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Feet
& Fitting > Foot Types
There
are many different foot types, but most fall into one of the following
categories:
- Greek
or Morton's foot
- Egyptian
foot
- Giselle
or Peasant foot
- The
Compressible foot
What
kind of foot do you have?
| Greek/Morton's
Foot
This
foot type has a second toe that is longer than all the others. The
width tends to be narrow to medium.
Suggestion:
Use a Crescent Cushion to help prevent
a hammer toe and to relieve pressure from the second toe.
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Egyptian
Foot
This
foot type has a long first toe and the rest of the toes taper. The
width tends to be narrow to medium.
Suggestion:
Be sure to protect that big toe- it bears weight without help from
the other toes. Use an Oval Cushion and/or
a Dynamic Boxliner as well.
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Giselle/Peasant
Foot
This
foot type has at least three toes the same length (sometimes more)
and the toes tend to be short. It tends to be well-suited for pointework.
The width tends to be medium to wide.
Suggestion:
Regular (not Deep) vamps often flatter this foot type.
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The
Compressible Foot
Many dancers have fine-boned, delicate feet to go with their thin, fine-boned
bodies. These feet are usually highly compressible in the metatarsal area.
If you gently squeeze the sides of the foot at the metatarsal the bones
will move easily. There is not a great deal of flesh between them. Often
this foot is a Greek or Egyptian foot.
Standing flat, this foot may create a relatively wide footprint, because
the bones spread out to the sides. But en pointe, the foot compresses
and the bones squeeze into one another. Thus the shoe that is sufficiently
wide standing flat is too wide en pointe and the dancer slides easily
into the box, causing pressure on the already prominent big toe or long
second toe. Dropping into the box too much also causes the shoe to be
too long and baggy en pointe, even though it may just barely be long enough
standing flat. Suggestion:
To keep this foot comfortable, try a Dynamic Boxliner
and/or a Full Sockliner.
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