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[Naibabi]

DS had his 18 month check with the CHN the other day and she noticed (which I have also previously noticed) that he tends to walk on his toes. As he doesn't do it constantly she has written down that it will need to be reviewed when he is 2 and he may possibly need to see a physio.

Just wondering if your kids were a toe walker and if there was anything you could do to help them walk properly, did it just correct itself in time, was there something you did to fix it or did you have to see a physio?

TIA xx

Edited by Naibabi, 14 December 2011 - 08:11 PM.

[rhyb]

Honestly the only toe walkers I know are ASD kids and it's their little thing (DS and his friend do it). Sorry. Physio or OT could help

[teddy]

My eldest was a chronic toe walker, we did serial casting, night splints, afo's, the works basically. He is on the autism spectrum.

[Naibabi]

That's what I was worried about, but she didn't even mention it. Only asked if he had used a walker when he was younger, which he did but it was pretty rare.

[kaznkidz]

All my kids are toe walkers Jayde is 9 and not on the spectrum, and is waiting to get the funding for foot paltes, she will be casted for a few weeks in the hopes of lengthening her tendons she has done physio and if this doesnt work will most likely end up with surgery

[MummyKelly1]

DS has started to walk on his toes a fair bit lately... he's nearly 18months, we just thought it was just a new thing he learnt and a faze

[4Cherubs]

Kane does it occasionally. Just a faze he's going through........I hope.

[riotgrrl]

DD1 is a habitual toe-walker. She has good days (being told 2-3 times to walk properly) and bad days (constantly being told). She has had one session with a physio so far and the general consensus is from her that it isn't so bad that we would be talking about splints just yet, and that DD1 can walk flat-footed when prompted. We just need to get her out of the habit, which is taking time. We have a 6-month check up coming up.

Oh should add that she is 6 (tomorrow) and not on the spectrum as far as we are aware of.

[twintots]

Jack is a toe walker, he's had several castings has AFO's and attended physio . nothing much helped him, he "can" walk normally heel down but he still bounces when he walks that way, we don't cast or afo him now, poor lil buy was freaking out just at the mention of a Dr. long as he stays flexible it's not an issue for him.

Just a side note, Jack's toe walking was one of the things that led his paed into the Cerebral Palsy Dx, they latched onto that too quickly now they don't see anything but the label.

Good luck with your lil one.

[rhyb]

Twintots that's horrible. DS gets that a bit, none of his behavior is his personality apparently it's all the autism

[twintots]

I hate labels and could rant on about them for a long, long time but I wont lol. in his 3 years the little guy has had 3 labels we're tipping 2012 will see him with a new one, i don't really care just as long as it's the right one osfm just doesn't work when it comes to kids huh.

[bethers]

i have heard that toe walking is quite common in kids with hip dysplasia too. of course i only know this from all my research for DD.
something to think about i guess...

[Solere04]

my nephew was a toe walker & has major problems in his legs at 11. They didn't realise until he was 9! So he's had physio, but it still causes him heaps of pain.
I think all kids walk on their toes at some point, as all my boys do when they are trying to talk to adults. I am constantly telling them to remember to walk on their feet, not their toes. But I guess that is all i can do for now. Good luck!

[kaznkidz]

twintots, on 20 December 2011 - 09:57 AM, said:

Jack is a toe walker, he's had several castings has AFO's and attended physio . nothing much helped him, he "can" walk normally heel down but he still bounces when he walks that way, we don't cast or afo him now, poor lil buy was freaking out just at the mention of a Dr. long as he stays flexible it's not an issue for him.

Just a side note, Jack's toe walking was one of the things that led his paed into the Cerebral Palsy Dx, they latched onto that too quickly now they don't see anything but the label.

Good luck with your lil one.

this is just like Jayde!

Although they havent given a diagnoses at all yet, they are doing the castings in feb (waiting on funding for the footplates) and will see how that goes She has had an mri done to see if she has scarring on the brain which can cause the toe walking and was called back for a 2nd MRI with the dye for more pics Am crapping myself that they have seen something in the first scan and wanted extra pics

BUT am praying that some of the images just werent good enough???

Scared though as the first MRI was done without the dye?

I feel for her, she goes to bed EVERY night with heat teddies and often pain relief as her legs are so sore

[~Kylie~]

Did he use a jolly jumper???? That is a very high cause for toe walking.

My nieces both walk on their toes, have done so their whole life. They are now 10 and 12. Their mum does it also.