Why there arises flatfoot in children up to 1 year

Why there arises flatfoot in kids how to discover it how to overcome the disease. What methods of prophylaxis will avoid the occurrence of pathology

All children have flat feet at birth. However, during the growing, this phenomenon disappears, the foot acquires a more pronounced arch and the older the child, the clearer it is visible. In the newborn, the arch is usually not allocated at all, but it starts more or less manifest itself to 5-6 months.

Flatfoot in children who have reached 2 years, it is much easier to detect. This can be done even at home, as well as based on the symptoms of pathology.

Diagnosis at home

If the leg is lubricated with oil or wet water, then put the baby on ordinary paper, the outer circuit must be continuous, and the inner circuit has a bend. This is what the imprint of a healthy person looks like, but if this connecting strip is wider than half the imprint, it already says about the presence of the disease.

But this method will not give accurate results, so it is better to contact a specialist – a children’s orthopedist traumatologist. Only he can put an accurate diagnosis based on the results of inspection, X-ray and computer diagnostics.

Causes of flatfoot in children

• Heredity. If someone from the family had this disease, then the risk of its development and inheritance increases. Congenital pathology is also possible due to malformations. That is why children aged 1 and 3 months, as well as in 1 year it is necessary to show an orthopedic doctor to eliminate all sorts of defects in development, including flatfoot;
• Excess weight. Load on the legs of large children twice the normal, but also thin children with excessive activity can overload their feet;
• Incorrect shoes. If it is too narrow or wide, does not have a heel, then it can harm;
• Long load and lifting weights. An older child can be given to a variety of sports sections only after consulting a doctor;
• Stop injuries;
• Excessive joint flexibility (hypermobility). In this case, they are reworked, and the bundles are quickly stretched.

Symptoms of flatfoot appearing in children

One of the symptoms of pathology is kosolapie, that is, the turning of the stop. Such a walk does not say that the kid has Valgus pathology. Mostly the reason for becoming too weak muscle development, which are not ready for high weight loads;

Walking on the inner part of the foot can also talk about the development of a flat foot. Such a gait is clearly visible to the naked eye.

Reduced risks with massage

Flatfoot is treated only in childhood, so it is very important not to miss the first symptoms, and start timely treatment, as well as to reduce risks to a minimum.

First of all, you need to visit a massage room. There are special massage complexes that are not only aimed at treatment, but also on the prevention of the disease. In addition, it is necessary to remember that in addition to flat stops, the Valgus deformation of the legs is often found, when they take the shape of the letter x.

In such cases, perform a correction massage. On stressful and well-developed muscle groups, relaxation (relaxing) massage. At the same time, stimulating motions perform on weakly.

Charger

Gymnastics for flatfoots in small children is performed in a game form. In addition, parents should use as much dilated muscles as possible.

Most movements of the same type, but playing, you can successfully perform every day:

• Breed / reducing heels, without taking socks from the floor;
• Capture a small ball and his rise;
• Maximum fold / bend stop;
• Pick up the rug (cloth, handkerchief);
• Slide forward / back with fingers;
• Squeezing the feet of a small ball (like tennis);
• Capture and raise different items with fingers;
• Riding on the floor legs of a gymnastic stick;
• Ride with sock on the heel and back;
• Semi-manned on socks, hands first bred on the sides, then up, and then ahead;
• Walking on a gymnastic stick;
• Walking on inclined surfaces;
• Walking on socks on inclined surfaces;
• Walking on the foam mattress.

Do not too diligent with gymnastics, excesses, too, will not be well affected by children’s health. Each exercise is performed for 1 minute, and only after a while, the duration of classes increases to 5, and then up to 10 minutes.  Gymnastics should be held daily, regardless of how old the child.

Bosiki walking

• At home, it is better to wear slippers, as the surface in the house is smooth and smooth;
• In the summer it is necessary to run more often to run on natural surfaces – grass, pebbles, sand;
• Do not let the baby barefoot walk along asphalt;
• You can purchase a special massage rug for children, eliminating flatfoot.

It is recommended to include water procedures, such as swimming in the pool or at least a contrast downt in the course of treatment or in preventive purposes. The latter is well affected by the muscle tone and blood supply, and is also an excellent tempering procedure.

And during the swimming, not only the muscles of the feet and the legs are strengthened, but the whole organism.

Flatfoot in very young children, up to 1 year, can be warned if you choose the right shoes. This is very important during the first steps, because it is until the year that the basis of the right walk is laid.

Do not forget that if, in childhood, pathology does not greatly affect the body, the older will the child become, the stronger it will be a felt about themselves and can regulate a number of serious complications.