Often moms choose beautiful shoes for their babies, not paying attention to her sole and insole. They do not even suspect that they can in this way provoke flat feet. Let's figure out where the child has a flatfoot and how to recognize it.
What if the child has a flatfoot?
First, take a good look at your little one: how does he walk and how does his footwear wear out? Also pay attention to how he leans on the heel - the foot stops flat as a flat-footed, the shoes also wear out mostly on the inside. If you suspect your child of such a diagnosis, rather hurry to the orthopedic doctor. Children can have both transverse and longitudinal flat feet and treatment should appoint a competent specialist.
Many mistakenly believe that the correction and diagnosis of flat feet in children is possible only after 5-6 years, and before this age does not need to worry and fuss. This erroneous opinion - it is up to 5-6 years easier and more effective to correct flat feet. The fact is that the stop during this period is not yet fully formed, that is, it consists of some of the cartilage, and while these ossification points are not closed, it is possible to eliminate all defects in the foot without problems. Flat-footedness can appear for several reasons:
- often flat feet are inherited;
- wearing weights;
- Heavy weight of a child (obesity);
- wearing low-quality shoes;
- weakly developed muscles;
- too intense a dance.
How to treat flat feet in children?
If you decide that your child has problems with stops, remember: to treat flat feet in children is necessary as soon as possible, it's not just a bearish walk and ugly worn sandalaki - flattening the arch of the foot leads to an incorrect distribution of the load on the entire locomotor apparatus, curvature of the spine and arthrosis. Flattening in children leads to the need for treatment of the spine, correcting the posture, constant pain in the legs and joints. As a rule, to cure platypodia in a child at an early age is not difficult. Depending on the degree of the disease, the doctor appoints special shoes for children with flat feet: orthopedic insole, hard back and a good arch support (spring type). When flat feet are found in children, special exercises and massage are used. Such therapeutic exercises help to solve the problem well, in addition, flatfoot exercises will not cause difficulties for young children. Gymnastics consists of special walking (foot-toe and on the outer arch of the foot), various squats and exercises with a stick or a hoop, gripping objects with your toes. By the way, in order to correct the flat feet of a child, the doctor will prescribe both a foot massage and a calf muscle massage, because the flat feet give a load on the entire musculoskeletal system, in fact, this is the greatest danger of this disease. In developed countries, a trip to the orthopedist every six months -
- choose the right shoes for your child, especially for his first steps;
- go barefoot often on grass or sand;
- temper your baby with cool water;
- Do not hesitate to set an example of a crumb and do with it gymnastics or exercises in the morning;
- You can do a foot massage using a small ball or stick.