Is it true if you have flat feet, the army will not except you in certain areas that require running?
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Flat feet once were considered enough of a disability to bar people from entering the US armed forces. Beginning in WWI, the army began standardizing diagnostic measures for flat feet, as a way of rejecting "unfit" soldiers from serving. Orthopaedic surgeons contended that the "physical disability" was as much of a threat to national health as germs and believed that "debilitating conditions" such as flat feet should be prevented and cured for the general betterment of American society.As you can see, this was no exactly the brightest time for American history. I am not sure when this practice ended, but it was roughly 50 years ago, either during the Vietnam or Korean War. Now, it is a general disability with your feet, not just strictly whether you have flat feet, that may disqualify you from service.
Flat feet are now considered a normal variant of human foot shape, and athletes with flexible flat feet will not experience any limitations in sports or other physical activities. In fact, the incidence of flat feet in professional athletes is equal to that of the general population.
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I've heard that, but have no idea why. Can someone answer that too? What does it mean to have flat feet? Why is it bad?Are there any runners chat room sites?
That is an oversimplification. It is true they might reject people with "flat" feet, but it does not happen often. This was a rumor during the draft that people with flat feet were exempt from military service, the story being that you could not march with flat feet. That was not true then either. They drafted people with flat feet. So your condition is evaluated by a doctor and your flat feet will probably not keep you out of the service.Has anybody here been to Penn State's cross country camp?
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