Child walking on tiptoes

When parents teach their children to walk, they must teach them the correct walking posture. Because if a child learns the wrong walking posture and forms it into a habit, it will be very difficult to change it in the future. Some parents have reported that their children always like to walk on tiptoe and they can't change it no matter how they try to correct them. Walking on tiptoe for a long time will affect children's feet. So, why do children walk on tiptoe?

1. Tiptoe

Dancing on tiptoes like a ballerina is beautiful, but if your baby keeps tiptoeing from learning to stand to learning to walk, you should be especially vigilant.

If not corrected in time, walking on tiptoe for a long time will cause uneven force on the soles of the baby's feet, the pressure will be concentrated on the toes, and the calf muscles will be in a state of tension for a long time. It not only affects your standing and sitting posture, but may also cause joint deformities and X-shaped legs.

2. Pointed feet

physiological

pathology

Walking on tiptoes is medically called "pointe gait", or "pointe feet" for short. It can be divided into physiological and pathological types, that is, normal and abnormal.

3. Physiological pointed feet

Babies in the toddler stage often have tense leg muscles, their center of gravity moves forward when they walk, their body coordination is poor, and their feet lack a sense of contact with the ground, so they walk on tiptoe. The phenomenon of walking on tiptoes will generally disappear with growth and development. If the baby under 2 years old only walks on tiptoes occasionally, there is no need to worry.

However, there are also a small number of babies who walk on tiptoe due to abnormal leg development and short Achilles tendon. In this case, mild cases can be corrected through muscle training, while severe cases require consultation with a professional doctor.

4. Pathological pointed feet

If it is pathological sciatic foot, there may often be a certain degree of brain damage or abnormal brain development. After learning to stand alone or when squatting, they often stand on tiptoes and walk on tiptoes very frequently. They still often walk on tiptoes even when they are over two years old. It is also accompanied by perceptual disorders: simply put, visual and auditory responses are not sensitive. In this case, parents should take their baby to the hospital for examination immediately.

The following reasons may also cause your baby to walk on tiptoes:

The shoes you wear during your toddler period are too non-slip

If babies often wear shoes that are too non-slip, it will create resistance when they walk, especially when they run. They will not be able to maintain their body balance and may stop or fall. In order to avoid these, babies will start to protect themselves and adapt by using abnormal gait such as walking on tiptoe.

5. Wearing high heels

Some three or four-year-old girls wear 3-5cm high heels to look pretty. But walking in high heels = walking on tiptoes! When wearing high heels, your center of gravity will unconsciously move forward. This may be ok for a short time, but wearing them for a long time will cause gait problems. Children sway more when they walk, and wearing high heels can easily sprain their ankles.

6. The height of the sit-down walker is not appropriate

Some parents put their babies in sit-down walkers for convenience. Apart from other hazards, if the height is not adjusted properly, the baby's feet cannot touch the ground and will have to walk on tiptoes. Over time, the baby will develop the habit of walking on tiptoe.