The flat faces and what to do with it
Educational Program Health / / December 19, 2019
Flat - this is not an excuse from the army, and a serious problem, due to which painful to walk or even sit. Layfhaker figured out how to conduct a simple test on the flat and it does not turn your feet in swim fins.
What is a flat and where it is taken
Flat feet - a foot deformity. In a healthy person bones form two sets: longitudinal and transverse. They look like an arch in the middle of the foot. This arch is a shock absorber and helps distribute the load when walking.
The patient human foot contact with the floor when walking. It affects the bones and joints.
All young children have flat feet in one degree or another. It is not associated with abnormalities and evident because the child is still growing and evolving. Therefore, up to 5-6 years of diagnosis "flat" is not put.
the arch is made up of bones, ligaments and muscles. When the ligaments and muscles can not work properly, they do not support the bones in the correct position, develop flat feet. Most often flat begins to develop in childhood and adolescence, and eventually becoming stronger.
The main causes of flat feet:
- Feet do not have enough load. If you do not walk, do not run, do not exercise at all and constantly sit, the muscles will not work, will be weakened and unable to perform the essential functions.
- The load on the feet too high. It is due to excess weight or you have a lot to stand without moving. This is also the uncomfortable shoes and high heels: you can not always keep pace in an awkward position.
- Injury and illness. It fractures, paralysis, rickets in childhood.
However, sometimes flat - a genetic greetings from parents when the normal arch of the foot is not formed due to heredity.
What causes flat feet
If the degree of flatfoot is small, it does not cause discomfort. But if the foot is deformed strongly manifested unpleasant consequences: the legs quickly get tired and swollen, start to hurt.
As stated above, the arches of the foot are needed to yield and spread the load during walking and upright. When the stop is not engaged, the burden falls on the other joints: the knee, the hip. They hurt, a person changing gait. The spine is also suffer. Flat feet can lead to serious problems down to herniated discs.
That is why with flat feet do not take to the army: high physical activity can lead to spinal injury during the service.
If the flat is left untreated, foot deformity increases, there are heel spurs, painful bones in the big toes, corns.
How to detect flat
Flatfoot is longitudinal and transverse. But in its pure form it is rare. To find out whether you have a problem, you need to look at the curves of the arches of the foot.
To do this, perform simple test. Such a measurement is conventional and approximately, but does not require computation. Grease stop dye (e.g., finger paints children that are easily washed off) or fat cream. Then stand with both feet on a piece of paper (feet should be at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other) and analyze the print.
To begin, draw a straight line between the protruding portion of the inner edge of the foot. Then find the middle of the line and drop a perpendicular to the opposite edge of the foot. Divide the line into three equal segments.
Normally, a set of print must occupy one-third of the line, the maximum - half. If the printout has passed for these values, it is time to meet the doctor who will conduct a more accurate diagnosis, direct the X-ray and give recommendations.
How to treat flatfoot
Completely get rid of flatfoot is almost impossible, especially when he was spotted late deformation affects the bones, and they are not easy to alter. But treatment inhibits disease does not allow him to develop. What helps with flat feet:
- Operation. Surgical treatment is required in severe cases.
- Medications. They are prescribed by doctors to relieve pain and stress.
- Physiotherapy. in the course of direction also gives the physician.
- Massage. Knead foot on their own and do not forget a few times a year to take courses of therapeutic massage.
- Special shoes and insoles insoles. When mild flatfoot they well help slow down the progression of the disease. But they can not be worn to prevent, not to weaken the muscles. For complex cases, orthopedic shoes are made to order.
- Physiotherapy. This is an effective way to fix a flat, but you need to deal with on a regular basis.
Exercises for the treatment and prevention of flatfoot
Do exercises for the treatment and prevention of flat feet have a great advantage: they are fun and not boring to perform. Some look like a school of physical culture workout.
- Walk on the toes and heels on the internal and external sides of the foot.
- Walk with pursed his toes and fingers raised.
- Take off your shoes and feet rolls a small tight ball or a bottle of water.
- Lift off the floor small items, grabbing their toes.
- Standing on the ground, rolled from toe to heel.
- Sitting or lying down, rotate the feet in different directions.
Some of these exercises are done for the day. For example, sitting at your desk, turn the feet or on the way to work walk on his toes and heels.
There are those exercises that are worth spending 5 minutes after the operation.
- Sit on a chair, spread his knees and connect the foot. Press the toes together and heels drainage and connect. Imagine that you are a frog that pops heels.
- Stroke the foot from the tip of the foot to the knee of the other leg.
- Crouch on tiptoes. Take a gymnastic stick (round), stand on it and squat.
- Sit on a chair, put on the floor a paper napkin. Collect her toes without lifting feet from the floor.
- Draw your feet: at least finger paints, crayons though.
How to avoid flatfoot
Children regularly inspects the surgeon, so do not miss the mandatory methods: Dr. notice if the development of the child that something is wrong.
Adults will have to watch out for legs independently. It is not so difficult: the dose load on feet, maintain a healthy weight, and wear comfortable shoes. Proper footwear is stable and relatively free, so as not to pinch the leg. It has a small heel (3 cm) high and solid heel.
And if you can not not beautiful but uncomfortable shoes, or at least do not wear it all day long and often do a workout for the feet.