Motor disorders due to the use of wallets and walkers

The belief that walker It helps a child learn to walk faster is false. Recent studies by the American Academy of Pediatrics show that children who are placed in walkers take longer to achieve motor skills , besides being prone to suffer serious accidents when falling from stairs.

For their part, specialists from the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) have warned that the use of the walker, the wallet or the fact of putting babies before their first birthday can provoke them motor alterations ; In addition to being formed flatfoot or acquire deformations in the legs or feet.

In the opinion of Margarita Elisa Terán Sánchez, therapist of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit of the XXI Century of the IMSS, the walkers and cangureras provoke the exaggerated separation of the legs, using them constantly and for extended periods could provoke bone deformity . "With the stroller the baby is forced to walk when it does not have stability," he says. So far, the only recommendable baby carriers are the rebozos or similar articles, since the position that is acquired with these is comfortable and safe.

 

  • Avoid pulling children's arms

According to the specialist, it is also not good to pull the children out of the arms because they could break the nerves that connect the limb with the neck and spine , which causes irreversible damage. "Usually children between 3 and 5 years are introduced to public transport or other site with a pull of arms.The reaction can be immediate and cause fractures, but can also occur progressively until the arm is limp and without movement because of rupture in the nerves, "he says.

 

Avoid the use of shoes

 

  • As beautiful as you like, do not put shoes on the baby

Dr. Rogelio Solano Pérez, head of the Mixed Orthopedic Service of the High Specialty Medical Unit of the "Dr. Victorio de la Fuente Narvaez" Hospital, explained that wearing hard-soled shoes before the first birthday predisposes the appearance of flat foot or delay in the appearance of the arch. Infants need to orient their feet in space, as well as touch them; with the shoes they stop perceiving textures. At this age, the sole function of shoes is to protect the baby from changes in temperature, so, in any case, it is recommended that they be made of cloth or soft material that allows their free mobility.


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