Experts find diseases of legs more than at a half of kids. And children in life should overcome thousands of kilometers. To protect the kid from problems in the future, comprehensive approach including to the choice of the correct footwear is necessary.
Anatomic features of foot of the child
The newborn in foot has no stones. Replaces them cartilaginous and fat fabrics. Formation of bones of foot comes to an end only by 16 years. Therefore the children's leg is very susceptible to different deformations. Walking barefoot on a grass or a sand is very useful to the kid. And here footwear is necessary for the child for walks on asphalt.
For the first walk the footwear which will preserve the child's leg against all damages is necessary. It has to correspond to the size and features of a leg of the kid and also to create a comfortable microclimate for children's skin.
What has to be children's footwear
When choosing footwear, first of all, it is necessary to examine a sole. It has to be rather strong and elastic. Better if a sole leather, and a heel from rubber with a protector. Such footwear will not slide. For children the sole can be more senior all from flexible rubber. The indispensable condition for good and correct orthopedic footwear is an existence of the strengthened back and the rigid extended sides that the leg did not "fall down" aside. Footwear has to be with a heel 5 — 15 mm high. The heel occupies the third part of a sole. The insole surely has to be removable, with an instep support, for prevention of flat-footedness. Laces have to begin as it is possible closer to a sock that it was more convenient to put shoes on. If it is velcros, then not less than three. The fastener on a thong is undesirable. It cannot densely capture and hold the child's leg. Children's footwear in a nosochny part is usually wider, than in calcaneal. Fingers have to move freely. Footwear for the kid has to be made only of natural materials to provide air circulation and evaporation of moisture.
How to pick up footwear to the child
It is better to choose footwear with the kid. But if it is impossible, make a leg mold of thin cardboard to pick up the necessary size. A foot at the kid grow in the spring and in the summer quicker, than in the winter. Correctly chosen shoes or sandals have to be 5 — 10 mm longer. The stock for winter boots has to make 1.5 cm taking into account a warm sock. In a year the size of foot increases by two sizes. The small child cannot understand the feelings and explain that footwear inconvenient, presses or grates gentle children's skin. Every 1.5 month it is necessary to measure legs of children in time to notice when footwear becomes small. One of unacceptable options for the first steps of the child is slippers. Even if they with an instep support, the soft back will not be able to hold a leg of the kid in the correct situation. Over time the child will wear out a back, and the Piglet will move from a sole of slippers inside or outside. For the first steps it is necessary to buy the qualitative orthopedic footwear executed according to anatomic features of a leg of the kid. Correctly picked up footwear — pledge of healthy legs of the child.