How can I tell if my baby has flat feet?

Introduction: Flat feet (flat feet) are known as normal arch defects, or collapsed arches. Many parents realize that babies have flat feet.

Some parents think it's nothing but a little bit of an impact on their appearance, while others are concerned about whether flat feet will affect their child's health. So, how can you tell if your baby has flat feet? Next, I will tell you about it.

1 .Footprint analysis. Prepare dark pieces of paper and white powder, and let the baby dip the white powder on their feet and print footprints on the paper.

Then draw a straight line along the inside of the footprint and measure the distance from the depression to the straight line. If the distance of the baby is about twice the width of the narrowest part of the footprint, it is normal; If the distance between the two is the same, it may be mild flat feet; If the distance between the two is half the difference, it may be moderate flat feet; If there is no depression, it is a moderately flat foot. 2 .

In the hospital, the doctor examines the baby's plantar bones with a specialized device to diagnose whether the baby has flat feet.

1 .Heels are prone to injury. There is nothing wrong with flat feet, but it hurts when you walk.

Mainly the inside of the foot and the heel. In addition, flat feet walk in the figure eight, so shoes are easy to wear out, and heels are prone to injury. 2 .

Not being able to walk for a long time and exercise with flat feet will affect your baby's ability to exercise in the future. Prolonged walking and exercise can also cause inflammation of the soft tissues of the feet, causing pain in the joints. 3 .

Flat feet, which cause various inflammations on the feet, are prone to various inflammations such as tenosynovitis, hip tendonitis, and plantar fasciitis, so it requires the attention of parents. 4 .Babies with flat feet, which affect the normal development of the spine, are prone to functional short feet due to lack of arch support, ligament stretching, labor, and uneven walking, and accidentally scoliosis and oblique shoulder walking.

Therefore, preventing flat feet can allow children to exercise moderately and promote bone development, but definitely not to bear weights! At this stage, children grow and develop rapidly, so babies must exercise moderately to form good bone development vitality. Also, do not put a load on the child.

The first method is to put the child's foot completely in the air and push his thumb up on the dorsal side, if there is an arch on the inside of him, he is not a flat foot. If the inside is still flat and smooth, he has flat feet. However, if the child is very young, such as one year old, this examination is meaningless, and it is generally recommended that the child's examination time is over three years old, that is to say, if he is over three years old, push his thumb to the back, and the phenomenon of the arch of the foot cannot be seen, and the first one can suspect flat feet.

The second is a horizontal experiment, which can spread a piece of paper on the ground. Then add water to the child's foot, of course, there are also some children who can be dipped in ink and press his foot directly on the paper, if the inside of the foot is blank on the paper, it means that the foot is normal. If the inside is completely covered by the shape of your foot.

The suspicion of flat feet is then high and may require a visit to the hospital.

Lay paper on the floor, let the baby's feet get wet and stick to the paper, if the shape of the feet is covered, it is flat feet, you can also go to the hospital for relevant foot examination.

You can see it by the shape of your child's feet. If your child's entire foot touches the ground, it means that your baby has flat feet.

If you want to tell if your baby has flat feet, you can hang your baby's feet in the air, and if the inside of your baby's feet is in the shape of an arch, it means that they are not flat feet. If the inside of the baby's feet is relatively flat and very smooth, it means that it is flat feet, and under normal circumstances, it will be easier to detect this examination when the baby is over three years old. You can choose to paint the baby's feet on the white paper, if the inside of the foot force is relatively blank, it means that the shape of the sole of the foot is normal.

If the baby has flat feet, it is best to take the baby to the hospital for examination in time, and it can be corrected in time. Baby's flat feet will affect future walking, and there may be pain in the process of walking, and it may even make the baby become a figure-eight foot. <>

Flat feet are also divided into many types, and some babies may be congenital flat feet, which has a very large impact on the body and should be paid attention to in time. Every parent is very worried about their child's condition, and if no action is taken in time, the baby's symptoms will become severe. <>

Postural flat foot syndrome is sudden, and the baby will feel significant pain when walking, and the outside of the calf will also be painful. If you walk for too long, your baby's instep will be swollen, and the local ** will also be red. Spastic flat feet usually appear in young people, which is also because postural flat feet have not been treated in time, so it will evolve into spastic flat feet.

