Flat feet lack arch, so the footprints formed are incomplete, and there will be space without arch. Bilateral flatfoot is a kind of foot deformity disease. Of course, flatfoot is divided into congenital and acquired. Congenital may be caused by family inheritance or the child's own foot bones, and the acquired cause is generally caused by the child's wrong walking posture. For the problem of flat feet, it is necessary to take children to formal institutions to correct them in time. The correction method is based on the severity of flat feet. If it is a mild flat foot, you can wear corrective shoes to correct it, and serious ones need surgical correction.
If you want to know if your child is flat-footed, you can let your child step on flour barefoot, and then step on dark cardboard to leave footprints. The inner edge of a normal foot won't touch the ground, so it won't touch flour, while flat feet, on the other hand, basically all the soles of the feet will touch flour.
What are flat feet? What does flat feet mean? What is the picture of flat feet?
In recent years, the number of children with flat feet has been rising, a small part of which is caused by congenital inheritance, and most of them are caused by incorrect walking posture or inappropriate shoes. Many mothers may be hearing about flat feet for the first time, and I don't know what it feels like. So what is flat feet? What does flat feet mean? What is the picture? Let's answer this question in detail.
Flat foot is a kind of foot deformity problem, also known as flat foot, that is, the sole of the foot lacks arch, and the normal sole naturally arches, while the sole of the flat foot is flat without obvious arch, and the inside of the sole can directly touch the ground when standing. Flat feet mean the same thing. Flat feet can cause all kinds of discomfort, such as fatigue or pain when walking or running. If it is not corrected, it will cause joint inflammation or deformation for a long time, which will seriously affect the life of children when they grow up.
Parents should pay attention to children with flat feet, take them to the hospital for related bone examination in time, and correct them according to the examination results. Generally, braces and orthoses are needed to correct it. If the situation is serious and cannot be corrected, it can also be improved by foot bone surgery.
What are the symptoms of flat feet, and what are the manifestations of soft flat feet?
The child's feet have many deformities. Common are horseshoe foot, splayed foot and flat foot. Flat feet, as the name implies, are flat soles with no arch, which affects children's walking. Many parents worry about their children's flat feet, but they don't know what to think. In fact, flat feet are symptomatic, and most parents should not understand. So what are the symptoms of flat feet and what are the manifestations of soft flat feet? Let's answer this question in detail.
The symptoms of flat feet in children are as follows:
1, the shape of the foot has changed obviously, for example, the arch of the instep will become relatively flat, which will make the child's foot look very flat and wide.
2, there will be varus, the child's arch may have obvious symptoms such as osteophyte, and the calcaneus may tilt to the outside.
3. There will be pain. Generally, children walk or exercise for a long time, and the soles of their feet will feel pain.
4. Weak athletic ability. Compared with children of the same age, children with flat feet not only jump not high, run slowly, but also get tired after exercise.
Soft and flat feet are similar. Aiming at the problem of flat feet of children, it can be improved by correcting shoes or insoles. The principle of correction is to correct the direction of gravity line and reduce the pressure of arch. Of course, it can also be corrected by surgical treatment. Parents must not blindly wear corrective shoes for their children according to the doctor's advice.
Methods and pictures of flat feet measurement, how to self-test flat feet
Speaking of flat feet, many friends should not be familiar with it. In fact, flat feet mean that there is no arch on the soles of the feet. Parents should pay more attention to this problem, because childhood is the high incidence of flat feet. If parents want to know whether their children have flat feet, they can find out by some measurement methods. The following is a detailed introduction to the methods and pictures of flat feet measurement, and how to self-test flat feet.
Flat feet are measured as follows:
1. Prepare white paper, lay it flat on the ground, wipe the child's soles with a wet towel, and then let the child sit on a high stool, while ensuring that his feet can touch the ground and step on the white paper, then slowly stand up, then sit down and repeat this action twice, that is, sit down and stand up twice.
2. Then you can take the inner line of the footprint as the first line, the center point of the heel as the second line, the two lines intersect to form an angle, and then the bisector of this angle as the third line. The inner edge of normal arch is outside the second line, outside the second line. The inner edge of the arch of mild flat foot is outside the third line, and the moderate flat foot is outside the first line and outside. The inner edge of the arch of severe flat foot is inside the first line.
The self-test method of flat feet is relatively simple: sprinkle a layer of flour on the ground, let the children step on the flour barefoot, and then step on the dark cardboard, leaving footprints. The inner edge of a normal foot will not touch the ground, that is, it will not touch flour. If the child has flat feet, basically most or all of the soles of his feet will be stained with flour. You can also apply ink to the soles of your children's feet in the same way.
In addition to self-testing, parents can also take their children to the hospital to take X-rays of the right and lateral sides of their feet. To take pictures under load, you can measure the angle change of the arch.