Flat feet means the arch sits low or flattens on standing. In young children, most flexible flat feet are normal and need no treatment. Physiotherapy assesses which kind you are looking at, films the gait, builds foot-arch strength, and refers for orthotics only when the exam points to it.
Phone slow-motion footage on a treadmill. We watch it back with you and explain exactly what we are seeing as the foot loads and pushes off.
Towel scrunches, heel raises, and single-leg balance, packed into a four-minute home routine that fits around school and play.
Only when the films and the clinical exam both point to it. In most flexible cases, they do not, and we will tell you that plainly.
Physiotherapy sorts a flexible, normal flat foot from one that needs attention, then works toward arch strength and confident walking through a graded home routine. Where the films and exam agree, we refer for an orthotic assessment rather than fitting one by default.
Usually not. Most flexible flat feet in young children are a normal stage and resolve on their own. The assessment tells us which kind you are looking at and whether anything is needed.
No. We refer for orthotics only when the filmed gait and the clinical exam both point to it. In most flexible cases, they do not.
A four-minute routine: towel scrunches, heel raises, and single-leg balance. We show you how on the first visit and check the technique as we go.
A 30-minute assessment with Dr. Hyma. WhatsApp is the fastest line, she replies herself.
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