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I started prioritizing my foot health and it's improved every aspect of my movement.

Thank you for these informative videos, I’m learning so much on foot health!❤

Thank you for all the information . I have been having a lot of issues with foot and hip. 🙏

Tailbone injury in my 20’s led to weakened hip & further problems in my feet. I knew there was a connection. But those last two exercises have finally given me a way to strengthen that hip to foot weakness!!! And a powerful visual to incorporate into my healing visualizations!!!

Thank you so much you literally answered all of my questions in great detail glad I found this video .

This is so helpful! I play Basketball and watch your videos for injury prevention. Thank you!

Thank you for your insights and evidence-based learning.

Thank you for a structured, well paced, and concise video! Watched others and this was by far the most easily video to follow. 💗💯

My Doctor told me that I couldn’t fix my flat feet and I should stop playing basketball. I stopped seeing him right after that

Thank you so much for this video. It covers all grounds and gives concise advice on how to fix the problem

I loved this. I will certainly work on my fallen arches. Thank You

This video explains a lot of what was thought to help, actually hindered my foot problems. As a toddler, I was knocked kneed and flat footed. My mother was an OT and so did exercises with me daily. Without a car we bicycled everywhere, which she though would help strengthen lateral muscles. In the 1950's I always wore leather tie "oxfords" and orthopedic shoes. As an adult I had 6 pairs of orthotics as I was a runner and hiker but when I was pregnant 30 yrs ago, I stopped wearing them. I have continued PT but the pain now is excruciating. The recent x-rays show great deformation and I am considering surgery.

I am a severe flat feet athlete... when I saw the studies glutes/feet I really understood the relevance of training this muscles 🤩 amazing content, amazing video. Greetings from Chile

Thank you for your videos. I'm recovering from multiple ankles sprains and plantar fasciitis. All this is very informative, i hope i can have fully recover and gain back the control of my body soon. It was not easy when you have over weight, over pronation, heel pain and so on. But since i started a new diet and begin to lose weight and treat my fascia it's incredible how much your body get stronger and begin to heal by itself. I don't have heel pain anymore, so i'm beginning to move from my super fancy and coushioning and super stable shoes to some normal ones and then begin the journey for barefoot. Greetings from China, Shanghai from this Colombian viewer!

This is so helpful thank you so much for posting ☺️

Great explanation and tips!

Great stuff dude! Thank you SO much!😁🤙

brilliant presentation and info

Very valuable information. Thank you.

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.

Perfect, thank you!

Thank you so much, this is so well done, motivating and helpful!

Been working at home for 18 months, haven't worn a shoe since day one of that. Between that and exercising daily again, I see and feel my foot strength resurrected. But this was a fascinating video!

I'm really glad this video hit all the points that I've seen separated in other videos that weren't as thorough. The glutes and knees, I feel, were a really important thing to focus on with my fallen arches, which I've had for the longest time despite using barefoot shoes for 5+ years (and being barefoot at home, european). A fun way to exercise for me is using VR games and focusing on how I use my legs, getting into squats and really trying to dig in with the toes when I do -- recommend for anyone who has the funds to do so but hates exercise.

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You are a great speaker and teacher and I hope you find more ways to do both. Also, thanks for this helpful information.

This is very excellent video ,thanks a lot

Great demonstration of the exercises of building strong feet

Very interesting and makes good, natural sense. Funny, because started wearing a thick cushion flip flop these past couple of years for more comfort being 65 yrs old, and now my feet are flatter and my right ankle is pronated inward…(if I’m saying that correctly) and it is agonizing! I’ve been a flat shoe and sandal person my whole life with no problems, I decide to go for a cushion and now this…and why I’m watching your video! I will give this theory a try!

I have never had flat feet, but I have had plantar fasciitis 6 times since age 23 (I'm now 60). About 15 years ago I figured this out on my own, that I could quickly overcome PF in a few weeks using my arch muscles to take the strain off of my plantar fascia. After that I ran barefoot for 10 years, no injuries.

Such a valuable video, thanks.

Thank you so very much . I really needed that .

What a wonderful lesson. Thanks Chris.

Thanks for sharing it...

OMG these exercises does strengthen your arch. After the first rep, I could clearly see my feet posture improving. Awesome!

Brilliant !!!!!! 54 yo a long search for help all my life - finally found in your vids THANK YOU XXXXX

Always, a very great video with a very informative content.

Great stuff!

This goes contrary to 99% of the advice out there about correcting flat feet, yet it makes total intuitive sense to me. I’ve always suspected that excess reliance on arch support weakens people’s arches and that walking barefoot now and then is actually a good thing.

Very nice explanation. I'll add this to exercises Programm for my doughter. Thank you

Can you recommend any modifications of these exercises for hallux limitus? Can barefoot shoes be used by patients with hallux limitus? Most Drs recommend stiff soled “rocker” type shoes and also arch supports for this condition. Great video - thanks.

So grateful I found this video... It’s incredibly informative and encouraging too! Definitely subscribing. Thank you. I feel very hopeful that I can (and will) change the appearance and functionality of my feet with knowledge, hard work, determination and dedication!

