I tried barefoot workouts at 49 and my feet are very flat. Big mistake! I ended deploying with pain in my left foot from walking in boots on rocks. It took my almost 18 months to heal and every now and then the pain comes back. Go see a physio and a podiatrist while you are young. I now have nerve damage, lots of pain and have to take gabapentin. Take care of your feet. It you wear Army boots you will develop horrible foot problems if you do not get help.

A professional recommended some of these exercises, I made these along with gym using correct feet posture and ballet classes. I noticed lots of improvement, I recommend!

Thank you, James for making it easier to understand! I watched so many videos but, they were somewhat complicated to understand. This is great and straight to thee point.

My genetics are my biggest nemesis. They almost screwed up my knee!

Flat feet exercise, I find this kind of clear video for a long time. This is really very informative video maintaining a foot arch height. Keep it up guys and Thanks for this video.

My feet are so flat that you can't even see a difference when I do the short foot exercise. When I leave footprints they're shaped like blobs😅

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After watching this video, I was able to stand with aligning my knee and feet in the same line!! And I realized that so far I hadn’t know how to stand properly.

I can't even ignite that muscle in the inner arch of my bad foot but definitely in my good right foot

How much time does it take to cure flat feet

I hate having flat feet cuz I can’t walk in heels for shyt 😭😭😭😭

I try to walk like this when barefoot hiking. This method seems to be helping. Not full flat feet, but I definitely have low arches.

Simple but gamechanging! I’ve had arch pain and fallen arch that has been worsening for 20 years now with medial knee pain and I am starting to feel hopeful!

The person who made this video has what is called a flexible arch. He is flat footed but an arch can be visible when not standing or in a sitting position. There is no exercise to develop an arch in your foot. While these exercises may strengthen your arch, it will not develop one. Any podiatrist will tell you that.

cant really tell if it's working, my feet are so flat and i have no feel or control over that muscle :/

I'm just wondering how many people experience back, neck issues etc.. knee inversions due to fallen arches?? I know for many the problem is resolved before it reaches those areas but for me my whole frame is affected. I tried these exercises but I realise they're not going to work for me as my ankle has completely fallen inwards so it's too late. BTW dude, you don't have flat feet 🙈

My feet are flat. It sucks, I find its really difficult to get active due to it. Not impossible, but as they are flat - all work = damage to your structure. 6'5 220 lb it feels like my actions have more of a long term effect on my structure and i can feel wear and tear on my bones.

I know I have flat feet, but I'm going to get my doctor to look at it for sure. I love your instructions on how to do the exercise and I'm don't want to wear orthotics. I'm hoping to get some results from doing them. I exercise everyday and I understand more now about my arch problem, which is also giving my knee problems. Thank you and I just subscribed.

Finally a flatfoot exercise I can manage without leg cramps! Thank you. On walking with straight feet/knees, I have hypermobility so I can bend my knees straight forward with up to a 90 degree angle between my feet, and with straight feet they do the "charleston in" bend. How can I solve that?

اللهم صل و سلم و بارك على سيدنا محمد و على آله و صحبه و سلم تسليما كثيرا عدد خلقك و رضى نفسك و زنة عرشك و مداد كلماتك

Nice simple helpful information for the ordinary person.

أستغفر الله العظيم الذي لا إله إلا هو الحي القيوم و أتوب إليه توبة نصوحا

Hi, great video thanks! The link in the description box is broken, could you please update it if possible?

These excerises are very helpful! My feet are sore in a good way :)

Your feet are not flat you don't understand our pain

سبحانك اللهم و بحمدك لا إله إلا أنت أستغفرك و أتوب إليك

الحمد لله عدد خلقه و رضى نفسه و زنة عرشه و مداد كلماته

I have flexible flat foot/pttd. Caused a lot of problems. I may try this. Appropriate footwear & appropriate inserts are important

Great Videos. Thanks. Are their exercises to lower your high arch. Or will can a PT technique potentially flatten the arch?

I done the exercise, I feel more lighter when I take a steep in shoes. Should it be like that?

Just FYI there are Charleston and swing era dancers in 2019. Thousands of them! There is a big community right in Toronto if you look up Toronto Lindy Hop 👀 it won’t help your arches though

I have pttd and it is so painful and effects my quality of life currently

I have many problems with my feet.I've got bunions,veins and also my feet have high arch. It hurts.