In the baby about one year old will begin to slowly learn to walk, this time it will be easy to find out whether the baby is flat feet, in the process of walking, if the baby has a sore leg and foot pain, you must pay attention to it, flat feet are divided into congenital and acquired, if it is formed in the summer there is no way to prevent it, if you want to avoid flat feet the day after tomorrow, parents must choose the right shoes.

Footprint analysis is an option, which is a simple, fast, and cost-effective way to measure. Flat feet refer to the disappearance of the arch of the foot, so observing the baby's footprints can determine whether there are traces of the disappearance of the arch, that is, you can judge whether the baby has flat feet.

Flat feet can be associated with being overweight or walking for long periods of time, which can cause abnormalities in the bones of the feet, leading to ligament relaxation and eventually flat feet.

The way to tell if the baby is flat-footed is to suspend the baby's foot in the air, and then push it back with the thumb, if you find an arch, it is not a flat foot; Flat feet are a very common physiological phenomenon in which the baby does not have an arch.

We can observe whether the soles of the baby's feet are curved, and at the same time observe whether the baby's walking posture is correct; Flat feet generally refer to the congenital causes of the baby after birth or the influence of walking in the later stage, resulting in the baby's feet without curvature.

The arches of the feet in babies are usually formed at the age of 4-6 years. Most infants and adolescents have congenital flat feet. Flat feet can be congenital or acquired.

Before the age of two, 90% of babies have flat feet. By the age of three, the baby's foot will gradually become a pronounced arch. At this point, if the soles of the baby's feet are flat, they may be flat feet, which requires professional examination and confirmation, and some scientific correction should be taken.

1. Choose the right orthopedic shoes.

First, take your baby to the hospital to have it checked for flat feet. If that's the case, go to a specialized agency and order a pair of corrective shoes and a special flat foot insoles, which can slowly change your baby's flat foot condition. If you are still wearing ordinary shoes, the force on the soles of your baby's feet will be uneven, which can easily lead to soreness in the feet and affect physical development.

2. Massage correction.

Some flat feet, which are not severe, can be massaged to relieve symptoms, and the results can be achieved by exercising the foot muscles. Massage techniques should be taught by a professional doctor or performed in a professional institution.

3. Use corrective shoes.

Flat feet can be corrected with surgery and related sports, but for 2-year-old babies, they are still very young. If this ** is not suitable, their physical development is not perfect. If a 2-year-old baby wants to correct flat feet, it is best to wear corrective shoes to correct it, because the bones of a 2-year-old baby are not fully developed, and as long as they are corrected in time, there is still a chance to improve flat feet.

4. Soak the soles of your feet.

Parents can also soak their baby's feet once a day**, and keep the foot soaking time at about 20 minutes. In addition, it should be noted that if the child has flat feet, try not to let the baby stand for too long, because standing for too long will put the load on the feet, so the phenomenon of flat feet will become more serious, so we must pay attention in life.

5. Pay attention to your diet.

Children must eat more fruits and vegetables because they are rich in vitamins and can improve the condition of flat feet. Also, do not eat spicy foods, otherwise the recovery of flat feet will be affected.

6. Don't be too nervous.

When children have flat feet, there is no need to worry too much. Parents shouldn't be nervous. At this point, babies are still developing, especially two-year-old babies. When flat feet are found, they should be prompted**. At this stage, the correction effect is very good, and the alleviation effect can be effectively achieved.

No. How to correct: The principle of flat foot correction for babies is corrected in different ways according to the severity and symptoms.

Children with flat feet generally do not need to be done**. If flat feet are painful, some minimally invasive methods can be used**. Patients can use some joint brakes to restore the arch of the foot and reduce symptoms.

This statement is incorrect, not all children have flat feet, flat feet appear, the child's shoes need to be changed, some special shoes can be worn.

Not all children have flat feet, so you need to wear specific shoes to correct them, pay attention to your child's walking posture.

