What to do if your child walks on tiptoes

If a child walks on tiptoes, parents need to analyze the specific situation. If the child is under one year old, this situation is relatively normal and is related to the incomplete development of the child's physical constitution. However, if the child is over one year old and always likes to walk in this way, this is related to premature birth and asphyxia during childbirth. The child needs to go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

Why do babies like to walk on tiptoe?

It is normal for your baby to walk on tiptoes occasionally after learning to walk. This may be because your baby wants to learn more advanced skills after learning to walk, such as trotting and jumping. If your baby keeps standing on tiptoes while learning to walk, you should be particularly vigilant, as this may indicate that your baby has high flexor muscle tone (one of the manifestations of cerebral palsy), and it is best to take him to the hospital for examination. There are also a very small number of babies who walk on tiptoes in the toddler stage because they use walkers too early, but this situation will not last too long. The baby will no longer walk on tiptoes about a week after he stops using the walker. When a normal baby learns to walk, both feet land steadily on the ground. There is nothing to be afraid of with pointed feet. As long as it is discovered early and intervention is carried out in the early stages, most babies can recover to normal. However, if the baby exhibits this behavior and the parents fail to correct it in time, then walking on tiptoes for a long time will cause uneven force on the soles of the baby's feet, and the pressure will be concentrated on the toes. The calf muscles will be in a tense state for a long time, thus forming a vicious cycle and developing a bad habit of walking on tiptoes. In severe cases, it will not only affect the standing and sitting posture, but may also cause joint deformation, a scissors gait, or mild X-legs.