What causes pointed feet

Pointed feet can be divided into two types, physiological spur feet and pathological. This is worth noting that many children are in the process of learning to walk. Some of them are curious and playful, and the condition can be improved by slowly correcting it by standing on tiptoe. However, some cannot be corrected, and the body will be accompanied by symptoms of forced rigidity, so it should be considered as a disease factor.

Symptom classification

There are physiological scissor feet and pathological scissor feet, that is, normal and abnormal.

Pathological pointed feet

Since pathological scissor feet often indicate that the baby may have a certain degree of brain damage or abnormal brain development, parents need to pay enough attention to it.

Physiological pointed feet

Normal infants under one year old will have transient scoliosis during their growth and development stage, mainly during the stage of supported standing and jumping at around 4 months and the stage of sustained standing starting at around 10 months. The scoliosis will disappear as the infants grow and develop. This is physiological scoliosis. Physiological scissor feet requires close follow-up observation by parents.

Disease characteristics

1. Pointed feet persist for a long time and do not disappear;

2. Pointed feet with delayed motor development;

3. Pointed feet appear before 4 months of age;

4. The degree of pointed feet is quite obvious;

5. Pointed feet with poor visual and auditory response;

6. Pointed feet with other abnormal postures.

Since the spur toes phenomenon at 4 and 10 months can be either physiological or pathological spur toes, it is difficult for parents to distinguish them. It is recommended to go to the child health department for examination and identification.

Turning over and developing

3-6 months is the rolling over development period. The process of turning over generally includes the following four steps:

A. The neck erection reflex is mainly seen in newborns. It is caused by the difference in muscle tension distribution under the control of the Moro reflex and the neck erection reflex.

B. Dorsiflexion and opisthotonos: The turning over movement starts with rotating the shoulder to one side, extending the spine, and flexing the head dorsiflexion to opisthotonos. Most people can only turn over to the side-lying position.

C. Automatic turning over: It is under subcortical control and is mostly purposeless. It starts with raising the pelvic girdle and flexing the trunk, and the entire turning over movement can be completed.

D. Purposeful turning over: Turning over purposefully under the control of the cortex. The shoulders and pelvis can rotate to one side at the same time, and can be in a crawling position or a sitting position. The movements can be flexibly adjusted.

The baby cannot roll over and his development mostly stops at item A or item B, which means that he is under the control of primitive reflexes and his upright and balance reactions at the midbrain and cortical levels are not mature.