What to do with a child
It is necessary to show care pediatrician. Normal pediatrician and without trauma understand what this thing is, as it should do. In most cases, normal pediatrician immediately will not examine the child and will not send it to the traumatologist. Therefore, do not swear with pediatricians.
Again. If you have a boy 8 to 12 years old, physically very active, which gradually (not overnight) were pains in both (usually both) heels, it is likely that the matter harmless apophyses.
Pediatrician a heel transversely compress as tight tube of toothpaste, a child and beeps. X-rays at this stage would not normally do.
About a month child polechat mode and simple, and most likely it be. If not passed, then you go to the traumatologist for further examination.
How to treat children's Apophyses
Stop drive the child in the sports section or a dance club, where he injured his heel. This is the first thing. Americans recommend gradually reduce and gradually return load. I'm in this business do not really believe. Every time the child continues to go in the section, it is not taking place. I am not a pediatrician, I see those heels rare, but coaches and choreographers afraid. They usually do not stop. Therefore it is always in good conscience offer sports and dancing for some time did not go.
Then just one more important point. Children from heel pain provide OTC ibuprofen. It offers at any pharmacy. Do not let us, please, your child ibuprofen, if he continues to go to the dance and exercise.
The fact that the pain is very well hinders children. If you give them the analgesic ibuprofen, then the child will not feel the pain and break his heel even more.
To the heel is applied through a cloth ice for 20 minutes 4 times a day.
It is best to help special elastic shock-absorbing heel cushions (Figure 1).
Even doing different stretching exercises and strengthening of the Achilles tendon, but it does not matter. The main thing - mode. Therefore, limit the children load and wear a heel cushions.
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