hi! High Arches can limit eversion and dorsiflexion of the ankle, but if I had to guess without assessing you, I'd say there's a better probability that the limited movement would have been due to the lack of mobility and stability training early on during the rehabilitation process. I actually made a video a couple years ago on rehabbing an ankle injury: th-cam.com/video/uGVhDf8DzRo/w-d-xo.html
@@TeamYouphoric My english is not my first language so pardon me if my explanation is pretty simple. If I lay on the bed and I try to raise my fingers my left ankle(the one that was broken) cannot go up as the other one. I don't really have pain, or only feel some pain when weather changer rapidly, which I know it is kind of normal, but it generally feels more stiff. However now sitting in my office and having my heel on the ground and I try to raise the front of my foot, it seems that exactly the part between the ankle and the fingers is the one that does not want to move/flex. Anyways, I guess it is worth a try to do it right? I heard you can recover from alot of things with the proper care.
@@TeamYouphoric Love the pace of the video, just one thing is I struggle to understand what your are doing with your ankle during Myofascial Stretching Exercise for the Tibialis Anterior Muscle.
Hi. I have a pes cavus high arch foot. All these years i didn't have any problem but from past 2 years due to pressure developing foot ulcer under the last finger..can my high arch foot be corrected through this excercises or can you suggest what can be done to correct my foot please. Thank you in advance
There aren't specific acupuncture points for high arches. However, you can apply acupuncture to the muscles responsible for inversion/supination such as the tibialis anterior and posterior, gastrocnemius, and soleus to release some of the tension.
@@MH-gi7ze I don't have a video for them. One of the acupuncture points is called Zhongfen. When you go into dorsiflexion of the ankle, the tendon of the Anterior Tibialis will be more prominent on the medial aspect of the ankle. The needling point will be between the tendon and the medial malleolus. Another of the acupuncture points is called Ligou. You can find it by locating the highest point of the medial malleolus. Roughly one third of the way between the medial malleolus and the popliteal crease, on the posterior medial crest of the tibia, will be the needling point. If you're not experienced in acupuncture, I wouldn't recommend attempting it yourself.
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Of all the videos on youtube I've watched about high arches, this is by far the best. I've implemented the different exercises and have noticed a significant change within the first few days. Keep up the quality content.
Thank you! I'm glad I could help.
Talks way to fast for me I felt exhausted by the end. Slow down a bit us old guys want to know what you have to say 😅
Try changing the playback speed to 0.75x speed and I sound normal!
I thought that I had such a deformity, one day I felt unevenness when walking, I felt all the bumps (unpleasant sensation), the heel was very swollen (on palpation, like liquid or just trampling) and the arch rose up a little, but not much, I went to have an MRI examination, in conclusion they wrote synovitis of the entire ankle joint and tarsal joints, but about the bones they wrote everything was normal, nothing was displaced, there were no deformities, I went to the doctor, he then recommended doing a flfs examination of the size of both legs, in the end the conclusion was 8 cm shortening of the left leg, but the pelvis is not displaced in place, the doctor advised me to purchase individual orthopedic insoles, I’ll go soon, I even did electroneuromyography of my legs,to rule out neurological problems, in the end everything was normal, they told me it was an orthopedic problems.
Great video bit as a pedorthist I totally disagree with the comment that pes cavus is very rare. 30-35% of my patients are pes cavus
Thank you! I'm willing to bet that because you are a pedorthist you see a higher prevalence of pes cavus in your clinic than you would in the general population. In the general population, the prevalence of pes cavus is less than 10%, which isn't THAT rare, but still a lot more rare than pes planus.
