A treatise on orthopedic surgery . of the feet, but later there is usually a certain degree ofcompensatory valgus, although it does not, as a rule, cause dis-comfort. G-eneral Weakness.—The direct effects of the weak and pain-ful foot have been described in detail. It must be borne in mindthat the feet support the body, and that an insecure supportaffects the entire mechanism. General functional weakness and DISABILITIES AND DEFORMITIES OF TEE FOOT. 727 awkwardness, the flat chest, round shoulders, or other curvaturesof the spine, are often observed as accompaniments or effects ofweak feet. Th
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . of the feet, but later there is usually a certain degree ofcompensatory valgus, although it does not, as a rule, cause dis-comfort. G-eneral Weakness.—The direct effects of the weak and pain-ful foot have been described in detail. It must be borne in mindthat the feet support the body, and that an insecure supportaffects the entire mechanism. General functional weakness and DISABILITIES AND DEFORMITIES OF TEE FOOT. 727 awkwardness, the flat chest, round shoulders, or other curvaturesof the spine, are often observed as accompaniments or effects ofweak feet. Thus, as a rule, the systematic treatment of any formof postural weakness must include the treatment of the feet aswell. Review.—The disability and deformity of the weak or so-called flat-foot are caused by disproportion between the strengthof the foot and the weight and strain to which it is subjected. The foot may be weakened by injury or disease; it may beoverburdened by the body weight, or overstrained by laborious Fig. Hammer-toe flut-fuot. occupation, or the broken-down foot may be simply one indica-tion of general bodily weakness. It is unnecessary to enumerateall the various factors that singly or combined lead to this dis-ability. It may be stated, however, that in adult life the weakfoot is in many or most instances the only disability that de-mands treatment. Its most constant predisposing causes are injury caused by improper shoes and the mechanical dis-advantages to which it is subjected by the assumption of im-proper attitudes. All weak or flat feet are mechanically weak, but all weak feetare by no means painful feet. Pain, the symptom of over-strainor injury, bears no definite relation to the degree of deformity. In certain instances persistent abduction of the foot may beaccompanied by exaggeration of the arch; in others, the flatten-ing of the arch may be the most noticeable deformity, but in 728 ? OBTHOPEDIC SUFiGEBY. most cases the two are
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