Flat feet refer to the absence of a normal arch of the foot, or arch collapse. It is important to note that flat feet are not the same as flat feet, and not all flat feet are required**. If a person with flat feet has symptoms such as pain, it is called flat foot syndrome, and it may be required**.

Actually, people with flat feet are very common, while flat feet are not common. So how can mothers tell if their baby has flat feet?

1. How to perform a flat foot examination.

During the initial examination, the child is placed in a standing position and inspected from the front and back of the ankle to check the alignment of the hindfoot and forefoot as a whole. Note the morphology of the longitudinal arch of the foot in weight-bearing conditions. Foot anatomy may appear normal when seated, but changes are evident immediately after weight-bearing is applied, as is common in patients with hyperflaccid flat foot deformity, flexible toe deformity, and metatarsophalangeal hyperlaxity.

Posterior examination reveals a general valgus appearance of the affected hindfoot and a "polydactyly" due to forefoot abduction. Observe the patient from the back with unilateral or bilateral calf raises while the knee is extended. Failure to complete unilateral calf raise or lack of symmetrical varus activity of the hindfoot suggests a posterior tibial tendon disorder.

The auxiliary examination method is mainly X-ray examination, which should be taken under weight-bearing conditions, and the angle of the arch of the foot should be measured mainly in the lateral position of the foot.

2. How to diagnose and diagnose flat feet.

1) Have a history of congenital abnormal foot bone alignment or foot trauma, overload, weak foot muscles and ligaments, etc.

2) The longitudinal arch of the foot collapses, and the soles of the feet are flattened. Heel valgus, fatigue, pain, and tenderness are susceptible to walking or standing for long periods of time.

3) Footprint examination of the absence of arcuate defect area, and determine the type and degree of flat foot.

4) X-ray showed that the longitudinal arch of the foot collapsed and the tarsal metatarsal axis relationship changed.

3. Simple method of judging flat feet.

Footprint analysis is a simple, fast, and cost-effective way to measure. Indirect diagnosis of flat feet by footprint analysis is widely used to evaluate arch reduction and calcaneal valgus due to its convenience and efficiency. The foot can be classified by measuring footprints, and the medial arch height and calcaneus valgus degree can be evaluated.

Flat feet refers to the disappearance of the arch of the foot, the height of the arch of the normal person is 14mm-18mm, the lower than 14mm is flat foot, and the higher than 18mm is high arched foot.

The arches of the feet in children are often formed between the ages of 4 and 6, and most children and adolescents have flat feet that are congenital. That is to say, when the child is born, it is basically 100% flat feet, 90% of it is flat feet before the age of two, and then it declines year by year, and begins to slowly develop the arch of the foot.

If the child is 3 or 4 years old, he will cry pain when he walks or stands for a long time;

The child has a poor sense of balance;

It is easy to appear in the inner figure;

If you often trip over yourself, parents should pay attention to it and have your flat feet examined.

Parents find that there is an abnormality in the child's hind heel and suspect that the child has flat feet, and intend to further identify it, how can a 3-year-old child identify flat feet? Some parents plan to find flat feet** and children's feet** from the Internet to compare and judge, so what are the standards for children's flat feet** and judgment? Let's take a look.

Parents who want to determine whether a 3-year-old child has flat feet can use footprints to analyze. You can prepare some flour, let the baby's feet be coated with flour, and print the feet on newspapers or other more conspicuous things, leaving footprints, and analyze the height of the medial arch and the degree of valgus of the calcaneus. If the arch of the foot is flat, there is no arch, and the inner edge of the foot touches the bottom, it can basically be judged that the foot is flat.

Since parents are not professional doctors, they also need to take their children to the hospital for a detailed examination of the doctor, so that the doctor can observe the appearance of the feet, ask questions, and combine X-ray examinations, ultrasound examinations and other items to determine whether the child has the problem of flat feet.

When a 3-year-old child is clearly suffering from flat feet, he should be active**. At present, for mild flat feet, there are corresponding correction tools and correction methods, as long as parents insist on taking their children to complete, they can slowly correct their children's flat feet. For more severe flat feet, surgery may be required**.