9 year old back pain and femoral anteversion

[estherderu]

dear kay,

Children do not have backaches very often.
Children with hyperlaxity can get pains and aches when they " overstretch their joints". I suggest you do a good observation with the necessary tests and if you do not trust the outcome, send your patient to a colleague or specialist to evaluate the source of the backache.

It could be a posture problem, it could also been a structural problem and you would want to know. Making goals for efficient therapy is only possible after a extensive assessment.
The therapy will have to be fun to do and be repeated at home a lot. In the case of a nine year old, that means getting the parents involved for 100% as well.

Hope you find the source of the problems and good luck to you both.

esther

[hall50]

I have a 7 year old with femoral anteversion, I think, which was picked up by a foot specialist when I took him with ingrown toenails. It was also highlighted that he had a posture problem when being measured for ski boots recently. They suggested a foot health centre but I'm not sure that is the right place for him as the problem is not with his feet.
He is quite flat footed with the inside of his ankles tipped inwards. I have always made sure he had good quality well fitted clarkes or Startright shoes.
Should he be seeing a physio instead of a foot specialist
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