The Best Shoes for Fallen Arches

Fallen arches, or as the scientific name goes, Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD) is a widespread problem that affects the foot and ankle in many people today.
PTTD can cause a lack of stability and support in the arch of your foot that results in a condition called flat-foot.

What Exactly is a Fallen Arch

To explain to you what a Fallen arch is, you need to look at the Posterior Tibial Tendon which attaches your calf muscles to the bones on the inside of your foot, this tendon’s primary purpose is to hold up the arch of the foot and to support your foot when walking.
When the Posterior Tibial Tendon becomes inflamed or torn its ability to support the arch is impaired, this condition called Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD) results in a fallen arch or flat foot. PTTD should not be left untreated should it become worse as it can result in arthritis at a later stage.

Symptoms of a Fallen Arch

• Pain or swelling along the inside of the foot and ankle.
• Difficulty and pain when walking, running or standing for long periods of time.
• Pain on the outside of the ankle or the back of your foot.
• The ankle rolls inward.
• A flattened Arch.
• In severe untreated cases arthritis may develop.

Causes of Fallen Arches

Suffering an acute injury such as a fall or sports injury can tear the posterior tibial tendon causing it to become inflamed and your arch to fall over time, in my case a sports injury was the cause.

Obesity, Diabetes, and Hypertension are also factors that can increase the risk of developing PTTD.

PTTD and Fallen Arches are most common amongst women and people that are over 40 years of age, pregnancy can also cause fallen arches in women, particularly if they gain very much weight during pregnancy.

Affect of Fallen Arches on Feet & Body

Walking is such an important function and usually not cause any noticeable pain or discomfort in your childhood or early teen years. However, as a person gets older and the years advance their feet will eventually start demonstrating some symptoms of fallen arches or flat feet.

The most common symptoms of fallen arches that I have noticed are usually aching, tired and swollen feet.

In most cases, symptoms of the feet may not be noticed at all, but other areas of the body they can start to express symptoms caused by flat feet. So in the actual danger of flat feet or fallen arches is not the symptoms caused by the feet but more likely the harm that is being caused to other joints and parts of the body.

Another interesting fact is that Flat feet also has a lovely cousin that is a condition which joins fallen arches hand in hand called Overpronation. An interesting article to read on Flat feet is, Best Shoes for Wide Flat feet.

Flat feet is said to be one of the biggest reasons that we always see and an epidemic of a back, hip and knee pain along with associated arthritis and other back, hip and knee ailments.

Avoided further damage to joints and muscles as well as prevent the need for a back, hip or knee surgeries by correcting flat feet and overpronation early in your life and maintain the corrective procedures.
Motion Control Walking and Running Shoes are a great choice for flat feet or fallen arches.

A few telltale symptoms of flat feet go unnoticed are: a lower back pain, knee pain, hip pain, shoulder, and neck pain along with headaches.

The so-called growing pains that children go through in life is also usually related to having flat feet or fallen arches.

Features of the Best Shoes for Fallen Arches

My best shoe options for PTTD resulting and Fallen Arches are supportive, have a steel or plastic shank, and a very rigid sole and firm heel counter. Most shoes suitable for PTTD should be able to accommodate orthotics.

The best type of shoe for a fallen arch should not have a high heel and should also not be flat, a medium or lower heel with a slight platform usually does the trick. Arch Support and motion control in my shoes are the two most are also two important characteristics.

There is a wide variety of shoes available on the market today that offer the best features for fallen arches; you can choose from dress shoes, sandals, work shoes, running or athletic shoes, and much more. Orthopedic shoes are not so limited anymore, and they are becoming much more popular, so you are sure to find a perfectly fitting and stylish looking pair of shoes for any occasion.

If you enjoy training and running as I do, you can look at Cross Training Shoes for Flat feet.

Reviews: Top Shoes for Fallen Arches

Listed below I have chosen a variety of shoes that are all designed to accommodate Fallen Arches, and provide the best comfort and many other fantastic features;

Women's

Altra Provision 3.5

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