Do you have a painful flatfoot? Do your feet get very tired at the end of the day? Do you have joint stiffness in the foot? Many times flatfoot can be treated effectively with orthotics. A custom orthotic can help a lot. However, there are times that the reason you are having a flatfoot is that a joint is dislocated or subluxed. Proper weight-bearing X rays are important in developing a treatment protocol. There are times that surgery is necessary to realign the foot. As you can see from the picture the before and after of one of our flatfoot reconstructions. The recovery time for these procedures has been reduced due to new advances in hardware. Don't go around living in pain. There are many solutions.