Every word mattered. This is what I needed to hear. Wasn't familiar with anatomy terms but that's what pause is for. I hope this helps. It all started with 45 minutes holding tension in my ankle and didn't realize it until I could hardly walk when I got up from the work chair. I didn't realize how seriously off kilter my ankle was after that. Within a year, I broke the foot. Dr. refused to provide physical therapy even though I was in the walking cast 6 months. My arch got higher and higher and a cyst developed o n the outside of the lower calf. Then I had a car collision with my back rotated which messed up a vertebrae on that side as well as my hips. Plantar fasciitis and a deep neuroma followed. Each aspect responds to treatments (the cyst, the neuromas, the fasciitis) but I'm tired of the whole thing so thank you for the suggestions. I really appreciate it. I don't want to have foot, hip or balance problems as I get older and more vulnerable so I think this will help. You thought you talked a lot, ha ha. I'll check out your ankle video too. Thanks!
Thank you and you're welcome! I hope that the exercises help and, if you're referring to the ankle sprain video, it's this one over here: th-cam.com/video/uGVhDf8DzRo/w-d-xo.html
What an incredible density of information in that video. Thank you very much. I have high arched feet and can’t even remember the age I could still squat down with heels on the ground. I’m afraid my arch has a genetical origin. I will definitely give this program a go, since it’s very different from what I’ve tried over the last years to correct my foot position. Everything I did so far was based on dorsiflexion and calf stretching. Seeing all the tibialis stretches I think I did it all wrong :D
Is it normal to have sharp medial malleolus pain when trying to dorsiflex/pronate while weight bearing? Also how long before I start to see improvement?
No, it's not normal but if you do these exercises every day then you should start to see some improvements after the first month.
No exercise is going to "correct" high arches. It may help with the pain, discomfort, etc. but your high arches are not going to disappear because you do a certain exercise.
Tell that to my patients who were able to correct them...
Well im rare least i got that going for me
I was forced to use orthopedic boots when I was little and it deformed my feet, until very recently I realized I've had this condition all my life, it has affected my performance in sports: it stiffened my body and affected my mechanical function, even though I have always been promising and a decent performer. It made me fall into a very pernicious habit of using shoes extremely small, I mean like 4 to 5 sizes smaller. One thing I can observe is that in order to compensate the high arc I rotated the legs and it gave the impression that the ark was normal, this tampered me to walk properly and gave my feet a tubby appearance... all in all, I thought I had very short wide feet, because I was gaslighted into it basically, and it ended up the opposite, long, narrow and hollow ones. Thank you for you advice.
Even more rare: I have high arches and overpronation, not supination. It's congenital, inherited, not due to injury or neurological disorder. It's always been so hard to find shoes!
Am I correct to assume that you would advise inversion variations rather than eversion for those exercises or perhaps do both eversion and inversion?
Thanks for this informative video.
Do you mean varus ankles and overpronated feet? If so, then the strengthening exercises for the feet - like the towel toe curl and point and flex exercises - and inversion mobilization exercises for the ankles.
@@TeamYouphoric I mean a pes cavus foot anatomy with valgus ankles. The wet footprint is a skinny stripe at the lateral midfoot, the instep is high, yets feet overpronate. Long arch orthotics and metatarsal cookies have helped to relieve excessive pressure on the 1st MTPs, though less reduction for 5th MTPs. No bunions, but 5th MTPs tend toward bunionettes because of footwear shapes not matching the foot shape. Medial tendons can ache after running, jumping, dancing. I've had a sprain at the medial foot, which is not common. Calf stretching and strengthening have helped Achilles tendon issues. Overpronation combined with the high arch is a problem that makes finding athletic footwear challenging, because I've needed roll stabilization and room for the high arch. So I was excited to find your video.
@@sncnjcsmom6451 ah, so the opposite. You'd want to stretch the toe flexors, strengthen the toe extensors, and you can wrap a band around your ankles to do some resisted ankle eversion exercises.
Very helpful. Ankle has bothered me over a year. Finally a doctor told me I have high arches. I like it when I can do something about problems.
I'm glad you found the video helpful!
“It’s quite rare” yet here I am!! Haha
please talk slower
So I was told that my high arches were caused by a tarsal coalition in both my feet. Do you think this would still help?
Have you always had the high arches or did they develop later in your life?
Awesome. thank you!
You're welcome! I'm glad you found the video helpful.
