Three Misconceptions Of Choosing Shoes For Children

Chinese medicine believes that there are many important acupoints at the bottom of the foot, which directly affect the health of all parts of the body.

Myth 1: the softer the upper and the upper, the better.

Because children's bones, joints and ligaments are in the developmental stage, their balance and stability are not strong enough. If the back of the shoe is too soft, the feet can not get the corresponding support in the shoes, which will cause the feet to swing around, easily cause injuries to the ankle joints and ligaments, and may also develop unhealthy walking posture.

Therefore, children's shoes should be stiffened and covered with feet, so as to reduce the movement space of feet in shoes.

Children's shoes, especially the head, are too soft to resist the impact of hard objects on toes, plus the habit of walking and kicking and playing with babies. Soft soft upper is neither strong nor safe.

However, the upper part of the instep should be softer to facilitate the bending of the foot.

Myth two: the bigger the curvature of the soles, the better.

The soles of children's shoes should be of the appropriate thickness and soft hardness, but too soft soles can not support the feet.

In fact, the comfort of shoes not only comes from the right soft hardness, but also depends on the bending parts of the soles. The bending parts of many children's shoes are located in the middle of the shoes, that is, the waist of the feet, which easily injure the delicate arches of the baby.

The bending part of the science should be located at the metatarsophalangeal joint of the forefoot, so that it is consistent with the flexural part of the foot when walking.

When walking, the shoes need to bend with the movement of the feet. The thicker the sole, the harder the bending. Especially for the baby who loves to run and jump, the thick sole shoes are more likely to cause foot fatigue and affect the health of the knee and waist.

In addition, thick bottom shoes tend to increase the heel height in order to show the beauty of curves. This will cause the whole foot to rush ahead and destroy the force balance of the feet. In the long run, this will affect the joint structure of the baby's feet, and even lead to the deformation of the physiological curve of the spine, which will seriously affect the normal development of the brain, heart and abdominal cavity.

Therefore, the suitable sole thickness for children's shoes should be 5 millimeters to 10 millimeters.