If you’ve visited our Plantar Fasciitis page, you’ve already seen how Kenkohs provide excellent orthotic support for the feet. As the legs, knees, hips and back are simply extensions of the feet, Kenkohs can also help realign your entire body and improve your posture.
Some of the most common foot misalignments are over-pronation and over-supination.
In most people, these two motions of the feet develop slowly, almost imperceptibly over time from wearing unsupportive footwear or continually walking barefoot on hard surfaces.
Over-pronation: An inward collapsing of the medial arch (the big arch that runs down the inside of the foot). This collapsing causes an inward tilt to the foot and ankle and can cause the knees to rotate inward and the hips and back to be misaligned.
Over-supination: An outward roll of the medial arch. This roll causes an outward tilt to the foot and ankle and can cause the knees to rotate outward and the hips and back to be misaligned.
Over-pronation and over-supination can cause ligament and nerve problems in the knees, hips and back, and many cases of pain in the hips and back treated by chiropractors can often be traced to these two motions in the feet.
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