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Do Flip Flops Cause Back Pain?

Summer’s here.  Are you wearing your flip flops?  Are you having back pain?  I’m betting yes because you are here reading this article.  🙂

If you are young, healthy, active and fit with great muscle tone your flip flops might not be causing back pain yet.  The problem is that we are not all fit or active with great muscle tone.

If you don’t have beautiful natural arches in your feet (if you have flat feet) that by itself will create back pain.  Having no arches in your feet causes you to lose the natural curve behind your waist and in your neck.

Here’s why:

Your feet are the support structure for your whole body.  They need arches to do their job correctly.  Your feet are your foundation.

Wearing flip flops with no built-in arch support to support your flat feet allows you to stay in poor collapsed posture.  They weaken your foundation.

But a shoe with a good arch support built in that fits your foot will help you stand up.  It will help you get or keep the natural curves in your back that you used to have.  Those natural curves will help you avoid back pain.

A good sturdy arch support that fits in your shoes will Continue reading Do Flip Flops Cause Back Pain?

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Do Flat Feet Cause Upper Back Pain?

Did you ever wonder whether your flat feet are causing your upper back pain?  Has your doctor ever checked your feet when you complain about pain in your neck?

Well…

Your upper back pain is being caused by something and sometimes that something is as far away as your feet!

Flat feet or ‘fallen arches’ can cause the ‘foundation’ of your body to be faulty. Instead of standing up with nice posture, people without arches in their feet tend to fall forward posture-wise.

Here’s how to demonstrate this:

Stand normally. Now make an Continue reading Do Flat Feet Cause Upper Back Pain?

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How Feet Cause Pain In Your Back and Poor Posture

Did you know that your feet can cause back pain?

Your feet are the foundation of your whole skeleton.  They are supposed to have arches (like little bridges) to support the rest of your structure.  But some feet don’t.

Flat arches will cause the rest of the structure–your body–to collapse inward and forward.  This places a lot of strain on your muscles and joints and causes back pain.  It also causes Continue reading How Feet Cause Pain In Your Back and Poor Posture

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