If you look at your feet with low arches, you might see a foot that appears to be too wide, especially in the mid foot region. When you walk on the bathroom floor after stepping out of the shower, feet with low arches appear to be a completely filled in outline of a foot, and no slender area whatsoever in the imprint.

Feet with low arches are not meant for barefoot walking or long distance walking such as military walking. They’ll tire out too fast and slow you down. Feet with low arches are also prone to develop pain because the bones of the feet can’t properly support the weight and forces acting upon them.   There is a solution to feet with low arches. A health practitioner who balances muscles strength for improved posture and better biomechanics during walking would tell you to do specific exercises to strengthen your feet. For example, you might have to lie on your back on the floor, put your feet on the wall, forming a 90-degree angle of your lower leg to the wall, and pigeon toe your feet. Then he might have you exercise your legs, bringing your knees inward and outward several times, keeping your feet pigeon-toed.   This could help but for right now, you most likely need support for feet with low arches. That support comes in the form of orthotics for low arches.   Orthotics for low arches are built up more in the medial aspect of the orthotic, which corresponds with the location of the longitudinal arch of the foot. Here, they can support your feet and give them a strong foundation.   If you have low arches, you’ll notice that by adding orthotics for low arches to your shoes and boots, the way you stand is different. Instead of your feet tending to collapse when you stand, now you are standing taller with your weight distributed throughout the entire foot. You’ll feel different when you wear orthotics for low arches.