Show three sips signs which point to flatfeet flat feet by DB JAMES V W BARTON tRe released lessed by western newspaper union YOU rou read ead so much about weak flat feet that when you bod have the slightest pain in the feet you M may wonder tt if you need arch supports and today 1 S perhaps you HEALTH straightaway COLUMN now arch sup ports are of great help when they are needed as they make it possible for these ln dividU als thearn ali a living 1 andret and get about for business andalea and plea pleasure s 1 however the wearing ot of arch supports should beleff be left until itis it Is definitely known th that t they are real really needed and when measures to correct t the h e arches have tailed failed we should realize that the foot is an i organ I 1 of the body just as is the stomach or heart and the cause of any ache or discomfort dr barton should be investigated infected ton sils ails or teeth can cause pain in the joints and tendons of the foot just as in other joints wrist knee or shoulder infection can cause pain in a flat foot treatment of the foot itself may give little or no relief what ar 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 white paper and outlines his feet with a pencil if left foot is flat the inner side is down on the floor and bulges to right if the right foot is flat inner side bulges to left in the normal foot the arch of the foot is entirely off the floor the left curving to left and the right curving to right 2 it if right toot foot 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 don which raises the heel bone upward off floor runs straight downward to heel bone it if left toot foot is flat this s tendon turns outward to left if right foot is flat this tendon turns outward to right |