Flat insoles are not fate!
Foot and Ankle Surgery Specialist Dr. Tahir Öğüt stated that flatfoots with pain and past stage should be corrected by surgery, and if the operation is performed on time, it is possible to correct the flatfoot without fixing the joints.
Nobody wants to be called a flatfoot. If you're flatfooted, you're either black-lucked or blind-lucky. Neither your business goes random, nor does it laugh at you. Although rumors continue like this, flatfoot is not fate. Liv HOSPITAL Foot and Ankle Surgery Specialist from Orthopedics and Traumatology Department. Dr. Tahir Öğüt gives information about the flatfoot.
What kind of complaints does flat footbed cause?
We can roughly evaluate flatness in two separate groups. One is flatfoot, which is present since childhood, and the other is the development of flatfoot in a person called '' adult type '' whose feet are normal as a child.
· The foot gradually deforms over time. This is a progressive condition and the rate of progression varies from person to person, depending on usage and genetic structure.
· The pit on the inside of the foot starts to collapse, the toenail of the toe is looking at the ceiling before it is looking at the other foot, the heel starts to slide out slowly. As the deformity increases, a protrusion begins to form on the mid-inner side of the foot.
· A person cannot stand up or have difficulty getting up on one foot.
· Pain in the middle-inner side of the foot at first, but later in the foot pain in the outside. In short, pain and deformity are the main symptoms of flatfoot.
· Deformation occurs in shoes.
Mistakes
Unfortunately, when such a patient is admitted to a doctor, MRI is often required for examination. The patient wanders around the doctor with MRI scans under the chair and is told that he should usually use only a pair of insoles. Even if the patient is a child, special shoes are recommended and families are satisfied. However, normal foot X-rays taken while standing are sufficient to diagnose and determine the degree of flatfoot. MRI is extremely unnecessary. Special shoes have no place in the treatment of flatfoot.
How should it be treated?
First of all, an orthopedist experienced in foot care should be consulted. Treatment is based on the degree of flatfoot. In the first stage, insoles may be used. Insoles do not relieve flatness but can relieve pain and reduce progression. The insoles used must be personal. Unfortunately, it is very rare for patients to see a doctor at the initial stage and to make a correct diagnosis even if they do. Once this stage has passed and foot deformity begins to occur, the soles do not help much. Flatfoot with pain and past stage should be corrected by surgery. If the operation is performed in a timely manner, it is possible to correct the flatness without fixing the joints, but in delayed cases, the only remedy is to fix (freeze) the joints. Flatfoot surgery gives patients a better quality of life.
When does the patient return to normal life after surgery?
This depends on the age, stage and technique of surgery. While the patient can step in one to two weeks in the screwing technique used in special cases in children, the foot is usually held in half plaster, which we call splint, for 6 weeks after other methods we use more. You can walk with the aid of a walker or crutch by pressing the intact side within 6 weeks, but the surgical foot is not pressed for 6 weeks. The transition to normal shoes is between 6 and 10 weeks, depending on the technique used.
What are the complications of surgery?
The most unpleasant part of these surgeries is to be able to stand up immediately after the operation, which is normal. Because people walk on their feet, and if a foot is not fully healed, complications can occur. Apart from that, the risk of complications is negligible when performed by an experienced foot surgeon. If we do not take care of our feet, our quality of life will deteriorate and our life will be affected by our feet.
Causes of flatfoot in adults
Excess weight
Old and untreated old foot and heel fractures
Abuse: Unsuitable footwear, excessive strain, trauma
Rheumatologic diseases
Diabetes
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