Flat Feet

taptoematt said:

My advise at your young age is to do like many have already said, see a podiatrist or chiropodist. Pes planus or flatfeet can affect your bio mechanics as well as give you much pain. Pes planus comes in two forms, flexible and inflexible. The most common being flexible, can be addressed with orthodics or physical therapy, which can relieve the condition and sometimes give you a very slight arch. Inflexible can only be treated with surgery or casting and is a more serious variety.
You really should have it evaluated by a medical professional, ticklish or not.

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I'm not that young, but I do see what you're saying. I might still have - might , if I'm lucky - have room left in my body for some growth. If that doesn't work, then I'm afraid I may really have to have surgery. And in that event, I will probably have to either go to Europe to have the surgery, or beg American doctors to perform the surgery on my feet, and then there's that possibility that it may be too expensive for me.

I'll look into it, but I might have to be strapped down.

Hi to you all flatfeet people and many greetings form Europe!
I actually had a foot surgery a few months ago. I am 36 and a physician myself.
I had a flexible pes planus, which gave me much pain, after walking 5 minutes long I got some serious pain. I am always the most slow person when walking because of this. I had tried inserts 20 years long without any success. There were beginning signs of an arthritis because of the flat foot.
Now my foot has a (small) arch and doesn´t give me any pain. It also looks better than before, if you ignore the scars. The ticklishness hasn't been affected! ;-)
The indication for an operation is pain and arthitis. Most flat feet don't give you any pain thought, mine did.
I had to look hard to find a specialist, I visited 4 different orthopaedists. From my experience, physicians from the US would hesitate more to operate a flat foot, because it is not a major health issue and they are afraid of law suits. Here in Germany though, we have a extended surgery tradition in all fields. At any case, it is not a standard surgery procedure and most orthopaedists and physiotherapists have no clue about it and would discourage the patient to do it.
Most surgery procedures are based on a lateral column calcaneal lengthening, which is a bone lengthening with a bone transplant, combined with some soft tissue corrections, like streching of some ligaments or lengthening of the achilles tendon. You can google it.
One major disadvantage is, that you have to stay at hospital/home at least for one month and have the operated foot at a higher level than you body, so that it doesn't swell too much. You have to walk on a special shoe, which looks like a skiing boot, for about two months.
Anyway, I am happy I did it and I recommend it to all the flatfeet people with pain!

Cheers

Nick

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I appreciate the advice, Nick. I may really try this, if I need to.

What I plan on doing is taking the suggestions of my podiatrist into consideration, and if I don't feel right about the first suggestions, then I will see other podiatrists and take their suggestions, and whatever sounds best, I will most likely go with that option. So far, out of all the suggestions I have read, there have been the suggestions that I get 1) insteps, 2) surgery, and then there was 3) do foot exercises that would strengthen the muscles in my foot that (may or may not) cause me to develop an arch. I love the advice guys, and I'm very glad that you are all sharing this with me! I feel like I'm getting a bit of a heads up in my pursuit to get my feet issues fixed, and I think that's great. My concerns, however, is whether or not the suggestions that I have received will definitely work for me.

1)
I've had some people tell me that insteps may not cause my feet to grow it's own arch, instead of giving me a fake one - 'cause guys, I want a real one so that I don't have to depend on special inserts - so I'm ultimately undecided on whether or not I would follow this one.

2)
Since this option is obviously in order for me to grow an arch - and therefore keep it - I do like the idea of it, but I do see where it could be risky. I naturally have a strong dislike for anesthesia because of some of the reports that those who have been under it have experienced resulting long-lasting nerve pain. I'm not saying that this will happen to me, but I am worried about the risk.

3)
I like this idea - the foot exercises - because it seems to make sense to me that this would work in order for one to grow arches in the feet. (I'm going to make an analogy, but it may not really be a good one, however I'm hoping it would be at least somewhat appropriate.) It's like a women who wants have a higher chest. She could choose to have surgery to get it fixed, or - what she really should do, in order to avoid bodily damage - exercise in order to make the muscles stronger, therefore making them lift. The same scenario is applied to those who lose weight. When you lose weight - when you lessen your body mass - your body's shape tends to sink. In that case, you would want for your body to be upright, so what do you do while losing weight? You tone - which involves exercising. I like this idea the most, thus far, and I'm most likely going to have a go with this one first, and then if it doesn't work - which I would find very weird - I will most likely go with the surgery.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I'm not saying that any one suggestion is better than the other, but rather I'm only trying to sort out which option might be the best for me. I love comments, guys. Thank you all!

@whyguy2: Thank you for the compliment.

Remember that we were only sharing experiences. What works with some, may not work with others.

But that´s why the greatest advice is really to look for professional help. You need someone who can really have a look and see your condition and what options you will have.

