The ideal Shoe is often a Shoe

About 100 million steps to make people, on average, in the life and place back to the fabulous 70'000 kilometers. We walk more than once around the Globe. That part of the body but the one that carries the most weight, we pay little attention to: the foot is a masterpiece of nature. 26 bones, 33 joints, over 100 ligaments and 13 muscles are connected to such a refined way that they allow us to long jumps and elegant dance steps, as well as a safe.

most people with healthy feet to the world. However, over the years and decades to develop in up to 80 percent misalignment. That is why many parents are anxious: Need small children, if you have Board feet, when walking, often buckling or the heels of her shoes within a few weeks, the orthotics will expire, at most, to avoid later damage?

Many of the deposits are redundant

The Conviction that the development of the children feet Shoe insoles have a positive influence is widespread. Especially kink-Senkfüsse (flat feet), so the common opinion, deposits correct – similar to an Overbite (buck teeth) with a tooth braces. But this is not true. "Due to kink-Senkfüssen ten years of deposits, it still remains kink-Senkfüsse," says the experienced children's orthopaedic Leonhard Ramseier from the Ortho Clinic in Zurich. Because deposits can relieve menstrual discomfort. The Form and position of the feet with such tools, but not change them.

Not only for this reason, experts are increasingly coming to the conclusion that the often prescribed deposits. "Even though children with flat feet usually have no pain, and was treated for this deformity previously routinely with orthopedic insoles", writes Leonhard Ramseier. This is often still the case. The deposits are usually completely unnecessary. "Generally speaking, you don't need to worry that untreated deformities of the feet of the Children later inevitably grow," he says.

A study by the Vienna University clinic found that the opposite is the case: When the scientists of the feet of 800 kids at the age of three to six years examined, diagnosed in 54 percent of the three-year-old flat feet under the six year olds, only 26 percent – the misalignment is, so to speak. Every tenth of the surveyed children wore deposits. According to the researchers, 90 percent of which were unnecessary. American researchers from Dallas, Texas, confirm this result: In their long-term observation of infants with Senkfüssen the failure was in the case of many of the positions within three years – regardless of whether the girls and boys wore deposits or not.

"All babies flat feet have to temporarily - at least it looks that way."Leonhard Ramseier, a children's orthopedist

The Zurich-based children's orthopaedic surgeons don't be surprised. Because what some lay people see as a deformity, says Leonhard Ramseier, be in a certain age is completely normal. "All babies have feet Flat," he says, "at least it looks that way." Because the arch of the Foot, is formed only between the second and sixth year finished. In addition, the feet of small children to the sole, a cushion of Baby fat, the anatomy of a flat appear to be, as she was in reality. And finally, the leg axis is directed in the case of small children slightly to the inside. To compensate for this, turning many small children your feet to the outside, which, in turn, the ankles are slightly tilting to the inside. As soon as the leg axis, at an age of about seven years, adjusted to have children is no longer the typical waddling gait, bend little more to the inside and have, generally, no flat feet.

Leonhard Ramseier and other professionals in their criticism of the current practice, but are not limited to, the topic of kink-Senkfüsse. "We prescribe to children in General, only in rare cases, the deposits," says the children's orthopedist. "For example in the case of malformations of the bone, in pain or during treatments after surgery." Because medical deposits can sometimes benefit even more damage than, so the expert. A healthy foot will need well-trained muscles. Deposits but muscle limit game and promote passivity.

The Trick with the tips of your toes

However, there are cases in which the foot positions should be treated failed in the case of children, urgently. It comes to kink-Senkfüsse (flat feet), helps in the decision-making is a simple Trick: orthopedic surgeons leave children on the tips of your toes. No arch of the Foot, is also in this attitude visible – what the seventh age is very rare, so it is, in fact, a particularly pronounced flat feet. Then deposits are highly recommended, since the failure load leads usually after a few years of pain, said the expert. In particularly serious cases, when children hurt their flat feet, despite the deposits during walking, can be (at the earliest from the age of eight) even a surgical procedure that raises the foot of the bed.

Also in the case of other deformities, the question is not the only decisive factor: a Deposit or not? Parents should make a fundamental thought about what to wear their wards to the feet. For example, it is negligent to get children on the flea market of Second hand sneakers, or to pass on to you the winter boots of big brother? Ramseier gives the all-clear. "Shoes and foot bed in good condition, speaking from a medical point of view nothing against Thrift."

On the question of "the Shoe fits?" is to be expected of children is not a viable answer to: A girl is trying on shoes. Photo:

The results of scientific studies point to a delicate point: often, children are bought shoes too small. Because at the age of three to six years, feet grow amazingly fast. Newly purchased shoes should toes therefore provide a minimum of twelve millimeters game room. Children themselves are at the correct choice of the shoes is often not a big help. Some claim that a Shoe fit, even if it is four sizes too small. In one study, 93 percent of the children were convinced that their little shoes were sitting perfectly. "Children have their favorites," says Leonhard Ramseier from the Ortho Clinic in Zurich. "You want to give it away in any case, preferring to tighten constantly the toes."

samples suggest that more than half of all children carry in Switzerland, the shoes are to small. In the medium-term risk of foot damage. Already in the Three - to six-year-old masses, researchers are deformities of the big toe. "A child who wears a permanently short shoes will be as an adult-possibly with a pain-Hallux valgus are liable to suffer", says Jan Meester, a senior physician at the Department of foot and ankle at the cantonal hospital of St. Gallen. "Anyone who accepts that the child puts on shoes too short, you risk that it gets problems in adulthood."

big shoes are unhealthy

The purchase of oversized shoes, the children can still grow into it, don't be also recommend, says Jan Meester: As a scientist at the University of Potsdam in Germany and Switzerland 20'000 children's feet examined, they determined to force great shoes the children almost in a false attitude: Many are not constantly the toes convulsively, so that the shoes slipping of the feet.

stress, such As experts, the foot muscles Training, so that the feet stay healthy. "It is particularly helpful in the walking Barefoot," says Meester. Who dispensed with in a young age as often as possible on shoes, finches and socks, may reduce the risk for flat feet by two thirds. Because without shoes, the muscles, Tendons and ligaments of the feet are required. "The ideal Shoe is often a Shoe," says the head doctor at the cantonal hospital of St. Gallen.

children should be as often as possible, go barefoot.

for this reason, children should be as often as possible with your bare feet on the go: on a parquet or carpeted floor, on lawns, in the sandpit or on the climbing frame. The Explore special Barefoot experience, paths to power, particularly a lot of Fun. The most famous is located in the black forest, close to the Swiss border, in Dornstetten-Hallwangen. 170'000 visitors gather there every year on the 2.4-Kilometer-long track, where gravel, wood, mud, Mulch, bark and many other materials to alternate as a floor covering.

it Is regularly "down without" on-the-go, experts are convinced, it is more likely that you can enjoy the 70'000 kilometers in his life, without any complaints. And sometimes, friends of barefoot walking are even rewarded with Gold: On 10. September 1960, at the Olympic Games in Rome, ran the marathon runner, Abebe Bikila from Ethiopia, the only Athlete with bare feet. He won the gold medal in world record time.

barefoot paths in Switzerland, see www.barfusspark.info

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Created: 21.01.2019, 21:41 PM