Improper use of walkers affects children’s gait

  In the “Technical Guidelines for Childhood Fall Intervention” issued by the Ministry of Health, one of the recommendations of the Ministry of Health is not to use infant walkers.  In the past, in order to help children learn to walk, many parents bought walkers for their children, but accidents happen frequently: the wheels of the walker are broken, and the baby falls to the ground; after removing the walker, the child always walks on tiptoe, and the soles of the feet will not hit the ground …… In the “Technical Guidelines for Child Fall Intervention” issued by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Health recommends, among other things, not to use infant walkers.  Mr. Liu’s son just turned one year old, smart and clever, recently, the son to learn to walk age, Mr. Liu spent more than 500 yuan to buy a walker for the child. “The child can be happy to go in, no longer need to let the adult hand-holding like before, a small car he began to move. He moved, the car moved, the car moved he also moved, they play happy we look happy.”  In this way, the walker has become a good companion for the child. In the walker for more than a month, Mr. Liu took the child back to his grandmother’s house, would like to praise their children smart to learn to walk, but found that the child always like to tiptoe, adults hard to put the bottom of his feet flat, he stood unstable instead. Mr. Liu then realized that the child’s toes had been on tiptoe during the days of the walker and that the child had developed a habit.  Zhang Liqin, deputy chief physician of pediatrics, said that from time to time in the clinic, you can see small patients who have problems because of the walker. “In the case of insufficient manpower, the walker can really help temporarily, but if not used properly it can have a bad impact on the child. For example, some children walk on their toes, the soles of their feet will not hit the ground, and some children will not walk after the removal of the walker, affecting balance. In the long run, this instead affects the child’s walking and may also lead to deformities in the child’s legs.”  Experts also introduced: “Everyone’s walking gait is different, with the walker to learn the walking posture and the normal situation of learning gait will be different, the walker will affect the child’s gait.”