Pronating ankle when walking and flat feet

Ainsley has been turning her right foot out when walking. The past few weeks, I noticed that she is walking basically on the inside of her feet, moreso on the right. She also trips and falls a lot. Because she no longer qualifies for EI, the PT only comes out once a month to check on her. She was here the other day and said she is pronating and she has flat feet. She should not wear sandals or Crocs anymore, and I should get her shoes with a high ankle, preferably that lace to keep her foot upright, and she needs arch supports. I asked if I should take her to a podiatrist or an orthopedist, and she didn't really give me an answer, said to ask the pedi. Their next appt isn't until Aug 22, so I don't want her walking around in bad shoes until then, but I also don't want to run out and buy a new pair of Stride Rite and then turn around and have to get different shoes if the ones I get aren't right or whatever. I don't know if this is something that can or should wait until their appt.
Ainsley will be sad not to wear her Crocs anymore, she loves them. Not sure how that's going to go over.

 

Andrew pronated his feet and had inserts for his shoes. The PT ordered them for us. I think they were called paddybobs or something like that...

 

The twins have the same problem. We never really paid attention to it, until Aaron started to complain about pain. The podiatrist said he needed to have orthodics made. He also can not wear sandals, and only New Balance sneakers. The orthodics were EXPENSIVE, and insurance did not cover it. (over 500.00) but he is now pain free and loves his orthodics. I do let him wear sandals every once in a while just for a little while.

The Dr. said Connor doesn't need orthodics unless he starts to complain about pain. But that he also should not wear sandals much and also wear New Balance sneakers. It is a pain in the summer, because sandals are so much easier than dealing with shoes and socks.

Oh, she also said the shoes had to be lace only. No velcro and no zip up shoes.

 

Kelly, I was worried about Ali at their 2 yr. appt. and the doctor told me (your pronation sounds worse than ours, but.....fwiw) that she just needed to build her muscles and that they don't usually do corrective shoes at such an early age anymore. (I suppose it depends on the problem - of course!)

I would make an appt. with the doc if you can! I know you have an appt. coming up, but if you don't want to wait..... Let us know what they say please!

 

If you do want your little ones to wear sandals, the Dr. did recommend "Keens" Around here they are sold at Nordstroms. They aren't cheap, so we didn't get any, but just thought I would let you know.

 

My son has to wear orthotics in his shoes but the ones our OT recommended were not expensive. You can get several different types for the different foot problems. I don't know if they have an orthotic for your specific problem, but it would be worth checking out. You can find them here: http://www.hapad.com/

 

one of my boys has it, too. we've seen a pediatric orthopedist, and he said not to worry about it. he said his feet would look totally different by the time he's around five. now, i'm worried i ishould get a different opinion! the thing is, my dh has flat feet, and the orthopedist said it could be due to that and it's just the way his feet are!

 

Well, we were at the mall today so I popped into Stride Rite and ended up buying Ainsley some ankle supportive shoes. They look like the classic baby shoes, not very pretty. I was kind of disappointed that they didn't have anything cute in that style. Just for the short time she wore them today, I could already see a difference in how she walks. She didn't roll her ankles and walk on the insides of her feet with the shoes. So, at least her ankles are supported now. I'll wait till their appt to ask about orthotics. Hopefully these shoes will be wide enough to fit them if she needs them.

 

My daughter has the exact thing. We have been in PT from 10 mo to 2. We got out at 2 because she did all the goals. We saw 2 different ped orthopedists. First one said that she as "flexiable Flat feet" I was not convinced. he said to cont therapy. I have flat feet, her twin does my dad does, so i was not convinced. I got a second opinion. This time it made sense. She has "hyperflexiable Joints" Basically her joints are very flexiable. I have it too. She is and may always be very flexiable. its in her hands too it shows in her writing, her fine motor skills. This Ped ortho said to discontinue PT, he says it makes no sense to have a child under 2 in PT unless a medical prob like CP is a cause. He says that basically she will not look like a typical kid running on the soccer field. But she can do just as the other ones do. She just will be better at Yoga and gymnastics that others.

My mom calls her Crazy legs when she runs.. it is too cute!