The "O" leg and "X" leg cause the children with the "O" leg and "X" leg to walk with different gait centering on the knee. The "O" leg is that the child's tibia bends inward, and when the legs are close together, it is "O"; The "X" leg is caused by genu valgus. When the legs are together, the calf leans outward to form an "X" shape with the thigh.
In fact, when the baby first started walking, most of them had some gait within eight characters, but the severity was different. This is because babies have various postures during the fetal period. Even when the baby lies down after birth, his legs are curled up like frogs. Although many babies' inner eight characters are physiological (this phenomenon will change with the maturity of walking posture and gait), some of them are not physiological. You can take the baby to the hospital for pediatric orthopedics, and ask the doctor to check and judge.
It is a phenomenon that babies walk with eight characters, for many reasons:
2, tibial pronation deformity, this is a congenital phenomenon, the baby's tibia is not straight, it turns inward at the ankle, and there is an internal character when walking. This kind of situation must go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible, and wear special shoes with an internal figure of 8 to correct it, orthopedic shoes. This kind of shoes is customized according to the pronation of baby's feet. The upper is high and can fix the baby's ankle joint. The bottom is made into a certain slope according to the cause of baby's feet. As the baby's gait changes, he usually changes a pair of shoes every six months.
3. Children with "O" legs and "X" legs walk differently, centering on the knees. The "O"-shaped leg is that the child's tibia bends inward, and it is "O"-shaped when the legs are close together; The "X" leg is caused by genu valgus. When the legs are together, the calf leans outward to form an "X" shape with the thigh.
If the baby's walking gait is really deformed, it needs to be corrected slowly. Depending on the severity, it will take 2 to 3 years or even longer. Therefore, the sooner the baby wears orthopedic shoes and orthopedic braces, the better. Some serious cases can't be corrected, and surgery is still needed. Parents are especially reminded that the child's internal and external personality must be treated before the age of 5, and the effect will not be very good after the age of 5.
1, when the baby walks, in order to stand and land comfortably and naturally correct the body gravity, he adopts different gait. This is obviously physiological. If the situation is not serious, as the baby grows up, the internal eight-character phenomenon will disappear.
Question 2: How to correct the eight characters in Child 2? When the metatarsal cone lies flat, the back end of the foot is normal, but the front end is inward. It is common in infants before one year old, and the reasons are mostly caused by intra-fetal compression, and most of the feet are still very soft. You can straighten the front end of your foot with a little force. 3. Tibial pronation: It is more common in children from one to three years old. It's normal to look at the shape of your feet, but when you walk, your feet turn inward. More seriously, parents can find that their calves are pronated, their arches are sunken, and they often stumble. 4, the upper end of the femur leans forward excessively: most children over three years old walk in this category. These children like Japanese sitting posture with W-shaped feet. 5. High arch foot/heel inversion: Some children with high arch foot have biomechanical changes and subsidence of the foot, and the muscle strength of the foot decreases, resulting in the phenomenon of figure-eight walking. 6. Improper wearing of shoes: shoes that are too big or too small can not support the feet correctly, resulting in uneven stress on the soles of the feet, affecting the development of the bones of the feet and causing physical imbalance. If the child is found to have a long-term ankle sprain or unstable walking, the arch of the foot may have gradually turned and deformed, and there is a phenomenon of walking in the inner figure or the outer figure. 7. Wear diapers: Some parents generally like to wear diapers for their babies in order to go out conveniently, especially when the weather is cold. In the long run, it will cause O-legs or the phenomenon of eight characters inside and eight characters outside. 8, the use of walkers: early and frequent use of walkers, but also easy to cause eight or eight gait. 9. It is too early to learn to walk: Some mothers measure their baby's intelligence sooner or later, so they are eager to let the baby learn to walk. Because the baby's body is in the development stage, the gait strength is not enough. When walking and standing, the feet naturally separate, so that the sole area is widened, the strength of the ankle joint is increased, and the fall is prevented, resulting in a posture in which the feet are naturally separated, resulting in an inner figure. 10, genetic. What should the baby do if he finds the inner eight characters? Pediatric podiatrists at the University of Washington Medical Center advised parents: "Children's feet are definitely not the embryonic form of adult feet. They are quite plastic and their shapes are easy to change. " . Children grow up only once. Correct foot care can promote the normal development of children's feet and prevent the deviation and deformity of foot bone growth. If there are children with mild inner eight or outer eight, choose a pair of shoes with appropriate size and moderate hardness. When mom and dad are observing whether the shoes are suitable for little feet, they might as well put on new shoes for two or three hours and take off their shoes to see if the children's feet are red and swollen, or if there are any signs of friction on their skin. If you have the above symptoms, the shoes are not suitable. Growing children should develop the good habit of wearing shoes and sleep and sit correctly. When parents find that their children's arch collapses or the phenomenon of "inner eight" appears when walking, they will pay attention to it and let professionals customize a pair of close-fitting corrective shoes for their babies. Orthopedic insole combined with orthotic belt can keep the correct biomechanical stress of the foot, improve the symptoms of "internal eight" and prevent the deviation of spinal growth. Related articles: Do children who walk/stand in inner eight or outer eight need correction?
Question 3: How to correct splayed feet? I am a fitness instructor. In many ways to correct children's splayed feet, physical exercise methods such as unarmed exercise and instrumental gymnastics can be selectively applied.
Parents can put their hands on the child's back and armpits when the child's walking posture is not right, so that the child can walk along a wide straight line. When walking, keep your knees always forward to correct the outward and inward directions in bad posture. Pay attention to the child's weight on the big toe when his feet leave the ground, and pay attention to the slight friction between his knees when he kneels forward. This method is exercised twice a day, and the splayed feet can be corrected naturally after long-term persistence.
Older children can walk along a belt or straight line once or twice a day on the floor in front of the mirror, pay attention to the movements of heels and toes, and practice repeatedly, and will soon correct the eight-character posture.
You can also use the method of decomposing walking to help correct bad gait. When your left foot strides forward to the ground, your right foot will follow, pay attention to bending and stand next to your left foot. When the right foot moves forward, the left foot follows and bends to the ground next to the right foot. The key here is to keep your knees in the forward direction during walking.
In addition, all kinds of leg lifts and jumping from heights in the right posture; Bend your knees and kick the shuttlecock with your feet; Kneeling posture and kicking shuttlecock outside the foot are helpful to correct children's splayed feet. Of course, from the beginning of children's toddler, it is the key for parents to cultivate their children's correct gait to prevent the occurrence of splayed feet.
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