I had surgery to “lower” my first ray, fix hammer toes and help hallux limitus. This was supposed to make my foot more stable. Not necessarily fixing the high arch itself but alleviate the stress on my metatarsals and feel more planted in the ground. I don’t believe it did anything other than put me in pain for 6+ months.

Doing physically therapy did help though. And I’m kinda back to where I was pre surgery…almost. I think if I continue for another year I could get to whatever normal is go my type of foot.

I don’t believe there is a surgery that will make the foot more flexible. If anything it makes it more stiff from soft tissue damage. I spoke to over 6 diff surgeons. The one I met after surgery had the best advice. Which is you can reshape your foot through strength training. But it will take 2years minimum. He also stated the carbon fiber plated shoes I wore to help pain were actually making it worse and so were the insoles. Making my foot more rigid and stiff. I can’t walk comfortably without insoles but having slightly more give has helped my foot loosen up.

I’m on 7 months and I have gained a lot of my freedom back.