There is a difference between having an arch fall vs having anatomical flat feet. I think this video is for the former, not the latter.

What the heck my left foot is normal arch and my right foot is flat arch

Highly useful video. Thanks James, however, the main problem I have is the big toe on each foot drifting in on each foot resulting in the a bunion forming and this seems to make it more difficult to get the muscles for the arch of each foot to raise the mid part of the foot off the ground. In addition to this I have the complication of the 2nd toe on each foot appearing to give a clawing action, otherwise known as a hammer toe. Although I can temporarily deal with these problems by using Kinesiology tape this only works when it is first applied and I don’t want the arch muscles to deteriorate due them not being used and I wonder if there any exercises to help the big toe and the 2nd toe of each foot? Regards, Dave from Bournemouth, England.

Thank you so much for this. I have probably had this problem my whole life and started getting knee pain by age 10, and now my hips and back hate me, and I'm on gabapentin for the 'mysterious leg pain' that's existed for so long. I will start these today, but I wonder how much you have to maintain this type of exercise once it starts working. Will i be doing these foot exercises for the rest of my life, or...?

I started foot exercises two weeks ago after YEEAAARS of pain and watching my arches fall bit by bit year after year. I saw a big difference in those two weeks. My ankle was strengthened and I could see an arch and was walking straight! It was incredible. Then boom, they fell down again. What the actual?!! I am so disheartened now. Please give me some advice. Please!! One foot is lower than the other and I have anterior pelvic tilt also that I'm trying to fix at the same time. It's all quite impossible :( Don't tell me to see a professional.. They're all useless and will only put me in stupid orthotics again - which caused most of this damage in the first place. Help me get back on track!!

The link no longer works. Any chance a new web address is available?

Thank you for the detailed, informative and helpful content👍

Well I think I'm within that percent that have flat feet (yeah both of them) however, I'm a fast runner and have no pain at all plus I'm 32 years old! I'm a lucky guy though!

Somethin' tells me this fella is dying to do jazz hands.

I would have liked Jan to show your feet when you were doing the short foot exercise while doing a squat and dead lift exercise.

Man it sucks having flat feet for a girl

Haven't seen this "short foot" exercise before and since i can feel those muscles afterwards (!) i am motivated to keep them in my foot routine :) Any thoughts for the transverse arch?

I have high arches that are starting to fall on 1 foot.... I cant figure out how to hold the muscle doing this. When I lower my toes i cant feel it anymore.

Hey if medical personal is ignorance of your flat feet and misdiagnose or don't help you can you file a lawyer for medical negligence and personal injury

I’m having physio finally for my flat feet. 4 years ago I saw pedestrian about my feet only got given innersoles nothing else and no real follow up either. My ankles are now really swollen and painful. I’m on painkillers constantly ( dr prescribed). I’m on feet for my four hour shifts walking around a supermarket doing online shopping and often when I get home can’t walk up and down my stairs. I need more help and advice other than I should quit my job (which I’ve had from other dr’s)! Where I live you can’t just go quit a job as it’s difficult to get one. What can I do other than exercises to help? What type of shoes can I wear that will be comfortable and better innersoles than what I get from hospital are best and not too expensive? Thank you

I am a dancer and have flat feet, so my pointe is not very good. Anyone have any solutions or stretches to help improve your arch/pointe?

Not very clear. The camera does not show the feet in certain shots. Need a better view.

Medics say it is untreatable unless surgery used. Flat feet may have advantage

This works for any arch pain or cramps, flat or not.

James Braithwaite....quick question....should i strive for middle splits even if I have flat feet? Will it make it worse since it strengthens adductors?

Thanks. What about the individuals flwith high arch feet? Are there any exercises to treat this issue and make the arch less?( High arch feet is also a serious problem ) . 99 percent of videos and articles are regarding dealing with flat feet!!! If there are any videos for treating high arch feet, I appreciate if you provide the link. Thanks in advance.

I've never seen that exercise good job

I have an arch in my feet but still my ankles my a Clic to the inside and it also make my feet almost flat. I have also thin ankles. What is the reason of that and why do I have An arch but still have that Clic to the inside?