Bro can you speed up talking so it shows up perfect at 0,5x playing speed? There is no 0,75x option on the phone.
Really? Because I see a 0.75x speed on the TH-cam app when I look at the settings.
Actually speeding it up is more pleasant.
@@tba3679 then you should check out my rehab shorts. A lot of information crammed into 60 seconds.
Thank you
You're welcome!
I have a high arch issue bothering me for years. I am constantly sprain ankle and cant see to recoup enough to do exercises. Also, i actually sprain my ankle when I pronate it, so I always have to walk/support it to stay in a supination stand. I definitely feel my ankle really weak but cant get to the point to be able to exercise it because of the pain.
Hi! I broke my ankle in the end of 2016 (I know it is been long) Thanks to the very poor management of the injury I have that condition now, which is not really doing too much with my daily life, I can walk, run, cycle and most of the things that everyone does but since the injury my ankle is just not the same. Could a High Arche also cause limit in some of the movement in the ankle? Or is it something completely different?
Hi! High Arches can limit eversion and dorsiflexion of the ankle, but if I had to guess without assessing you, I'd say there's a better probability that the limited movement would have been due to the lack of mobility and stability training early on during the rehabilitation process.
I actually made a video a couple years ago on rehabbing an ankle injury: th-cam.com/video/uGVhDf8DzRo/w-d-xo.html
@@TeamYouphoric My english is not my first language so pardon me if my explanation is pretty simple. If I lay on the bed and I try to raise my fingers my left ankle(the one that was broken) cannot go up as the other one. I don't really have pain, or only feel some pain when weather changer rapidly, which I know it is kind of normal, but it generally feels more stiff. However now sitting in my office and having my heel on the ground and I try to raise the front of my foot, it seems that exactly the part between the ankle and the fingers is the one that does not want to move/flex. Anyways, I guess it is worth a try to do it right? I heard you can recover from alot of things with the proper care.
It does unbalance the spine and the hipbone.
So good thank you!
You're welcome! I'm glad you found the video helpful.
@@TeamYouphoric Love the pace of the video, just one thing is I struggle to understand what your are doing with your ankle during Myofascial Stretching Exercise for the Tibialis Anterior Muscle.
@@cdt5401 I'm pointing my foot downward away from my body, and I'm pointing the sole of my foot inward toward my opposite leg.
Hi. I have a pes cavus high arch foot. All these years i didn't have any problem but from past 2 years due to pressure developing foot ulcer under the last finger..can my high arch foot be corrected through this excercises or can you suggest what can be done to correct my foot please.
Thank you in advance
@Team Youphoric could you please suggest right excercises to me
Wise. But talking too fast
Try 0.75x speed.
Thank you for you pace
You're welcome!
I’ve been struggling with Achilles tendon pain for 20 years, and lately it’s become worse. Just did the first exercise and immediately felt relief.
@rajiscool-qg6gl No, it doesn't :)
this is great by you're talking so fast. its hard to follow along. calm down
Thanks! If you change the playback speed to 0.75x speed it'll be easier to follow along.
It’s nice he gets to the point.
It’s nice he gets to the point.
It’s nice he gets to the point.
It’s nice he gets to the point.
Do you know if their are acupuncture points for high arches? Thanks.
There aren't specific acupuncture points for high arches. However, you can apply acupuncture to the muscles responsible for inversion/supination such as the tibialis anterior and posterior, gastrocnemius, and soleus to release some of the tension.
@@TeamYouphoric Great. Would you have these. Thanks.
@@MH-gi7ze I don't have a video for them. One of the acupuncture points is called Zhongfen. When you go into dorsiflexion of the ankle, the tendon of the Anterior Tibialis will be more prominent on the medial aspect of the ankle. The needling point will be between the tendon and the medial malleolus.
Another of the acupuncture points is called Ligou. You can find it by locating the highest point of the medial malleolus. Roughly one third of the way between the medial malleolus and the popliteal crease, on the posterior medial crest of the tibia, will be the needling point.
If you're not experienced in acupuncture, I wouldn't recommend attempting it yourself.