Flat feet in children frequently occurs and the majority of of the time it's not necessarily a concern, which means this leads to a substantial amount of argument with regards to if this is a normal variation associated with no consequence or perhaps is the beginning of a condition that ought to be taken care of. There has been a large number of debates on this on the web and at meetings, however with no serious comprehensive agreement. You can get passionately held beliefs on both sides of the issue. An episode of the podiatrists live show, PodChatLive was focused on commenting on this topic. PodChatLive is a monthly live with 2 hosts who discuss a new issue every month having a different invitee or group of guests that's send out live on Facebook and later the recorded edition is put into YouTube as well as the audio edition is made available as a podcast. They have got quite a large following within podiatry and people interested in the topics which they discuss.
In the last episode on paediatric flat foot the hosts spoke with investigator, teacher and private podiatrist Helen Banwell regarding the discourse and problems with regards to the symptomatic Vs asymptomatic flat foot in children and in addition pointed out her viewpoints when you should treat as opposed to when not to. They emphasised the need for questioning concerning family history in making that conclusion. Additionally they talked about conservative as opposed to surgical management and approaches to manage concerned and anxious moms and dads any time informing to treat or not manage. They also talked about the foot orthoses prescribing habits for the young client with flat foot. Helen Banwell is a teacher in podiatry and an Academic Integrity Officer for the School of Health Sciences, as well as Associate Director for the international Centre of Allied Health Evidence (iCAHE) with the University of Adelaide in South Australia. Helen is a starting member of Making Strides which is a web based collaboration for all those employed in foot and lower leg development analysis. Helen has been a lecturer with podiatry at UniSA since 1999, instructing paediatric principle and practical in addition to introducing second year podiatry students into their practical clinics.