Hi, how to add muscles in the bottom of the foot in the midlle. Please make a video. Thanks

What do you suggest if you have a knee that naturally inverts? My knee faced inwards when my leg is parallel and only forward if I walk turned out, which makes it really difficult to keep my knee over my ankle when I walk parallel.

I have falling arches, super high arches. Can I rebuild them?? Late 50s, so from aging. Thx

The walking thing helped a lot, thanks!

I've been having a lot of foot pain in both feet...but mostly in my right...I have self diagnosed myself with Plantar Fasciitis? when I do this Toe Lift...I get a sharp pain in my arch on the bottom of my foot..is that normal?

When I have shoes on my foot leans outwards but when I'm barefoot my feet kinda go inward. Please explain why

How can I maintain the arch if I don't have an arch?

You know what kind of heels us high arch people can use?

Thank you so much for your helpful video and article. I've been suffering from plantar fasciitis for a few years now and as of 6 mo ago my heal hurts so badly in one foot. I discovered a week ago that my arches have been falling over the last couple of years apparently. It didn't dawn on me that that's what was happening till I got fitted for new running shoes and the attendant said that not only was my shoe size a half size bigger than the last time I got checked 2 years ago (and that was a surprisingly a 1/2 size bigger than before/ just after my pregnancy) but that my arches were a bit flat. I thought it odd because I never considered my feet flat and remembered someone even complementing me on my arched feet. So when I compared my feet to a friend who was my current size I was like "it's so weird cause that's a whole shoe size. Like I used to be this small *tenses feet and fakes an arch* and now they're like this and long." When I saw the difference a lightbulb went off. Like holy snap the muscles of my arch are weakening! That's probably why I have all this damm foot pain! So thank you for such a clear (and humorous) video. I'm gonna practice this and hopefully update you with good news by the end of the year or when I notice improvement. Whichever comes first! 😁

r u related to the barca striker?

Someone get this guy a mic!

James lets talk about you and me 👬👬👬

Plz tell me exercise for increase the foot length. MY feet are tinny i want to make them long

Great video 🔥

Does anyone know is this makes your feet smaller

Is this any use for people with high arches ?

When it's about the foot but all she films is boot 😂 Good exercises though, thank you

I cant keep the arch when I put my toes down :( What do I do?

Bro are you sure that it will prevent it , and in how many days??

What proof do you have this will help?

Will these exercises help with Adult Acquired Flat Feet please?

Im only 11 and my feet are verry flat😰😭😭😰😭😰😭😰

Thank you very helpful, my foot arc pain relieved

Thanks for showing us the posture/walking tips, im gonna be trying them from now on, hopefully the heel pain goes away.

I have arches in the inside of my feet but not on the outside

thank you!

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My feet are so flat I cant even do this. I tried. My feet have been flat all my life but now it hurts when I walk too long, exercise etc. I need help

Much needed advice. Thanks for sharing👍. Stay connected👍🤝.

How do you feel about arch support inserts? And how do you feel about walking barefoot in the summer? (For arch-challenged folks like me) Thank you so much for that video. Seems to be helpful, even on day 1!

Please make a video regarding the exercises to treat " HIGH ARCH"

Great easy exercise

God brought me here been trying to grow taller by 2cm at 22 and saw my feet flat never knew can fix and grow 1cm

nobody taught me shortfoot like this

My left foot is flat and I went to the chiropractor saw it, mentioned it and done nothing about it 🙃 no advice either

How to give your foot a charley horse.

I've been doing foot exercises for my flat feet for nearly 30 years, my arch never improved.

Thankyou

Thanks dude. Lots of stuff I didn’t know. I’ve been able to slowly increase my arch but these will likely help.

thanks, finally a method that i can engage shot foot exercise :)

How to fix a trunk

Bruhhhhhh the dance killed me

Would you recommend these exercises for people with high arches? Do we need to strengthen them too?

Tore my acl in 7th grade and after the a years and a horribly done surgery my knee was angled in by about 6 degrees and it was because of my flat feet. Then in sophomore year I jumped up and reblew my ACL and tore MCL, PCL, and LCL. Just got my 3rd surgery 2 months ago and I have a big rod in my femur, and a bone wedged straight. 8 years of this bs because I’m FLAT FOOTED!!!!!