My mom has a high arch on the top of her foot, not meaning on the sole, but on the top of her foot, above where the arch is. We both wear the same size shoe (she is a little bit smaller) and she couldn't get her foot into my Scarlets because of the height of her feet. They are pretty easy for me to put on, but kind of hard to take off because of the tightness above the arch area on the top of the foot. They are very low volume, which I like, but sometimes the overlapping part gives me a bruise when I take them off if I am not careful. They are still a great boot. If your arch problem is similar to hers, then you might not be able to get these on. I have narrow feet and my mom's feet are even narrower than mine. These are good for narrow feet. You should get custom footbeds to help solve your arch problem.