Deviations in foot development have about 40% of babies under the age of 4.5-5 years.In most situations, children are diagnosed with valgus deformity.With this pathology, the baby's leg is flat and seems to fall from the inside, with each other.The outer sides of the legs are slightly raised.If you look at the baby's feet from above, they form the letter H.
Deformation of the valgus of the foot in children - causes
Deviation under consideration occurs due to insufficiently developed ligaments.Under the influence of body severity, they deform, the bones move and bend.The child's valgus foot is formed for many reasons that are conditionally divided into 2 groups:
- congenital;
- Earned.
Congenital deformation of the foot valgus
The problem develops during the period of intrauterine formation of the fetal limbs.The flat-valgus leg occurs due to improper location and bone growth.Less often, it bends against the backdrop of intrauterine damage and joint dysplasia.Valgus leg deformation in newborn children is diagnosed immediately after childbirth or during the first months of the baby's life.At this stage, it is easy to adjust the shape of the foot, restore its height, and the correct return.
Deformation of obtained strain
This type of pathology occurs for external reasons affecting the muscular system.At first, valgus deformity in children is not very noticeable.Signs of the problem are observed at the age of 10-12 months, when the child tries to walk himself.A flat flat foot in a child of the acquired type develops for the following reasons:
- not -the support;
- weakness of connective tissue;
- severe infections transferred at a young age (bronchitis, pneumonia, acute respiratory viral infections and others);
- Intrauterine muscle hypotrophy;
- Rike;
- myodistrofia;
- Poliomyeli;
- cerebral palsy;
- Polneuropathy;
- mechanical injuries and limb fractures with gypsum sauce with long clothing;
- Obesity;
- The baby is very early on the foot, the premature efforts to teach him to walk;
- improper selection of shoes;
- Small mobility;
- Lack of calcium in the body;
- Unbalanced, weak food;
- Endocrine diseases.
Valgus foot signs in children
Early symptoms of the outline described are visible closer to the first year of the child's life.Parents notice that the child is not based on the whole leg while walking, but only inside it.The differences between the changed legs and the healthy legs are clearly shown in the photo below.Signs of pathology depend on the degree of deformation of the foot valgus in children:
- The light phase is characterized by flattening of the legs without an important minibantur foot.The angle of diversifying the feet from a straight line, a perpendicular heel, is up to 15 degrees.
- Deformation of the foot valgus in children with moderate severity is also associated with flattening of the feet, but they are filled with 15-20 degrees.
- A severe degree of disease combines pronounced pointed legs and a large angle of foot deviation-20-30 degrees.
- The extremely heavy stage is characterized by a strong flattery of the leg.Minabantur legs exceed an angle of 30 degrees.
Non -specific symptoms of defect development:
- Clumsy, walking in motion;
- Fatigue during running and active games;
- unpleasant sensations in the area of the legs;
- The mood, the baby's nervousness.
Deformation of the foot valgus in children - treatment
Therapy methods are individually selected for each child in accordance with the degree of pathology.There are 2 options by which flat-valgus leg deformation is regulated-Treatment can be performed not by surgical and operational methods.In the first case, therapy includes wearing special orthopedic beds and shoes, massage, physiotherapy exercises.Surgical intervention is very rare (approximately 7% of children), when standard access does not work or the disease is already diagnosed in a severe stage.
Orthopedic shoes for children with valgus deformation
Otsism and sandals for the child with the problem under consideration are made only to order.Orthopedic shoes for valgus deformation are made according to the individual manias or accurate measurements that the doctor makes.It is undesirable to buy such products yourself.Massive shoe production is performed according to medium parameters that do not correspond to the specific angle of deviation and flattening of the feet.
With the help of a pair of sandals or boots, the valgus leg in the child is not corrected - treatment involves their long -term coating.Foot growth and gradual restoration of their shape requires timely replacement of shoes.You can't buy it for the future or wear small sizes.The baby's legs should be firmly fixed to the bottom of the lower leg, heel and sock.
Valgus leg deformation in children
These devices are made, like shoes, strictly individually.Proper treatment of foot valgus deformation passes several stages from complicated to simple.The size, shape of the spinator must be selected in accordance with the level of flattening of each foot and the angle of its deviation.A slight valgus leg deformation in children is quickly corrected, 3-5 pairs of equipment under consideration will be required.With an average and severe degree of illness, it will often have to be changed for several years.
Valgus foot deformity massage in children
Manual therapy plays a very important role in treating pathology.Procedures must be performed by a qualified specialist.Parents can be massaged independently with valgus deformity only after exercise with a manual therapist.Manipulations include muscle work:
- the back;
- sacrifice and lower back;
- butt;
- hips;
- goals;
- the anterior surface of the legs.
During the massage, passive therapeutic movements of the common are performed simultaneously.A correctly performed course of procedures contributes to:
- improving nerve tracking;
- normalization of foot mobility;
- strengthening muscle lanes;
- Raising the overall tone of the body.
Carpet massage with one foot valgus for children
This accessory is used as manual auxiliary therapy.Embedded carpet helps:
- adjust the height of the arc of the foot;
- Improve blood circulation;
- Increase the flexibility and mobility of the legs;
- Get rid of the pain while walking and running.
The size of the irregularities and extensions in the accessory is chosen depending on the age of crushing and the speed at which flat-valgus deformation progresses.For children under 3 years of age it is best to buy a carpet with low and small elements located near one another.A child older than the age shown can be offered to run along a more embedded surface with large irregularities that mimic shells or stones.
Exercise therapy for foot valgus deformation in children
The gymnastics complex should recommend an orthopedic in accordance with the degree of pathology, age and ability of the child.It is desirable that the main treatment of valgus deformation with physical education be performed under the direction of a specialist.At home, you can perform simple gymnastics by offering children's classes in a pleasant way.Light Exercises with Valgus Foot Deformation in Children:
- walking into stones, small balls, a ladder from a rope;
- catching with the toes of small objects - pencil, scarf, coins;
- Flip at the foot of a rolling stake, ball;
- painting with fingers;
- "Path Step" - Moving, Collection;
- Walking with support on the outside and inside the leg, in socks, heel;
- "Crocodile" - the child goes to his arms, his parents hold his feet;
- Squats from a standing position (across) to a gymnastics stick (can be replaced with a mop).
Valgus deformation of the foot surgery
The optimal age for surgical intervention is considered 8-12 years.The surgery is described if the flat-valgus deformity of the extremely heavy legs with a deviation angle of more than 30 degrees is diagnosed.The surgeon individually chooses the saf and the safest and minimum invasive treatment methods.Deformation of the foot valgus in children is regulated by the following types of operations:
- strengthening of posterior tibial muscle tendon;
- Tugged Artro -erez;
- extension of Achilles' tendon;
- Setting stage of external fixing equipment.