What is Flatfoot? What Impact Does Flatfoot Have on Fitness Training?
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Everyone's feet are different. Some people have flat feet, so what is flat foot?
Normally, our soles have a gap, which is the natural arch, normally this gap is enough for us to insert a pen, the pen will not be stepped on. Flat foot is when the arch of the foot is relatively small, close to a plane foot.
There are many reasons for flat feet, it may be due to genetic reasons or the relaxation of the foot arch, leading to flat feet.So, what problems might flat feet bring to our life and fitness training?
1. Flat foot leads to our inability to perform correct deep squat mechanics.
When our feet have an arch, our ankles and knees and hips are all on the same line, because that small arc makes the foot arch, allowing the tibia to align with the knee.
So, once we have flat feet, the three positions just mentioned will be very strange, not on a straight line, then our deep squat will easily have problems.
2. Without strong arches, we will find it difficult to jump.
Strong arches allow our feet to have a buffer with the ground, otherwise, when we jump, the pressure on our knees, hip and lower back will be very large.
We can imagine, straight-legged landing compared to bent-legged landing, don't you feel the counterforce from the ground is not so large.
For flat foot friends, because the foot has no gap, each landing is a foot-sole landing, the counterforce from the ground will be very large, causing the knee joint of the lower body to bear a large pressure.
3. For runners, flat feet hinder your ability and speed improvement.
For flat foot friends, any backward pushing action is a challenge, so whether it's long-distance running or short-distance running, we will lose the initiative because of this. Your physical fitness and speed improvement speed will also be slower.
4. Your glutes may be lazy.
In the ideal state of our lower body, our hips should work with our hamstrings together. If our glutes are lazy, then our hamstrings will do two people's work alone.
This is because of flat feet, causing the tibia to internal rotation, triggering the internal rotation of the knee, and then the hip also follows internal rotation.
Hip internal rotation leads to the long-term stretching of the gluteus medius, which naturally becomes weaker. If the gluteus medius is weak, it's like this muscle is missing. The main function of the gluteus medius is to assist our lower limb power, so if it's lazy, it's like only the hamstrings are still working, and finally, it will lead to injury.
Flat foot people are prone to external bow legs, it's easier to fatigue when walking. These problems may not be paid attention to by some friends, but from now on, you need to give them enough attention.
The above points are the potential problems caused by flat feet.We may not pay attention to flat feet often. But if you find that you have the symptoms of flat feet, we need to pay attention to this problem, not wait for any of the above problems to appear, and then go to rescue.
