A treatise on orthopedic surgery . ny instances the simple treatment that hasbeen outlined is all that is required, but in-the majority of casesthe patient is not able to prevent deformity voluntarily; conse-quently a support is necessary to hold the foot in proper posi-tion and to relieve discomfort. It is usually necessary in thetreatment of the weak foot of childhood because one cannot com-mand the aid of the patient. In selecting a support for the weak foot the nature of thedeformity should be borne in mind; that the acquired flat-foot,for example, is not a direct breaking down of the arch
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . ny instances the simple treatment that hasbeen outlined is all that is required, but in-the majority of casesthe patient is not able to prevent deformity voluntarily; conse-quently a support is necessary to hold the foot in proper posi-tion and to relieve discomfort. It is usually necessary in thetreatment of the weak foot of childhood because one cannot com-mand the aid of the patient. In selecting a support for the weak foot the nature of thedeformity should be borne in mind; that the acquired flat-foot,for example, is not a direct breaking down of the arch, as is DISABILITIES AND DEFORMITIES OF THE FOOT. 731 usually taught, but a lateral deviation and sinking—a compounddeformity, as has been already described (Fig. 466). Thus abrace to be efficient must hold the foot laterally as well as sup-port the arch. But it must not prevent the normal motions ofthe foot, and thus interfere with the increase of muscularstrength and ability, on which ultimate cure depends. Fig. 478. Fig.
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