01 Mar Have you noticed that your child is toe walking 🧐 Have you been told that your child 👶🏻 will grow out of toe walking but they haven’t 😳

It’s not uncommon to see babies  and toddlers  walk on their tip toes when they are learning to walk. However it is important to NOT allow them to continue to walk on their tip toes because Tip Toe walking damages baby’s  foot bones  and causes the foot bones to develop abnormally. Bones develop in the line of pull of the muscles and are shaped according to the pressures placed on them.

The foot bones don’t ossify ( become hard bones) until 5 years old, so the first 5 years are important years during which the foot bones are being shaped by the pressure placed on them. Once the foot bones  are formed, it is too late to try to correct or reshape them.

There are many different reasons why babies  and toddlers  walk on their toes, and different reasons require different treatment strategies to correct toe walking. If left uncorrected, Toe walking will cause tight calf muscles that impacts the child’s ability to run, hop and jump at 5-6 years old. As the child grows up, they will experience foot  pain, knee  pain and back  pain as an adult.

The earlier Toe walking is corrected the easier it is to correct and the better the outcomes are for your  child. Reach out to one of our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists today on (02) 9790 4233 or DM us @myfavouritephysio for a FREE 15 minutes phone  consult to find out how we can help your  child stop Toe walking and learn to walk normally with their feet flat on the ground.

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