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Asked by nicki to Pete, Rebecca, SallyB, Sally, Sian on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: General. This question was also asked by tiri.
Question: my feet used to go inwards my mum said it was natural to people when your little but why did it not go away until now?
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Peter Styring answered on 21 Jun 2010:
This is something called your gait. The gait should always be neutral, walking with your feet straight with the weight on the centre of the foot. Your heel should strike the ground first and then the foot rolls onto the toes. I damaged my knee skiing in March and I’m seeing a physio. At the moment I’m supronating meaning I’m walking on the outside of my foot. the physio is trying to get me to straighten that out so I’m not putting strain on my knee. If you want to correct your gait you need to see a physiotherapist or an orthotics specialist by seeing a GP first.
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Sally Fenton answered on 21 Jun 2010:
As you grow your bones and joints grow with you and change to make sure your body is growing how it shoudl be. It is likely you have outgrown the thing which may have made your feet go a little bit inwards when you were younger and your body has corrected itself! when I was younger I used to have the same thing and I was given insoles (little wedges) to wear in my shoes to make sure I was walking properly! If your feet have corrected themselves though you won’t need anything like that!
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Rebecca Randell answered on 22 Jun 2010:
I’m really sorry but i don’t know the answer to this!! Perhaps your bones were still developing and once they have fully developed your feet straighten
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Sian Lawson answered on 23 Jun 2010:
The alignment of your legs does change as you age, with your toes turning out more from the moment you start walking. Your feet will continue to change to be less inwards as your thigh bone (femur) and main shank bone (tibia) straighten until skeletal maturity.
This is one of the things I study!
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nicki commented on :
thanx