Talk:Flat feet
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Good general discussion of the condition I suffer from! Unlike some, I accept the negative perception of flat feet - after all the arch is a classic architectural representation of strength. Having to wear orthotics as a teenager did not help my esteem, especially as bunions developed regardless. In fact, bunions are often a side-eddect of flat-footedness linked to the fact that the flat foot does not sit correctli in most shoes. Good to hear nevertheless of flat-footed olympian athletes.
I would flag for cleanup, but I will leave this to someone more experienced. Estr4ng3d 16:48, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Request for additional information
If anyone knows of a source for this, I think it would be helpful to add a section describing the causes of a collapse of the foot's arch, and to make the discussion of causes less vague and more detailed.
Mushroom Pi 20:59, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Soldiers
I find it interesting that the flexible flatfooted soldiers had a lower incidence of injury, particularly because I came to this page to find out why flat feet kept people out of the military. My grandfather had flat feet and was rejected on this basis alone from joining the army during WWII, a fact that caused him some emotional stress since his brother had recently been killed in Europe. Interestingly, my wife thought that flat footed people being rejected for service had been a joke of some kind and that it never really happened. PacificBoy 17:03, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- I really like the Far Side cartoon with the guy at the bar telling others not to stare at his flat feet, because they kept him out of the Army. (The flat feet are protuding from his forehead.) Isaac Crumm 01:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
