Growth spurts and sensory problems are two possible reasons for your toddler walking on their toes. Here’s what you need to know about your toe walker. babydevelopment babymilestones
MoMo Productions/ Getty Images“Toe-walking has become a huge problem in the past 12 years or so,” Persaud says. “We now have increased rates of autism, prematurity and inactivity in children, and those three factors are contributing to the increased rates.” Left untreated, toe-walking can lead to pain in the feet, back, hips and neck, as well as clumsiness.found that by the age of five and a half, more than 50 percent of toe-walkers stop on their own.
Children with tight calves can do stretches with the help of a therapist or a parent. If the toe-walking persists, they may be given Botox injections to temporarily paralyze the muscle, followed by serial casting, which involves placing fibreglass casts at progressive angles, to stretch it. In rare cases, the Achilles tendon is surgically lengthened.
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