{"id":3942,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/flatfeetpesplanus\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:31:21","slug":"flatfeetpesplanus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/paediatricorthopaedics\/flatfeetpesplanus\/","title":{"rendered":"Flat feet\/Pes Planus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u200b<\/strong><span><strong>Information<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normal in all young children due to physiological laxity<br>It can take up until a child is 10 for their arch to fully develop and many adults will have flat feet as a normal variant<br>Most children have \u2018flexible flat feet\u2019 and will grow out it as their skeleton matures and soft tissue laxity decreases<br>Usually symmetrical, flexible and pain-free<br>Refer to APCP parents\u2019 leaflet&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>M.A. &amp; M-J.S. 27-06-24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Primary Care Management<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p>Insoles do not help and are not recommended in pre-school children<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refer to Paediatric Orthopaedics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the child is complaining of PAIN during daily activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stiffness. The arch should form when the child is on tip toes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Asymmetrical flat feet<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Resources and Links<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/Physio-Paeds-flat_feet_in_young_children_-_20151.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/Physio-Paeds-flat_feet_in_young_children_-_20151.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flat_feet_in_young_children_-_2015.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/Normal-Lower-Limb-Variants-in-Childhood-RHCYP-V2.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Normal-Lower-Limb-Variants-in-Childhood-RHCYP-V2.0.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8203;Information Normal in all young children due to physiological laxityIt can take up until a child is 10 for their arch to fully develop and many adults will have flat feet as a normal variantMost children have &lsquo;flexible flat feet&rsquo; and will grow out it as their skeleton matures and soft tissue laxity decreasesUsually symmetrical,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[757],"class_list":["post-3942","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-https-apps-testing28-scot-nhs-uk-refhelp-guidelines-flatfeetpesplanus"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/category\/paediatric\/paediatricorthopaedics\/https-apps-testing28-scot-nhs-uk-refhelp-guidelines-flatfeetpesplanus\/\" rel=\"tag\">Flat feet\/Pes Planus<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"&#8203;Information Normal in all young children due to physiological laxityIt can take up until a child is 10 for their arch to fully develop and many adults will have flat feet as a normal variantMost children have &lsquo;flexible flat feet&rsquo; and will grow out it as their skeleton matures and soft tissue laxity decreasesUsually symmetrical,","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3942"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22306,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3942\/revisions\/22306"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}