Dr Raikin (left) and orthopaedic surgery resident Dr Alexis Williams begin Adams surgery for fallen arches by releasing his tightened calf muscles. — TNS
Brian Adams was born with very flat feet. But they didn’t stop him from playing a variety of sports – volleyball, baseball, basketball – in his youth. He grew to be a 6ft-3in (191cm) man who loved to “run, not jog”. Those flat feet served him well. Until they didn’t.
In the last few years, Adams, now 50, started having shin splints. The odd out-toed positioning of his feet compressed a nerve in his leg. “It felt like a burning poker behind my left ankle,” said Adams, a state property management specialist who lives in New Jersey, United States.
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