Show Three Signs Which Point To Flat Feet By DR JAMES W BARTON Released by Western Newspaper Union read so much about YOU HOU weak flat feet that when you have the pain pam inthe m in inthe the feet you may wonder If you need arch I supports and TO TODAY'S BAYS BAY'S perhaps straightaway you HEALTH l C purchase a pair COLUMN Now arch supports supports sup ports are of great help when they are needed as they make makeI I It possible for these als to earn a living hying and get about for business and pleas pleasure pleasure ire ure However the wearing of arch sup supports supports supports ports should be he left until it is deft known that P they are really needed and when a measures to correct e the arches have failed We should realize e that the foot toot is an organ of the body M Just as is the stomach stomach I nob ach or heart and the cause of any J Jache ache or discomfort Dr Barton should be invests investigated gated Infected ton tonsIls tonsils tonsils sIls or teeth can cause pain pam In the joints and tendons of the foot just justas justas justas as in other wrist joints joints wrist knee or shoulder Infection can cause pam pain In a flat foot treatment of the foot itself may give little or no relief What are the signs of a flat foot There are three outstanding SignS that the patient can see for himself 1 He stands on a large sheet of wh te to paper and outlines his feet with a pencil If left foot is flat the inner mner side is down on the floor and bulges to right If It the rIght foot Is flat inner mner side bulges to left leftIn leftIn leftIn In the normal foot toot the arch of the foot is entirely off of the floor the left curving to left and the right curving to right 2 It If right foot toot is flat outer edge curves inward to the left instead of outward to right if left foot Is flat outer edge curves inward to rIght Instead of outward to left 3 In a normal foot the large ten tendon tendon tendon don which raises the heel bone up- up upward upward up upward ward off floo- floo runs rums straight down downward downward downward ward to heel bone If left foot toot IS flat this tendon turns outward to left if it right foot is flat this tendon turns outward to right |