Stand as you normally would, facing a mirror. Look at your arch to make sure there is a small gap between your foot and the ground. If you don't see a gap, then you may have pronated feet. If you're having trouble seeing your feet, ask someone you trust to look at them. Stand with your feet hips-width apart, pointing straight head, and pay attention to whether there's any pain in your lower body. Overpronation can cause pain in your foot, ankle, leg, knee, hip, or lower back. Diagnosing overpronation will also require looking more closely at how you walk or run, but identifying areas of pain can also serve as an important clue. To help with identifying pain caused by overpronation, you can also take an online self-assessment quiz. Search for "overpronation quiz" to find one offered by a health service. The wear on your soles can tell you a lot about your feet. If you're experiencing over-pronation, the middle of your soles will be worn out more than the rest of the soles. Although this can occur on most of your shoes, it's most noticeable on running shoes. Check the shoes you wear most frequently, as they're more likely to show wear than a pair you haven't worn often. Place a few sheets of paper or paper towels on the floor. Wet the bottom of your bare feet, then walk across the paper or paper towels, leaving behind your footprint. Look at the prints to see how much of the middle of your foot from your heel to the ball of your foot is visible. You will likely see the entire width of your feet if you experience over-pronation. It's normal to see about half of the middle part of your feet. Some running stores have a specialized machine that evaluates your gait. You'll walk or run on a short treadmill that is hooked up to a computer. It can determine if you have over-pronation and recommend corrective footwear, if necessary. This service may not be available at all running stores. The podiatrist can make a definitive diagnosis of over-pronation. If you have a different issue, they can make a proper diagnosis after a physical exam and X-rays. This will help them determine the cause of your foot or gait issues so that you can try to correct it. Ask your primary care physician for a referral, or search for a podiatrist online.

Summary: Check your feet while standing to look for a gap beneath the arch. Examine areas that hurt. Look at your shoes, especially if you're a runner. Examine your footprint to look for the full width of your foot. Get your gait analyzed at a running store with trained staff. Get examined by a podiatrist if you still aren't sure.

Place a 1M icing tip in a decorator's bag. Fill the bag with your desired icing. Holding the bag at a 90-degree angle to the top of the cupcake, pipe a swirl around the outside edge. Lift the tip and begin piping a second swirl inside the first swirl, lifting up in the center. Be careful not to drag on the surface! When you hit the end of the line, lift up and quickly cease pressure on the bag. This will create a peak in the center. If you desire, add a dash of sprinkles to the top as a finishing touch. The Wilton 2D will give you almost the same look but with a few more ridges and a little more jazz. And this time, go a bit slower. If you start in the center and slowly move in a spiral toward the outside, you'll create a rose shape. Make sure not to move the angle of the tip; to get the rose shape, the lines need to stay uniform. There's one more method you can try with the 1M tip. Make little rosettes by making tiny swirls all over the cupcake. Start on the side and work your way to the center. Draw a teeny circle with your tip very quickly. With the tip you're using, this should create a fancy rose-like shape. A normal-sized cupcake will have around 12 rosettes on the outside rim, to give you an idea. Using the same method as described in the first step, start on the outside and work your way in, holding the bag at a 90-degree angle. Lift up a bit as you go -- this will give your cupcake volume and keep you from dragging on the surface. The large round tip will a cute, classic, basic swirl. Especially adorable with sprinkles. The French tip looks like a firework and the result is similar -- like a firework frozen in stop-motion. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/0\/0a\/IMG_8002.jpg\/460px-IMG_8002.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/0\/0a\/IMG_8002.jpg\/420px-IMG_8002.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":613,"bigWidth":"420","bigHeight":"560","licensing":"<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>License: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/">Creative Commons<\/a><br>
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<\/p><\/div>"} If you have a Wilton 123, this'll be easy. First, make a bud in the center. Basically, put on a small glob of frosting. What you're going to do is make small arches all the way around this center -- like petals. The thin line of the 123 makes this simple. They should overlap a little bit and get bigger as you go out. This takes a bit of skill, so set aside a few cupcakes for trial and error that will wind up not so pretty. Once you've covered the rose in petals, take your Wilton 123 and squeeze out a line of frosting all the way around. This covers the odds and ends of each petal, making the rose come to life.
Summary: Make swirl top cupcakes. Use the same tip but go in reverse. Make rosettes. Try out the round and French tips. Make a giant rose.