Like the way a properly designed foundation is critical to the
structure of a skyscraper, the alignment of the human body, called
the vertical geometry, is dependent upon its foundation, the feet.
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The foot is comprised of 26 bones, the foot serves two distinctly
different purposes. As the heel strikes the ground, the foot must be
a soft supple shock absorber. As the foot passes through the gait
cycle, it must become rigid to provide an effective lever with which
to toe-off. The anatomy of someone with flat feet is deficient in
that the foot cannot ever achieve rigidity a normal foot can.
Therefore, a person with flat feet must expend extra energy and skew
the foot to toe-off. The rigidity of the foot is lost, and it
becomes a much less effective lever for toe-off. This process is
repeated with every step you take.
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