Flat feet in children? Orthotics or exercise? with Dr Emily
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- “Your child will grow out of it”. A common misconception by many Pediatricians about pediatric flat feet.
Join me as I review a recent patient case study - 7 yo toe walker.
Explore the different types of flat feet in children, toe walking, treatment options and potential outcomes.
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I have a daughter that has Down Syndrome. She appears to be "flat footed" and is a toe walker. This video is very informative. Thank you!
Excellent video share doc! Many of these points we go over with our patients as well. Important also to adjust the spine, hips, tibias and ankles as needed when ready, big changes occur post treatment. And YES, must think about the patient long term (how this also affects them mentally/emotionally/socially) through youth into adulthood.
I think I have the exact same feet, my feet goes side ways and I see her like even walking in ways to avoid putting too much pressure on the arch area. By standing on the heel your then putting more pressure on the arch collapsing down. So she’s doing anything she can to avoid that area and that’s exactly what I do. I am an adult.
This is extremely helpful. Thank you for sharing!
You're brilliant
That girl has literally the same feet as me. Also in order to take weight off of my foot which hurts I will twist my ankles and feet sideways to relieve pressure . As when I stand barefoot or flat footed for to long my ankles can almost twist to touch the ground inwards. It literally feels like I’m always on the middle bone of me foot , like standing on the arch bone
Yes! This could be my foot, for years I was told my feet are just flat footed. I was told I needed orthopedic arches. They said if I didn’t wear any I would need foot surgery and anyways my feet as such a mess. I hate how so many responses to this is “exercise will fix it”.
I used to do cheer and did a lot of leg strengthening but it never fixed my arch or foot issue. It made it really hard to stay balanced on one foot especially in the air. I practiced a lot to become a flyer but when I would go into a stunt my foot had trouble balancing because I don’t have a normal arch. So in order to stand off my collapsed arch I would have to stand on an area that wasn’t my foot and if I actually stood like I normally would I’d fall in then I’d fall out of a stand so I never was able to fly much because I needed a lot of ankle support to make up for the foot I didn’t have. My feet are in so much pain. It’s more than just a flat arch, there is something that protrudes downwards and when I stand on it feels like I’m standing on a bone. So being in my feet long periods I hurts. My feet completely ruin my shoes and they go sideways .
My foot goes inward and my ankle collapses downwards and I have to wear super strong man arches and my shoes get destroyed by going side ways and don’t offer ankle support, often the shoes bow in where the ankles need support and when I ran sometimes due to it falling in my ankle with suddenly snap on and it hurts!
Now im frustrated because I had to get a man’s arch which is the only one that does anything and it was too wide for my new work shoes so it’s now pushing the ankle area of the shoe outwards to bow. Which I need that area to be tight in order to support my ankle and to keep the arch under my foot. So now my brand new shoes are going side ways and it’s so frustrating because these shoes naturally have a heel which helps my foot stay upwards and supported but it’s now bowing sideways which will make the whole shoe stretch out. I am so frustrated because I’m trying to tie my shoes sooo tight to make up for the support my arches / feet are ruining my shoes. They discontinued this shoe so now it will be very difficult to find another work shoe for my jobs.
So I often stay with wedge heels because orthopedic shoes are so ugly. Wedges already have support with the ankle and arches so I don’t have to worry about replacing arches or them getting worn or worry how most shoes have no ankle support. However for most jobs they require certian shoes that don’t do good with my feet and my foot just smooshes the shoe and completely ruins them.
It sucks because all this stuff plus my teeth was supposed to be fixed as a child but never was so now I’m stuck with having to pay for it.
This is the case with my son. I was told he would grow out of it and now is very pigeon toed.
thank you, very informational
Hi Dr. Splichal, my now 3 year son's feet look a lot like this. We have taken him to a podiatrist & they gave us inserts/insoles, but not much has improved. We live in SoCal, Orange County, to be specific. Are there any specialists that you would recommend out here that we can take him to?
Hi Dr, thank you for well explained the situation, my 5 years old son have the same problem, he is been in process of wearing those shells and dr recently has changed it to the newer one. My question is: Can heavier weight cause this problem because my son is 5, but he is growing faster as his growth percentile is above 99% of kids in his age, and he looks like 7 years old. Also, is running improve his foot situation?
Hi Dr.
Thank yu so much for your helpful video!
I have a 2yr old boy and we were very much concerned about our baby boy Lt. Foot and it is getting worse since we noticed it when he was just 3month old; we took him to the pediatric orthopedist but their suggestion was"since he have an arch and good flexiability on his ankle he will be fine" but he didint rather it become more visible when he walks and stand on his barefoot since only the left one has a deformity
If yu don't mind my question is: -
Is it too early to do the same thing for my babe as yu advice for your 7 yrs old child
Is it okay for you to send a picture and a video for yu to evaluate since we live far away from you
Hope to hear from you soon
Kind regards
Tesfaye and selome
My daughter has the same exact issue, but actually a bit worse. Her mid foot pronates even further, essentially she has duck feet. I've been to 4 different pediatric podiatrists and one said she will grow out of it (umm, no), another said she needs to stretch her achilles tendon, another said she will need surgery to reconstruct her foot, extend the ligaments in her calf around age 12-13. She is 10 now. My question is, why wait till she's an adult where major reconstructive surgery like this would be way more disruptive in her life? Does pronation like this always cause pain in knees, hips and back down the road?
Is she good now? My son has same problem ortho said it will be good with time
Please I am very very worried about my son
What's the rate of hindfoot flat feet vs. midfoot flat feet?