You can see that the baby, who has just learned to walk, increasingly rises on his toes and prefers to move that way. Why does this phenomenon occur? And in what cases parents should start worrying about the physical condition of their child, and in what cases they should calm down and let the baby have fun as he wishes.
Instructions
Step 1
Take into account that all toddlers go through toe walking. For them, this is a way of knowing the capabilities of their body, legs, the ability to get a high-lying object from a shelf or to attract the attention of their parents to themselves. In addition, toe walking can be a reason for walking in a walker. The child gets used to pushing off into them with the toes and when he begins to walk on his own, such a support seems to him the most comfortable.
Step 2
Be sure to tell your pediatrician, pediatric neurologist about your doubts about the child's walking on tiptoes. If temporary factors are the cause of the baby's improper gait, then soon everything will return to normal. But if the reason is muscular dystonia (a shift in tone in various muscle groups), then here it is necessary to help the child develop in the correct physical direction as early as possible.
Step 3
If the doctor makes a diagnosis such as muscular dystonia, do not panic, but get down to business. Give your child a foot massage in the morning after waking up, rub the muscles of the calves of the legs, and stretch the toes.
Step 4
Think of games with the child's legs, for example, "okay", just not with the palms, but with the legs, draw numbers on his feet with your finger. Tell stories, read poems while you work on children's feet, so that the child is interested every time he is given a foot massage.
Step 5
You will need a complex of gymnastics, which will be recommended to you by the pediatrician of exercise therapy (physiotherapy exercises). The complex usually contains exercises when the mother asks the child to walk not only on the toes, but also on the heels, the sides of the legs, showing him on her feet how to do it.
Step 6
Put your child on orthopedic shoes (not only on the street, but also at home), which will not allow the child to stand on tiptoe and gradually teach him to walk on a straight foot.
Step 7
If you do not deal with muscular dystonia, over time it will lead to the development of clubfoot in the baby, curvature of the spine, and poor posture. The final analysis of the physical condition of the child can only be carried out by the pediatrician supervising him, therefore consultation with him in this case is mandatory.