This said, also from my own experience, usually these doctors barelly touch your feet. For instance, i went 3 times to my doctor and she never touched me the 1st and 2nd time. Then, on the 3rd one she incidently touched me while she was trying to place me more accurately in place. i had to stand on a device which was calculating the weight and way pressure was being aplied on my feet. Totally out of the blue, this was unexpected and it did made me jump and look down, she just smiled and said to get more to the right or left.

So, i´d say you dont need to be afraid of doctors as they are trully not there to tickle you. And believe they know you can be ticklish and will avoid that.

This is true most of the time!

Also, if in the end you choose surgery, try not to be afraid. Its true that surgery is allways a more radical procedure and more risky, but in the end it can go well and mostly they do go well in usual situations. Again, from past experience, i had a surgery 2 years ago (nothing to do with my feet!!!) and i went through all of it. I was totally taken by surprise but went confident that if usually there´s no problem, id be able to get out of it ok. As it went, i woke up from it sooner than expected and perfectly conscious. Just stayed in intensive care for like 2 hours or so and then i was relieved of most of the weird stuff plugged on me. I was allways conscious and quite and the next morning i was taking phone calls and even attended an office meeting by phone. If i had pain? yes a bit! But everyone was aware and helped to give painkillers as long as i needed them and it went quite well.

Allways remember that our mind is really powerfull. If you think positive and think you can, you will!!!!!! It´s like Obama, Yes We Can!!!! I know it´s not easy and we all get really scared about some stuff....i have my own fears believe! But if we think positive we increase our chances

Females with large flat feet should contact me!

obama666 said:

Females with large flat feet should contact me!

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Mine aren't really large, per se. I'm a size 8. 5'1" at 19 years old. I always thought my feet were "right in the middle", but I have been jokingly called Sasquatch... But that's because those people have small feet for their size. Adults, and they have the foot size of a young child. I kid you not! *tee hee*

I think big feet are pretty cool, though. More to tickle! (Or in a 'lee circumstance, more to have tickled!)

" I think big feet are pretty cool, though. More to tickle! (Or in a 'lee circumstance, more to have tickled!)"

I agree 100% with you here Orange

fitnesstickle said:

" I think big feet are pretty cool, though. More to tickle! (Or in a 'lee circumstance, more to have tickled!)"

I agree 100% with you here Orange

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Orangevibe, i've seen much worse feet than yours flat or not! It sounds to me that your family has helped convince you that your feet are ugly. They are not. Flat feet doesn't always mean ugly feet. The old saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder still stands today. Don't let it bother you. If you find a boyfriend that will pay attention to your feet it will work wonders for you self esteem regarding your feet. My ex never liked her feet until i made her feel that they were beautiful! There's nothing better than people you love giving you love and encouragement in order to help you grow!

mrloveherfeet said:

Orangevibe, i've seen much worse feet than yours flat or not! It sounds to me that your family has helped convince you that your feet are ugly. They are not. Flat feet doesn't always mean ugly feet. The old saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder still stands today. Don't let it bother you. If you find a boyfriend that will pay attention to your feet it will work wonders for you self esteem regarding your feet. My ex never liked her feet until i made her feel that they were beautiful! There's nothing better than people you love giving you love and encouragement in order to help you grow!

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My family and I are estranged. For many reasons - one of them being that they have belittled me over my image.

Boy ... friend? (I'm a lesbian. If a male so much as flirted with me, I would get the authorities involved. Or possibly look into a restraining order.)

Love? Can't say I know what that's like.

Sorry



Sorry, guys. My inferiority complex demands that whenever the arch thread is bumped, the flat feet thread is bumped too.

I know, I know. "Shut up and screw off."

eh?

...Other thread was bumped.

Check it out. It's somewhere floating around this one.

...Sorry...

*cupcakes for everyone! rainbow cupcakes with sprinkles* Can't hate a girl with rainbow sprinkles.

from a ballet magazine

Arch exercises.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_1_83/ai_n31202263/

Ok?

I knew no one would find that joke funny. *reminds self to not trust the voices ... in her ... head*

Thanks for the link, Libertine.

Who liked their cupcakes?

I guess I am not your normal foot tickling fetish person. I personally love it when a girl has flat feet. Don't get me wrong. I will gladly tickle a girl who has high arches, but there is something about flat feet that I find very sexy. Silvercherry did a video clip a few years back called, "Tracy's Little Feet Tickle" where a girl in her bra and panties was strapped to a massage table. Her feet were flat, very ticklish, and I absolutely love both the shape of her size six flat feet, along with her cackling laugh when they are tickled. The pink polish on her toenails makes them look even more hot.

I personally think you have very sexy feet. I could tickle them for hours and not get bored.