What's wrong with my foot?

[Bahnyen]

I agree with you. I know this problem from one of my friend, he also don't know how to call it. But now his problem is gone by treatment from orthopedist.

[subscript]

Ok, this may be very significant to anyone who is diagnosed with a foot problem.

I did go to a podiatrist and was told I would need insoles, as the physio said. They were £240 however so I had to have a think! Plus I wasn't convinced of the necessity myself. The general podiatry line just didn't make sense- that despite the fact that we have been through thousands of years of evolution, a process through which all our bodily functions have been fine tuned to work in perfect harmony with the world around us, for some reason so many of us have feet problems, genetically. Why would evolutionary selection forget about the feet quite so much? Hmmm.

A month later and my foot problem is completely solved- my subtalar joint is neutrally aligned and I no longer have the deformity. No insoles, I simply followed my instinct and rigorously corrected some of the muscular imbalances in my body (particularly the upper hamstrings and glute which were locked tight, throwing my posture out of whack.)

I believe the issue was my shoes being too narrow and restrictive. Attempting to wear them again brought back all the issues.

It's funny, at the time I had suspicions and I asked the podiatrist (who was a well respected one with a month long waiting list) whether she thought shoes were at all to blame for the wealth of foot problems we have and she categorically and defensively denied it. I wonder whether some podiatrists have a vested (£120 per hour/£200 per insole) interest in this line perhaps? I didn't ask her to explain the comparative lack of feet problems in certain developing countries where they don't wear shoes so much as she didn't seem open for debate.

Anyway, thanks for your help and suggestions along the way.