Nearly 30 % of children in Shanghai have flat feet!Should children wear soft sole shoes or hard bottom shoes?
Recently, the Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau announced the latest results of the quality supervision of children’s shoes product quality supervision. Among the 50 batches of children’s shoes, 6 batches of children’s shoes were unqualified and the unqualified detection rate was 12%. Many parents have little attention to the hardness of children’s shoes and misunderstand the consumption. Data collection found that nearly 30 % of children in Shanghai have flat feet.
my country’s children’s shoes have corresponding standards for the hardness of the soles, but it is lower than the foreign standards, which is softer. For some soft children’s shoes products on the market, many experts do not recognize it.
Children’s shoes on the market, or make children suffer from flat feet
Children’s feet are not a narrow version of adults. They have different structures and functions, and they will change with the development and habitual posture of the bones. Therefore, both shapes and materials are different from adults. Otherwise, it may be possible It leads to common feet problems such as flat feet, rear feet, X -shaped legs and eight -character feet.
Take soft soles as an example, because the soles of soft soles are flat and do not conform to the structure of the body’s feet. Children who have long -term soft soles can be deformed and the probability of suffering from flat feet is higher.
The pressure caused by flat feet to walk is biased towards the inside, which can easily cause fatigue and pain. If the consultation is not timely, it may cause symptoms such as fascia and fasciitis in the long run, which can further cause knee pain and backache back. pain.
At the same time, the upper of the soft sole shoes is too loose. Children are not convenient when walking and exercising, and it is easy to fall.
Choosing Double Good Shoes has become a major event that cannot be ignored. Several misunderstandings need to be understood:
1. The softer the shoe, the softer the upper, the better
Because children’s bones, joints, and ligaments are in the period of development, the balance and stability ability is not strong. If the rear help after the shoes are too soft, the feet can not get the corresponding support in the shoes, which will make the feet sway left and right. , It may also develop a bad walking posture.
Therefore, the rear gangs of children’s shoes should be stiff and feet to reduce the activity space of the feet in the shoes. If the upper of the children’s shoes (especially the head), if it is too soft, it will be difficult to resist the collision of hard objects on the toes. In addition, the baby’s habit of kicking things can be played.
However, the upper of the toes should still be softer to facilitate the bend of the feet.
2. The greater the bending of the sole, the better
The soles of children’s shoes should have appropriate thickness and hardness, but too soft soles cannot support the feet, which can easily cause the baby to feel fatigue.
In fact, in addition to the appropriate hardness, the comfort of the shoes also depends on the bending part of the sole. Arching. The scientific bending part should be located at the metatarsal toe joints in the front of the feet, so that it is consistent with the bending part of the feet when walking.
3. Comfortable shockproof shockproof shots
When walking, the shoes need to be bent with the movement of the feet. The thicker the sole, the more laborious it will be, especially for babies who love to run and jump. The health of the joint and waist.
In addition, in order to express the beauty of the curve, thick sole shoes often increase the height of the heel. This will make the entire foot rush forward and destroy the force of the feet. This will affect the joint structure of the baby’s feet for a long time, and even cause the spine physiological curve to deform. In severe cases, the normal development of the brain, heart, and abdominal cavity will be affected.
Therefore, the thickness of children’s shoes should be 5 mm to 10 mm, and the heel height should be between 6 mm and 15 mm.
4. Shoes with bow -type insoles are comfortable and comfortable
Many children’s shoes are equipped with a raised cushion on the feet of the insole. Moms generally think that it can hold the feet to make the baby feel comfortable and have a health care effect.
In fact, this kind of shoe is more suitable for adults to wear. For children, it reduces the stretching space of the arch and makes the arch muscles that are in the developmental period that can not get necessary exercise.
How to choose shoes for children? What kind of shoes are suitable for children? There are three points:
1. The size should be appropriate
Function: Fix your feet comfortably in the shoe
After putting new shoes for children, if the heel and rear shoes can be put in a small finger of the adult, it means that it is appropriate, otherwise it is too large or too tight.
2. The back of the helper is stiff and feet
Function: Control the bone, keep the stability in the shoes
Because children’s bones, joints, and ligaments are in the period of development, the balance and stability ability is not strong. If the back of the shoes is too soft, the feet can not get the corresponding support in the shoes, which will make the feet sway from left and right. , It may also develop a bad walking posture.
Therefore, the rear gangs of children’s shoes should be stiff and feet to reduce the activity space of the feet in the shoes.
3. The upper should be soft and breathable.
Function: Protect the toes and feet
If the upper of the children’s shoes (especially the head), if it is too soft, it will be difficult to resist the crash of hard objects on the toes. In addition, some children’s habits of kicking things with their walking things are not strong nor safe.
However, the upper of the toes should still be softer to facilitate the bend of the feet. Before the age of 18, it is best to wear leather shoes. The shoes of leather shoes are harder and easy to wear the children’s Achilles tendon. The child loves and the elasticity of leather shoes is not conducive to children’s movement.
In addition, most of the materials of leather shoes are unqualified, poor breathability, and it is easy to cause mold breeding.
4. The soles should have appropriate thickness and hardness
Function: strongly support the feet, protect the arch, and the soles of comfortable shock -proof children’s shoe should have appropriate thickness and softness, but the too soft soles cannot support the feet, which can make the baby feel fatigue.
In fact, in addition to the appropriate hardness, the comfort of the shoes depends on the bending part of the sole. Arching.
The scientific bending part should be located at the metatarsal toe joints in the front of the feet, so that it is consistent with the bending part of the feet when walking.
When walking, the shoes need to be bent with the movement of the feet. The thicker the sole, the more laborious it will be, especially for babies who love to run and jump. The health of the joint and waist.
In addition, in order to express the beauty of the curve, thick sole shoes often increase the height of the heel. In severe cases, the normal development of the brain, heart, and abdominal cavity will be affected.
Therefore, the thickness of children’s shoes should be 5 mm to 10 mm, and the heel height should be between 6 mm and 15 mm.
Remind the majority of family members: If the children’s shoes are worn too fast, parents need to pay attention. This is often not the child wears “fees” of shoes, but it means that the child’s feet may have deformed. He should take the child to the hospital for examination.
If the child’s shoes are worn and deformed, don’t distress, change it quickly, because deforming shoes will also affect the normal development of the feet. When buying shoes, parents should not buy “big shoes” and “small shoes”. Inappropriate shoes should not be worn hard.
