High arches mean boots don’t fit and mobility issues are rampant.
Flat feet may work better for swimming and to medically avoid military service...!
Many more ankle injuries with high arches - as I know well.
My oldest son had the flattest of flat feet. He’s 36 now and just finished a half-marathon, and regularly goes for 10+ mile desert hikes.
“Having flat feet is normal”
He lies! After a lifetime on my feet including track, football, boy scout hiking, delivering mail, the military, traipsing miles and miles on downtown Chicago concrete, etc., both my ankles gave up the ghost. Called “adult aquired flatfeet” in medical terminology. Braces on each foot, handicapped parking placard, ice wraps and advil to sleep every night, pain so persistent it causes nausea sometimes. Severely interferes with quality of life everyday activities. I’d only wish the problem on democrats.
So the guy is FOS!
It used to help prevent lead poisoning when we had a draft.
My wife has flat feet and is the clumsiest person I know. She is constantly tripping over things that would be innocuous to me. And she is constantly complaining about sore knees and hips. She spent thousands of dollars on orthotics to correct her arches and they just made matters worse. Personally I don't think it athink that it is because she has worn ill-fitting shoes all her life. Conversely I was raised barefoot. Sure I wore shoes to the places they were "required", but never relied on them, and couldn't wait to go natural again. I have been able to maintain this lifestyle throughout my almost 68 years. I have never sprained an ankle or had any knee, hip, back, or neck problems common to "normally" shod people.
The myth that flat feet make you more likely to develop injuries has often resulted in people having unnecessary medical interventions, and significant concerns among patients about the appearance of their feet.
My wife has flat feet and is the clumsiest person I know. She is constantly tripping over things that would be innocuous to me. And she is constantly complaining about sore knees and hips. She spent thousands of dollars on orthotics to correct her arches and they just made matters worse. Personally I don't think that it is because she has flat feet, but has worn ill-fitting shoes all her life. Conversely I was raised barefoot. Sure I wore shoes to the places they were "required", but never relied on them, and couldn't wait to go natural again. I have been able to maintain this lifestyle throughout my almost 68 years. I have never sprained an ankle or had any knee, hip, back, or neck problems common to "normally" shod people.