![]() ![]() ![]() Take a pronated foot due to forefoot varus - does not matter how strong the muscles are, that medial column has to get to the ground. The problem is, how often is a weakness a cause of the problem? Intuiton would suggest that strengthening exercises are good thing to do anyway and exercises would be definitely good if a weakness was the cause of the problem. so not sure how strengthening muscles would help here as weakness is not apparent and the muscles are working hard anyway. Gray (? year) showed that the leg muscles are more active in those with flat feet. Basmajian et al (1963) showed that the muscles did not play a role in the support of the medial longitudinal arch. Weakness of inversion strength has been shown not to be associated with a pronated foot (Snook, 2001). ![]()
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