There is a great deal of belief that there are stretches that can give you an arch by stretching flat feet. This is somewhat of a myth as there are no stretches that will suddenly give you an arch. What stretching flat feet can do is give you strength in the tendons, Tibialis Posterior specifically. When stretching your flat feet you want to focus on improving strength in the Tibialis Posterior tendon as that is the tendon most responsible for strengthening the arch. These stretches can also help improve your flexibility and overall strength leading to a decrease in pain in your arch.
This is really good video if you suffer from flat feet and want to focus on the Tibialis Posterior as we talked before. I would concentrate on this video a lot.
If you are looking for a simple stretch for flat feet that is easy to remember I highly recommend doing the alphabet with your foot stretch, seriously. This is a stretch you only have to watch the video once for as you will pick it up. And this stretch always involves all of the tendons that support the arch.
Here are some simple exercises to help with flat feet that are extremely easy to do:
If you find with flat feet that your pain is mainly in the sole then these stretches can help you focus on reducing pain in the area. Again a lot of people have pain in the sole with flat feet and this is a stretch that can improve this area.
Here are three other simple exercises that you can do to help the pain in your foot caused by flat feet.