The human arch begins to appear at the age of 4~5, and the golden growth period is at the age of 6~8, it is basically formed after the age of 14. The development morphology and health of the arch have an impact on the whole body bone. When the child begins to learn to walk, as parents should take care about it. Once the child is found to have flat feet and accompanied by heel valgus, it needs to be corrected. At this time 5~7 years old as the best age for correction. Some children could slowly develop the arch of the foot at the age of 7~12.
What is the danger of a child’s flat feet? The arch of the foot is like the shock-absorbing car design, and if the shock-absorbing car function is damaged, the damage to the car will naturally be greatly increased. So the child has flat feet, his foot sole lacks the elastic arch support and the sole of the foot is almost completely contact in the ground, owing the long-term lack of shock absorption that will have a certain impact on the body’s joint. It even will also affect walking and some abnormal gait such as heel valgus and X-shaped legs appearing. In severe cases that will lead to scoliosis, which will affect the child’s growth and development.
Foot pain occurs when walking
Compared with the normal arch people, they walk a long way will not have too much feeling. But for some people with flat soles, they will support their feet and lack the shock force recovery, so more walking will cause the soles of the feet to become sore and tired. This is also as a reason why some children do not love to exercise.
What should I do if child has flat feet?
If you find that your child has flat feet, they could customize a suitable arch support insoles for them. The arch pad could well support the arch to improve the wrong stress of the foot, so that the joint parts could be improved, and help to construe the medial longitudinal arch. When choosing the arch support insoles, you should choose the insoles suitable for children’s flat feet to achieve the maximum treatment and improvement. The IDEASTEP children’s shoes store for three-dimensional foot scouldning, through the arch coefficient to judge the collapse degree of the child’s flat foot. According to flat foot to choose the insole suitable for children’s foot shape.
Normal Arch Flat Feet High Arch
According to the arch collapse index, three levels of support arch brackets are placed at foot’ arch, which are suitable for mild, moderate, and severe flat feet.
At present the best way to improve flat feet is to wear children’s custom insoles and combine them with exercise training to strengthen the plantar muscles. We recommend this NY-660 custom shoe for flat feet that could provide proper support for the arch, meanwhile to maintain the arch curvature and effectively improve the force on the sole of the foot and anti-shock, relieving flat foot pain and improving gait. Therefore if children have foot pain or discomfort and fatigue, the podiatricians and doctors also recommend to wear custom-made insoles to intervene for flat feet.
