Child Foot Pronation

rachbc

My daughter has been wearing through her shoes on the inner heel and walking behind her yesterday I noticed her ankles really turn in. She's not complaining about pain and has no problems with movement - in fact if anything she is very bendy like me! Aside from the fact its costing me in new shoes its not a problem but is it sometihng I should get checked out/ something that cna cause issues in the future? Do I take her to GP or a chiropodist/ podiatrist?

aliasojo

This may cause problems with her knee joints when she's older so maybe best take her to the GP to check.

He can refer her to the othotics dept at your local hospital who can make her insoles to fit inside her shoes to help with this.

Humphrey10

Take her a GP, she'll get referred to wherever it is you get arch supports etc from (I don't remember the name of the department). She might (will?) get referred to a physio too.

Spendless

A few years ago my DS started going thru shoes at a rate of knots. I thought it was the quality of the shoes I was buying (not cheap ones) that had gone downhill. I even started a thread on here about it. Grumbling to a friend about it, she looked out of our window and saw DS barefooted in the garden and said he looked flat footed to her. When I mentioned this to DH he said 'I am too'. We'd been married 10 years at this point and it was the 1st I knew! The procedure at that point was to get a referral from your GP to a foot clinic. From there DS had several temporary insoles given, till he was made some custom ones. In your case I'd ring your GP and tell receptionist your concerns and see what the procedure now is in her being assessed.

carebear13

hi my son is the exactly the same - very bendy too. he used to cry in the night with pains in his legs and couldnt walk very far without complaining. it was actually a fitter in clarkes who pointed it out to me, cue a trip to the gp- in fact several trips to the gp, they wouldnt refer him at first. skip forward 2 years and he finally got a referal and inserts- yey!! no more pain or complaining. the only problem now is that when he has shoes he has to have a bigger size cos of the inserts so it's very trial and error size wise and the orthotist has said to try and stick to clarkes if we can as they are good quality and needs to have a shoe that gives a lot of support.

Mojisola

In addition to the good advice above, if your daughter is very flexible be aware of hypermobility syndrome -

https://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Joint-hypermobility/Pages/Symptoms.aspx
https://www.hypermobility.org/whatishms.php

kingfisherblue

My son is hypermobile and also has problems with his feet - in addition to a list of disabilities. He has custom made insoles inside Timberland boots, which were recommended by the orthotist. Timberlands give the foot and ankle proper support, as well as being shaped so that there is a natural 'tilt' when walking (my son lacks the tilt from heel to toe, and the idea is that the boots help to correcct this - admittedly he doesn't shufffle as much any more!)

I would echo those posters who recommend that you make an appointment with your GP and ask for a referral.

mazza111

Please please please. Even if it turns out to be something simple like flat feet, please go and get it seen to.

My daughter's had joint pain all her life. One doctor told her when she was 8 (after dislocating both ankles diving) that she'd be in a wheelchair by the time she was 30. Was so mad at the doctor I didn't think to question him. He mentioned Hypermobility Syndrome at the time, but I was so shocked I didn't push for a definite diagnosis.

Roll on 13 years, after several dislocations, and a badly broken ankle (that didn't want to heal) the possibility of HMS is very real. She's now facing a total knee reconstruction.

If you suspect she's a bendy, please go to http://www.hypermobility.org/ and check out under medical information, the beighton score and brighton criteria are on there and should give you some general information with regards to this.

fannyadams

See if you can call the hopsital and self refer to the podiatrist, they do that in the neighbouring trust area but not for me as I am over the border and registered at the 'wrong surgery' (don't get me started on this issue :mad: ).
My DS#1 has severe (to me) pronation on his right foot.
GP was not interested (we went three times as he was wonking one shoe over within 6 weeks) so I was paying privately to see Podiatrist (@£40/go + inserts). Now I am unemployed but luckily have found school gate mum friend who is a registered podiatrist (make sure that YOUR podiatrist is registered with the HPC) so will get notes transferred there and hopefully get 'mates rates'...

rachbc

Thanks - I will take her to the gp.

Just checked and I score 5/9 on the HMS score! PLus I have a few other bendy bits they don't count! And on the Brighton Criteria I have 3 of the minor sympton and 1 major!

mazza111

Well, we've always suspected DD was hyper mobile, just didn't really know much about the syndrome. The more I read, the more I was convinced. Still don't have a firm diagnosis on it. We keep thinking we'll get this bit sorted then ask GP for a referral to rheumatalogist.

Now the knee is taking longer to fix than we first anticipated, thought it was just going to be a wee bit of physio and she'd be fine, unfortunately the physio doesn't think she'll be able to do much, but may be able to strengthen the surrounding muscles pre-op.

A lot of GP's don't know much about HMS. But I think physio and/or podiatry may be able to help her in the meantime. Think the way they work it is, HM - Mobile joints but cause no trouble. HMS - when they cause problems. So many people can be HM without it causing them any trouble. Sorry if I alarmed you with my first post on this matter, it wasn't my intention. I'm just very very careful now whenever I hear of the possibilities that COULD happen where bendiness is implied.

Hope all goes well with your GP

M