Vow gluteus-arche connection! Experimenting on one's own how they work together Direct experience makes the difference in learning

Marvelous....explanations

Good video, thank you.

A podiatrist told me I had short tendons and one flat feet. There was nothing that could be done. I now understand the root cause of some issues with my knies when running. Very happy to have discovered this

this channel is a God-send purchasing all ur programs right tf now!!! Flat feet has made running unbearable for me

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thank for your video!!

Very informative. My grandson who's 9yrs old has flat feet. I'll pass this info and your channel, along to his parents so that he doesn't have to suffer in the future. Many thanks.

excellent video

This is very helpful. Thank you. I was diagnosed with flat feet about ten years ago, at age 60!! I had no problem with my feet before then. I tried doing that glute exercise lying on my front and raising my bent knee. I could just about raise it, maybe two centimetres!! No glute strenth at all, it seems, although I do daily stretching, basic exercise and walking. So glute strengthening is what I will focus on next, and maybe it'll resolve my flat feet. Thanks again. Great video.

Make sense. Thank you.

Thanks so much for this video Chris! I've been looking forward to it for a while.

I had a call from a lady trying to sell to me insoles for improved foot support and for fixing arch problems. I told her about the benefits of being barefoot. I also told her about my experience with minimal shoes and barefoot trail running. 😁

Thank you so very much

Sir Please make a video clip about Heel Aches (Heel Spur, Plantar Fasciitis) problem.

I'm so excited to find your channel! I had an injury when I was a toddler that injured my left foot, and possible other areas as well. But my parents didn't coddle me or talk much about it as I seemed to recover well and I remember my foot being strong when I was young. Mom always said it was good to walk barefoot, so I did. Didn't have much trouble with my left foot until my 30's, when I discovered I couldn't take jobs that required walking or standing for longer than 1 hour because it caused extreme pain in my left foot, the arch was collapsing, and I began getting a heel spur. I couldn't wear my favored flat sole shoes any more, either. (I didn't even remember the accident!) I bought "custom" orthotics from a certain company, but they didn't help much for long. I went to a podiatrist who made me custom orthotics, but they hurt, too and they went into the box with the others. I have gone through many different shoes (but I always bought wide box shoes), and am using Dr. Scholl's flexible orthotics that are determined by the machine, which has been the only relief (but the pronation and flattening remain). I noticed that each time I would go through the machine evaluation, it gave me a different answer about which was better, so I ended up with several different numbers. It's caused me problems walking, jogging, with my back and so many places in my body. The left side of my body has always had problems, and now I have hope for improvement! Nobody ever suggested exercises, my doctor wouldn't refer me to a PT for my feet, so if they knew exercises that would help, they couldn't tell me what they were (they can only focus on the area you were sent to see them about, even if they know other things that would help). I've been trying coming up with my own strengthening exercises for my feet and toes, and now God has brought your channel to my attention. I am so happy to know that exercises can actually make positive change!

THANK YOU 👣

Good help

Barefoot shoes have definitely helped my arches.

When you don't have radiant heating and it's winter time and feels cold to be barefoot around the house, how would you suggest getting as close to being barefoot as one can and still be warm? Toe socks with a grip. If that would be your recommendation, which one would you suggest?

My Dad has been struggling with what I imagine are acquired flat feet for more than a decade now. The doctors and their special foot soles never helped. I think it's time we try the exercise approach.

I am starting to have flat feet after a stroke. As I am trying to rebuild my muscle strength, I am confused on the footwear. Was told to wear a arch support shoe to help me out. Thinking on MBT footwear, but watching your video suggesting barefoot shoe. I am not very stable when walking bare feet at home, as compare to walking out with my arch support sandal. Appreciate your advice.

Thank you

I have had Flat feet my whole life and it causes me constant pain. I would love to meet a doctor that did more than just get me arch support.

My flat feet are gone after wearing minimal shoes for 6 months and doing deep squats with the focus on keeping my knees from falling inward by screwing my feet into the floor. And I adopted calf stretches because the soreness from barefoot walking shows in the calfs. The floor is quite hard when stabbing the floor with the heel strikes, so that took care of itself in 3 walks.

Where did you get your wobble board from? Theres so many different types which ones sre better?

I've found easing into barefoot shoes from conventional running shoes will help reduce pain and fatigue. Maybe rotate from conventional to unsupported, having more cushioned foot wear at first and ease you feet into more unsupported shoes(e.g. using a "barefoot shoe" once a week for a 1 mile or less run, then a more supported shoe for the rest of the week and for longer runs). Eventually you want to increase your use of "barefoot" shoes to strengthen your arches. The foot exercises are great, the glute exercises are great, also walking in the "barefoot" shoes (even skater shoes can work) for a few weeks before starting a running program will help condition your feet. Eventually you want all your core muscles working together. Glutes, feet, hamstrings, quads, calf muscles, abdominals ect. all work to help stabilize the body and reduce strain on the knees, back and ankles. This is a good video.

thank you for the video. what do you think about orthotic in this FF? is this really good for reverse FF in childrend ?

gr8 video! 👍

Thanks my big bruda Love you 🥺🥺

Gret vid. Love it.

