Back pain? Blame your feet.
Even though your foot are all the way down there, if they’re not functioning correctly, they put your whole body out of whack. They are your foundation after all. You wouldn’t build a house on a crooked foundation and expect straight walls, would you? Same with your feet. Your feet need to be right for your body to work right.
Flat feet, or over pronation, cause lower back pain because you lack an arch, making your legs roll in. Try it even if you don’t have flat feet, but a normal arch: Stand on your feet, then push your arches towards the floor to simulate flat feet. Feel your ankles and legs rolling inward?
When that happens, your body is out of alignment: Your house has crooked walls. And that eventually leads to lower back pain.
Even if you don’t have flat feet, if you have poorly fitted shoes, or shoes lacking arch support, you’ll likely suffer from lower back pain after standing for a long time, or walking a long distance.
Excessive pronation typically causes the legs to rotate inwards, and the pelvis to tilt forward. The result is increased spinal curvature and continuous tension on the muscles in the lower back, causing pain and discomfort in this important area of the body
In 1999, an article by H.J. Dananberg and M. Guiliano published in Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association studied custom orthotics as a way to relieve chronic lower back pain. The results of the study showed that those people who used custom orthotics vs. traditional back pain treatment had twice the improvement for twice as long.
The good news for you if you suffer from flat feet or lower back pain is you can buy shoes for flat feet and alleviate the pain without the expense and hassle of custom orthotics. Shop for shoes with good arch support and you’ll straighten out your foundation and therefore your walls.
Shoes for flat feet mean the arch support that can end your lower back pain. Or if your arches are fine, but being on your feet for a long time makes your back hurt, shop for shoes as if you were searching for shoes for flat feet. It could just be the arch support you need.
May 21, 2010 at 8:09 pm |
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