About Limb Impairments
Pigeon Toes
Pigeon toes, or inwardly turning toes, is a common foot condition in kids. It occurs when the front of the foot is turned inward, facing the other foot. Boys and girls both experience pigeon toes. Most kids' feet straighten naturally without any medical treatment.
Bowlegs
When someone stands with the feet and ankles together but the knees widely apart, we call that being bowlegged. Many babies are born bowlegged because their legs were folded tightly across their bellies while they were growing inside their mom. Bowlegs usually straighten once babies with this condition start to walk and their legs bear weight. By age 3, most kids grow out of the condition.
Knock-Knees
Knock-knees is a condition where the legs curve in at the knees so much that the ankles are separated. Lots of kids become knock-kneed between the ages of 3 and 5. But around age 6, the body begins to straighten naturally, and within a few years most kids can stand with their knees and ankles touching at the same time.
Flatfeet
Stand sideways in front of a mirror. Rise up on your toes. Can you see the arch (curve) in the bottom your feet? Most of us have some sort of arch on the bottom of the feet between our toes and heel. Someone who doesn't have this curve might have flexible flatfeet. That means more of the person's foot surface is in contact with the ground. In a typical foot, the arch part wouldn't touch the ground.
Most babies are born with almost no arch in their feet. Within 2 to 3 years, after kids have been walking for a while, the arch develops. Wearing the right kind of shoes — ones that are flexible, not stiff — helps kids' feet develop the way they should
Information from – www.kidshealth.org
A clubfoot, or congenital talipes equinovarus is a congenital deformity involving one foot or both. The affected foot appears rotated internally at the ankle. TEV is classified into 2 groups: Postural TEV or Structural TEV. Without treatment, persons afflicted often appear to walk on their ankles, or on the sides of their feet. It is a common birth defect, occurring in about one in every 1,000 live births. Approximately 50% of cases of clubfoot are bilateral. In most cases it is an isolated dysmelia. This occurs in males more often than in females by a ratio of 2:1.
The deformities affect joints of the foot occur at three joints of foot to varying degrees. They are
- Inversion at subtalar joint
- Adduction at talonavicular joint and
- Equinus at ankle joint
Information from – www.wikipedia.co.uk
Personal & Parental Experiences
Kelly - Hereditary Multiple Exostoses: read more...
Megan - Hip Displacier: read more...
Charity Links
Steps - www.steps-charity.org.uk
We are a small national charity supporting children and adults affected by a lower limb condition such as clubfoot or a hip condition.
