Flat-footedness – deformation of foot which leads to flattening of its arch. Are the reasons of development of this disease: injuries of feet, the wrong footwear, weakness of muscles which is caused by excessive loadings, hereditary predisposition.
Instruction
1. At early age it is very difficult to define flat-footedness at the child. at childrensince the birthStop flat. Only when the child starts walking slowly, he has rudiments of the arches. Therefore if there are suspicions of flat-footedness and to check the child aged up to five years, it is better to handle this problem to the orthopedic surgeon.
2. For more senior children it is possible to carry out the special test. It is very simple and will even give to the child pleasure if you turn all this into a game.
3. Take a clean sheet of paper, put it on a floor. Grease the child's foot with any fat cream and put it on this leaf. You watch that it did not turn in fingers and put legs exactly and together. The trunk at the same time let holds exactly that weight of a body was distributed evenly on all foot. Accurately raise the child. On paper there will be accurate prints of its feet.
4. The second option, differs in the fact that it is not necessary to use cream. Just put the child dry legs on paper and accurately circle with a pencil of its foot. Besides track a correct posture.
5. Further a pencil draw a line which will connect edges of plantar deepenings. Then, perpendicular to this line still draw one straight line which will cross deepening of foot in the deepest place.
6. If the print of the narrowest part of foot occupies less than one third of this line — that the child has no flat-footedness. And if reaches the middle of the line more — that obviously expressed symptoms of flat-footedness here and it is necessary to see a doctor urgently.
7. Look narrowly as your child goes. If when walking he leans more on an internal part of foot, and in a standing position the heel deviation outside is noticeable, then it is one more symptom of flat-footedness.
8. Pay attention to a sole of footwear of the child: at the children having this disease, the staptyvaniye of soles occurs on the inner edge.
9. The child having flat-footedness gets tired quicker, it is often hurt by shins.
10. At an early stage the found flat-footedness can be successfully cured by special exercises for feet, massage, carrying special orthopedic insoles therefore do not tighten and at the first signs hurry up with the child in children's consultation.