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Flat-footedness at the child: what to do?

The nature provided everything

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The nature gave to foot the special form allowing to distribute evenly body weight. Ideally the foot has to lean on three points, and support its cross and longitudinal arches which are carrying out a shock-absorber role, softening pushes during the movement of the person and the ease and smoothness giving to gait. If these arches are flattened or at all are maleficiated, it speaks about existence of flat-footedness.

What occurs at flat-footedness?

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At change of a shape of a foot first of all her muscles suffer. They weaken under weight of a body. Owing to weakening of muscles also sheaves give battle. And further stop settles and becomes flat, ceases to perform the main function – spring. It can lead to the fact that each step will respond painful feelings in gastrocnemius muscles, knee and talocrural joints, a backbone and a waist.

How there is flat-footedness?

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Seldom, but flat-footedness can be inborn. It comes to light at once, in maternity hospital as pathology is noticeable approximately. Treatment needs to be carried out from the first days of life. But preferential flat-footedness is an acquired disease. Statistically, more than 65% to school age have flat-footedness. Even more patients leave educational institution.

The most common cause

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Most often flat-footedness at children arises because of wearing the wrong footwear. Boots shall have a rigid back for fixing of an ankle joint, an insole with an instep support, a steady and nonskid sole. Footwear has to be made of natural materials, have the perforated, breathing surface and a wide, round sock that fingers were not squeezed.

Почему дети чаще страдают плоскостопием?

Why children have flat-footedness more often?

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Kids have a foot structure a little other, the longitudinal arch of foot flat. It is connected with the fact that a soft bone tissue, and the muscular system is developed in insufficient degree. When the child starts walking, "the fatty pillow" of foot carries out a shock-absorber role. Sheaves and muscles become stronger only by 2-3 years of life. And the cross arch of foot forms only by 9 years of life.

Who enters into risk group?

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There is an opinion that up to 3 years the child cannot get sick with flat-footedness. But it is incorrect. There are children who enter into risk group. To it it is possible to carry children whose parents had flat-footedness as an important role in this disease is played by a hereditary factor. Also it is worth watching kids who early began to stand and go (8-9 months), with a dysplastic syndrome, excess weight, endocrine diseases.

Flat-footedness symptoms

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First of all parents have to pay attention to gait of the kid. The first symptom of flat-footedness – loss of smoothness of gait. The sole of boots can be worn out on one party, because of expansion of a foot footwear becomes small. The child cannot long go and complains of fatigue, a back pain or legs. This disease can be defined visually, having attentively looked at the child's heel whether there is no deformation of ankle joints.

When it is necessary to visit the orthopedist?

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To exclude inborn deformations of a skeleton, after the birth of the child the orthopedist has to examine. It will also define existence or absence of flat-footedness at the kid. Afterwards the orthopedist is visited aged by 3, 6 months, in 1 year when the kid is already able to creep and sit independently, and in 3 years, for check of a bearing of the child, gait and a condition of feet.

Ways of treatment of flat-footedness

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Fortunately, flat-footedness is successfully treated. Depending on age of the child and severity of a disease the doctor can appoint a special set of exercises which the child has to carry out regularly. These measures quickly yield positive takes: the arch of foot becomes stronger and gets the arc-shaped form, and the displaced heel takes the necessary place.

Foot massage and trays

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Well daily warm trays for legs (35-36 degrees), light massage of feet and legs (grinding, stroking, puddling) help. Implementation of these procedures stimulates blood supply, tightens the arch of foot and tones up muscles of legs. From the inside the shin needs to be massed in the direction from an ankle joint to knee, and feet – from finger-tips to a heel.

Orthopedic footwear

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The specialist can recommend to wear orthopedic shoes or insoles. Insoles do wearing footwear convenient for the deformed foot, and it is possible to carry them from 2-hletny age. There is one but: you should not choose independently orthopedic footwear and insoles as even the small error can aggravate a problem only. If up to 10 years flat-footedness did not manage to be cured, then surgical intervention can be required.

Prevention measures

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To avoid development of flat-footedness in the child, it is necessary to choose to it the correct footwear. It have to be made taking into account the growing nursery of foot and to be convenient for the kid. Enrich a food allowance of the child with calcium and phosphorus which interfere with development of rickets. In the summer walk with the kid on the sun more often, and give vitamin D for prevention in the winter.