Recently, many parents in the background have been asking about the post-surgical functional exercises for their babies with floating bunions, and I was not able to respond in time, so today I would like to talk to you about the post-surgical functional exercises for your baby with floating bunions. How can I achieve the pictured result after floating bunion surgery? This is a question I often get asked by parents in my clinic. In fact, the postoperative recovery result depends greatly on the postoperative functional exercises in addition to the surgery itself. This baby’s good postoperative recovery is closely related to his “early” postoperative functional exercises. When is the best time to do functional exercises after surgery? The earlier the better! The sooner the exercises are done, the better the reconstruction of your baby’s thumb. The day after the removal of the Gerber’s pin, which is required to immobilize the floating bunion, functional exercises can be done. Many parents think that their child is too young to be “well” from the surgery and do not want to inflict “pain” on their child, so they want to do the functional exercises later. Unbeknownst to them, this is likely to miss the “golden age” of functional exercise. Post-operative looks “beautiful”, but actually hidden “crisis” Back to the baby in the picture, in fact, he has not yet achieved the results I want. The postoperative functional exercise for this floating baby has a hidden “crisis” that is easily overlooked by everyone. This baby is from a foreign province, coupled with the epidemic Q, can not come to the hospital in time for follow-up. In addition, the parents went out to work after the baby was “well”, and the child was left to the care of the grandmother. The parents did not have time to care for the child, “the child should play whatever”, the elderly also do not have the energy and ability to give the child a more refined functional exercise. Therefore, babies are basically in a “free-range” functional exercise. Although the baby’s fingers are very good at holding and grasping, they are limited to grasping some big things, and the ability to grasp small things has not yet been shown, which is also what I am worried about. This is because we have found in the clinic that the first thing that floating bunion babies show after surgery is that they can grasp some small things because they are very light, but on the contrary, when grasping big things with a lot of force, it is not so easy to realize. This baby did just the opposite, he was grasping the big ones first and with a very strong grip, but neglected to grasp the small things. Functional exercise after surgery is a “battle” between the child and the parents. If we don’t “intentionally” develop the function of the baby’s fingers, it is very likely that he will only be able to do what he is doing now. In the long run, the child will be reluctant to do more delicate movements and will gradually lose the associated finger functions. Post-operative functional exercises for the floating thumb require the participation of both the child and the parents, who should provide more guidance and encouragement to the child. At the beginning, the child may be a little resistant and not very cooperative, which is normal. This is normal, because from the child’s psychological point of view, although the child is very small, but definitely has a very clear sense of self-protection, they will refuse to do the same movement when they feel pain when moving their little finger, will be afraid of this, and know that this part of their body has been injured. In the process of guidance parents should pay attention to two points, the first is to see what the baby likes, try to give the baby some interesting toys, so that the baby can play in the process of very natural and good functional exercise. The second is to correct the baby’s wrong behavior in time and encouragement, so that the baby realizes that the thumb can be used, so that the baby will slowly be willing to use the thumb, accustomed to using the thumb.