■ Hainan Daily reporter Chen Ziyi

　　Entering April, sports entrance examinations across the country were in full swing.A reporter from Hainan Daily learned from major hospitals that some students who prepared for sports on the sports entrance examination have recently come to the doctor due to foot pain.Most children’s foot pain is mainly caused by flat feet, but the best treatment period has been missed, which makes many parents regret it.

　　What is flat foot?What are the typical symptoms of flat feet?How to treat flat feet?With these issues, recently, the reporter interviewed Yu Tao, the chief physician of the Department of Orthopedics, Hainan Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University Medical College.

　　According to Yu Tao, the arch was built by the arched bone and the metatarsal bone, as well as an elastic and contracted tissue of the ligament and tendon on the soles of the foot.The important role of nerve blood vessels and supporting the body.”If there is no arch, the child will feel very tired or even painful after exercise.” Yu Tao said that flat feet are usually a description of the foot of the foot and the collapse of the arch.Foot disease.

　　It is understood that some flat -footed children cannot run, skipped, and skipped rope, which directly affects the results of sports entrance examinations.On the other hand, many university majors, such as archeology, photography, dance, etc., also limited students with flat feet to apply.

　　If you want to know if your child has a foot problem, you can use the “foot watermark self -test method”.The specific method is to observe the feet on the paper or on the cloth.The normal foot watermark is too half -waterless in the middle of the foot. If the watermark is covered with the entire foot, it may be flat feet.

　　”If the parents discovered the child’s flat foot before they arrived at the middle school entrance examination, in fact, they had missed the best intervention period. In the age group of children 6 to 8 years old, they can be treated with muscle pulling and arch.”Symptoms of pain.” Yu Tao emphasized that once the child occurs after the age of 12, the symptoms of pain will be poor.