There are two types of flat feet in children, flexible flat feet and rigid flat feet. Flexible flat feet are mostly untreated, while rigid flat feet are treated with surgical improvements.
Flexible flatfoot is prevalent in children, and although the soft tissues are loose, they remain somewhat flexible. The foot is flat when weight-bearing, and the foot returns to normal immediately when the force of gravity is removed, and most cases of this condition do not require treatment.
On the other hand, most cases of rigid flatfoot are due to bone union, which is mainly characterized by protruding metatarsal surfaces between the tarsal joints of the foot, loss of the foot arch, and exostosis of the heel bone, and so on. For rigid flatfoot, patients who have failed manual correction or have severe deformity can be treated with heel osteotomy, subtalar joint fusion or triple joint fusion.
When the phenomenon of flat feet in children, you need to go to the hospital in time, the doctor will choose the targeted treatment according to different situations.