Valgus Deformation of the Leg

Valgus deformity of the legs ("X-shaped" curvature of the legs in children) is not congenital, not genetic, but an acquired defect that is not so difficult to notice, but difficult to treat. Anyone will be able to determine how the deformities of the legs with the naked eye, both in themselves and in their child. It is enough to look at such a child from the side, notice the overextension of the legs in the knee joints, which forms an interval between the heels of 4-5 cm and more.

If left untreated, the feet gradually deform and acquire a firm, flat-to-lingual position - the heels are inclined to the outside. Flat feet develop. Children often suffer from preschool age. To the risk group, you can add people with excessive weight, as well as wearing the wrong shoes. Below are the causes and methods of treatment of valgus deformity of the lower limbs in preschool children.

Do not limit your children to natural mobility. Physical load, characteristic of each age, is necessary for the favorable formation of health and its psychological development. Urban kids spend little time in the open air, as parents rarely have the opportunity to walk with them, take them to mugs, sports sections, due to their workload at work or at home. It is not uncommon for a situation when you hear mothers and grandmothers turn to their children during a walk: "Do not run, do not climb, do not play in the sandbox, do not roll down the hill ..." They sometimes fear not that the baby will hurt, but What they have to wash, if it gets dirty, despite the fact that almost everyone in the house has a typewriter. The child closes in itself, becomes aggressive, there is nowhere to throw out energy - hence the psychological and physical problems in development.

On the street, children should play, run, jump, if necessary - "swim" in puddles or burrow in the sand. Two times "bathe", then he does not want ... Dress, shoe on the weather. The older the child, the more it needs to move. And it is best to choose the right shoes - with a closed heel, a high rigid back, an orthopedic insole. I will not now describe all sorts of brands and brands of goods, they are many. The main thing, warn this terrible disease now, than to treat then.

Valgus deformity of the legs is found both in 2 years, and in 6-7. Rickets are more common, and in girls, which, unlike boys, have a wide basin. In the first years of life it is important to do a massage. He also takes a leading place in the treatment of "X-shaped" legs. Orthopedic footwear, insoles, daily medical gymnastics here act as auxiliary elements, without which you will not get a positive result.

Yes, it will be a long time before you start to notice the improvement. Thanks to your perseverance, attention, diligence in 1,5-2 years you can achieve smooth, right legs. Do not skip the information by the ears or give up, if the orthopedist has given you such a diagnosis. Not treatment is threatened later by curvature of the spine, scoliosis, leg length difference, fatigue (the child complains of tired legs, can not walk for a long time, often asks for arms or in a stroller), headaches ... Such children should avoid long standing, refrain from long games Standing. It is necessary to select games, exercises that would suppress the load on the ankle joints. Therapeutic gymnastics should be done as a game and turned into a daily ritual. Put the Swedish wall, if the apartment allows.

As social and state assistance to such children, orthopedic kindergartens and vouchers for therapeutic preventive sanatoriums are provided with the provision of a certain package of certificates and documents. Believe in yourself and the baby. Then you will succeed. Thank God, this is being treated.