After NbNW linked to the latest NYT piece over in the Morton's Foot thread, I went to bed thinking about all this, and I realized that if it were any body part other than feet, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
Ankle braces, knee braces, neck braces, arm slings, wrist splints - all of these severely limit range of motion, cause abnormal motion patterns and cause muscles to atrophy, and tendons and fascia to tighten.
All of them can be extremely valuable in recovering from an acute injury.
A small minority of people may need to wear these assistive devices long-term, either because of a congenital defect or an injury that doesn't heal completely.
But if they started outfitting every child with AFOs and ACL/PCL braces as soon as they were old enough to walk, everyone would agree that's crazy.
Why should it be any different with feet?
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