Flat Feet
Flat feet are a common foot condition. It causes pain and discomfort in the feet and the ankles and lower feet, and it is detected especially in children. Flat feet are a condition where the arches of the foot flatten. This triggers biomechanic changes in how the feet move when standing or walking, and since there’s an abnormal distribution of body weight, patients end up with pain in different joints, including the ankles.
Flat feet are worse in patients with obesity and can trigger significant pain and other problems in a child’s or adult’s everyday life.