Painfully High Arches

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Excessively high arched feet are perhaps the most difficult common foot structure to deal with, both because of its causing poor weight distribution and concentration of weight-bearing in the ball and heel of the foot and because of a commonly associated equinus allowing for limited dorsiflexion of the ankle. Insoles which fill in the areas of non-weight bearing in order to increase the weight-bearing surface may be useful but certainly not totally so. Surgery is available for drastic cases, but I would judge that few such procedures are done. Treatment in any form is often less than satisfactory, and one with that foot structure often needs to acknowledge the restrictions it causes, which may mean that he/she is not a good candidate for what is required of a person in the military.