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My suggestion is to see if you can determine what’s causing the pigeon toe, then encourage your child to run, kick a ball and play outside, along with their dance classes. I’ve seen a lot of pronation problems in young children due to their desire to make their positions look more turned-out than their hips allow.
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That being said, a child with an anteverted hip has to be careful to not just turn out at the ankle to make their feet look right. The great news is: Over time dance classes can help develop the rotator muscles at the hip, which turn out the entire leg. A child with femoral anteversion can easily W-sit (that is, when they are sitting on the ground with their knees close together and feet resting to the outside of their hips), and parents should gently change their child’s position when they see them resting in it. The medical term for this is “femoral anteversion,” which means when your daughter is standing without thinking about her posture, her knees and feet turn inward rather than facing forward. If this isn’t the issue, pigeon toe can be caused by how the thigh is placed in the hip joint. One cause is an internal tibial torsion, which causes a twisting of the tibia (shin bone). There are several potential causes for such a dysfunction. It generally starts to self-correct after the child becomes more mobile. Pigeon toed gait is a common orthopedic condition in infants and young children.Traditional orthopedic concepts are of the opinion to wait and see when children exhibit a pigeon-toed gait. Do you have any suggestions to help her correct this?Ī: Great question! Many young children are pigeon-toed, and it’s often caused by how they were positioned in utero. Q: My 5-year-old daughter is pigeon-toed.