Flat feet of doctors belong to one of the most common diseases of the musculoskeletal system in children. Flat feet is called such a foot deformation in which it becomes flat. With this disease, if the child is put on the floor, then he will touch the surface of the floor with his entire foot. It is impossible to identify flat feet in a very small child – usually parents begin to notice the signs of this disease when the child is 5-6 years old. How to treat flat feet in children?
First of all, parents should more carefully monitor the formation of the arch of the foot of their crumbs, especially if the family has relatives suffering from this ailment. Flat feet are also often detected in children who are sick with rickets, cerebral palsy or were injured by stop. In these cases, the baby should periodically show the orthopedic doctor in order to notice the symptoms of the beginning flat feet in time and take measures.
As a rule, orthopedists are prescribed by a special therapeutic massage to their small patients, which contributes to the formation of the correct set of the foot and usually very much likes. It is not necessary to do it in a medical institution – even the mother of the baby will cope with the complex of such exercises.
The orthopedic doctor can advise parents of a sick child to also purchase special legs for the legs in a pharmacy. There is a need for it if you are too busy at home or at work, and you do not have the opportunity to regularly make a child with your own hands. A child can at any time – drawing, sculpting from plasticine or looking through cartoons, sort out with their legs along a special massage rug with soft rubber or wooden spikes. On sale now there are a lot of different options for foot massagers, therefore, choosing a massager for your heir, it is better to talk about a specific model of this product in advance with the attending physician.
If you do not have the opportunity to purchase a massage rug, then you may well find a replacement for him – for example, ordinary old scores will be able to help your child in the fight against flat feet. Put them on the floor and invite the child to “count” on them with legs – as a result of this, the baby’s foot will be massaged in small knuckles.
Another option for replacing a massage rug is, oddly enough, old newspapers. To carry out the treatment procedure, put the newspaper on the floor unnecessary to you and ask the child to melt the legs as much as possible with his fingers. It will be better that at the end of this lesson the baby will try to raise it with his fingers from the floor.
Even an ordinary kitchen rolling can be an excellent massager and help your child win this ailment. Put the rolling pin on the floor and ask the child to roll it back and forth for some time – this will contribute to strengthening the ligaments of the baby’s foot.
Turn therapeutic gymnastics into an exciting game that your child will definitely like – put several small objects on the floor: sponge, pencil, rubber children’s toys and ask the baby to raise them with the help of legs. The more items there are, the better. For this purpose, you can also use walnuts, tennis balls or spoons. In the course of the exercise, you can improvise – for example, tie your eyes to your child and let him, feeling his legs on the floor, tries to guess what he found.
When performing such exercises, do not forget that before their implementation with the child it is necessary to warm up. Invite the baby to walk around the apartment for several minutes first on tiptoe, then on the heels, and only then on the side surfaces of the foot, depicting a clubfoot bear.