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>> > hi, i have a problem, i have very low arches, so no >> > matter how hard i try to point, my foot never looks >> as >> > pointed as anyone elses, and when i try to point in >> > toe shoes it doesn't look pointed at all! does >> anyone >> > know of any exercises to fix this or is there no >hope >> > for my feet? i would appreciate any help on this >> > subject!!! >> >> Although I struggle with the precise opposite of your >> problem, I remembered an ad I found in Dance >Magazine. >> Apparently, some sort of a device has been created >to >> raise the arches recently. Info can be found at >> www.adv.es/footstretch > > >As a male dancer one does not struggle with pointe >shoes >but we have just as high expectations on our feet as >the >ballerinas nowadays! I have unfourtunantly a bad left >foot >with no instep and bad arch, while my right foot is the >complete opposite. I tried everything including >pointeshoes >and the footstretch devise. My left(bad)foot is >stronger >than the right though. The only solution so far is to >"fake" >it! Build up an arch with plaster(medical)and cotton or >synthetic material. Hey, you'd be surprised if you >knew how many dancers "enchante" their feet in this >manner! Maya >Plisetskaya, Galina mezentseva, to name some famous! >The only problem is when you dance barefeet ballets or >bare >feet in shoes. Operations to adjust your'e problem >like Carla Fracci or silicone injections like Gelsey >Kirkland >is quite risky buissness not to mension expensive.

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