Do you have any tips / thing to say about feet on a skateboard /surfboard. I think i had a fallen arch on my feet like you explained but i felt skating and forcing my feet to stabilize the board and keep balance help me to strenghten my feet muscles but i can't explain that as good as you !

Plzz make a video on high arch foot and hammer toe correction 🙏

Thanks! Very well explained, and the exercises are approachable for an old man. Much appreciated.

You did good work in this vid I love your channel it’s so helpful. I can't workout probably because of my flat feet and I get so much pain. Anyway, could you pls tell me which exercises shouldn't do if you have flat feet?

I'm interested in the strong feet program.. do you think it will help with a pinched Baxter's nerve? (Inferior calcaneal pinched where plantar connects to heel) thanks

This comment is to provide motivation and relief for it's readers. If these exercises worked for anyone, I'd be happy if they replied to this comment 🙂

Love the depth and quality of your explanations! Also enjoyed the one on bunions with your daughter’s feet 🦶🏻 subscribed! 👍🏻☑️

I've had flat feet my whole life, apparently from my mother. To compensate for this I got orthotics when I was around 12 and wore them in all my shoes since then. I'm confused as to why this would have been recommended when it sounds like the added support would just further weaken the arches. I've recently made the switch to barefoot shoes and am loving it but my feet still give me issues sometimes

I just spent 30 min doing this for the first time and the problem foot is a little sore but I already feel a difference in that same leg’s knee. I can bend it without feeling much strain. So I’m excited to continue doing this

Is there any way to know if my flat feet are a deformity? I'm 35 and I don't remember ever having an arch.. Ive been exclusively wearing barefoot shoes for the past 2 years.

This is interesting. I have very high arches, and super-cushioned shoes actually give me more problems, but I find I have to actively search for narrow-width, soft-soled shoes that are still pretty. Even some of the old light-weight shoe brands I used to wear have since added thicker soles, more padding and made the standard width wider.

Thurs Am. Thanks, A question….a was seeing a physiatrist & while in his office I actually felt my left arch collapse, The fellow asked if they should check it and dr. said “no”. Now I have a podiatrist who said the bone on bottom of this foot is moving toward the arch! I also have a “ ruptured perineal tendon in same foot.” I also have idiopathic peripheral neuropathy. ( but besides that my foot is great! Bob & Brad suggested wearing shoes that are very supportive & stiff! Thanks for any suggestions.

Thanks

I totally agree. I had plantar's fasciitis caused by running hills. Constant. Nagging. My doctors shrugged, saying, "nothing I can do." But when I moved and had a flare-up, my new doctor mentioned the success he and some of his patients have had with barefoot training shoes. With nothing to lose, I bought a pair... and wow! The results were almost immediate, the symptoms diminishing over a month before vanishing. Almost 15 years later, I have no plantar fasciitis. I run as much, but with barefoot shoes. And I even lift and do HIIT cardio workouts barefoot.

Plz address issues construction workers could employe where steel toe footwear is a requirement coupled with typically a 40 ft extension ladder (i.e. nearly round rungs) for climbing. Seems like it would be a lot of flexing of both dorsal and plantar flexors. Thx, your effort is superb.

Hi. Could you give some info/advice for electrostimulation for flat foot? I have a teenager with handicap and flat foot, and won’t be able to do those exercises. Thank you

I've flat feet and also a gout sufferer. Unfortunately now, I can't bend my big toe on my right foot, so some of these exercises may not be easy or doable, but hey ho, worth a try anyway.

Please help, can strengthen the foot increase the arch of a positional club foot that is very flat? Thank you!!

Blessed with knock knees and flat feet since birth. Have been barefoot or flipflops since not working in an office with high heels. As a bonus, my bunions disappeared. But I must look and see whether my arches have improved 😂😂

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How healthy/helpful is it to run with orthopedic pads in shoes for flat feet VS running in low to the ground shoes without pads?

What about Capsulitis and Metatarsalgia? Do these exercises work and can I wear barefoot shoes?

Thanks, this is very helpful info. My feet kills me when I run during rugby practice or on the road it comes numb after a wile and my carves start to cramp up the only way to relief this is to walk on the out side of my feet or some times I need to take off my shoes. I think blood circulation is cut off due to my fallen arches I also think its due to weight gain. Any tips ?

Thank you for this excellent video. I used to wear orthotics and was told I had to wear them for the rest of my life. Total rubbish! I’ve now lost my excess weight, have transferred to barefoot shoes and do dance classes barefoot. It was not an easy journey but I was determined to get my feet sorted out and stop listening to useless medical professionals. I’m in my 50’s so I’m not young, but I feel great.

Do you have a hard copy version of your Strong Feet, Strong Foundation Program? I don't have a portable cell phone. I have a big desk top computer.

Thanks, man. I learned a lot from your videos :)