Child Feet Turning Inwards | Shoes for Pigeon Toed Toddler

Anti toe walking shoes, boots, sandals, sneakers for kids with pigeon toe. Best boots, sandals, sneakers, shoes to stop toe walking in kids since they offer sturdy reinforced heel support. Tip toe occurs when child walks with foot turned outward with feet pointed inward. Child walks like a duck since the shoes they been wearing offer no ankle support, no orthopedic support and they are often too wide for their feet. When child walks in shoes with no support over time their feet begun to turn inwards and duck feet will develop. You can correct their feet with European orthopedic shoes that are designed to fully support little feet and over time diminish and totally resolve the condition.


What are Pigeon Toes?

Feet turning inwards describes the condition of pigeon toes (metatarsus varus or metatarsus adductus) while child is walking, running and positioning their feet inwards when walking. Pigeon toes starts in adults and if not treated will remained in adult causing other medical and posture problems. Medical name of pigeon toes is metatarsus adductus and it is a serious orthopedic deformity that will deteriorate with time and affect ones body, feet and posture. Pigeon toes can only be treated when child is growing not once an adult. Recently some pigeon toes surgeries are performed in extreme cases but only 20% improvement in once walking been seen after foot surgery.

Cause of Pigeon Toes?

Pigeon toes (metatarsus adductus) develops in the womb due to genetic anomalies and also acquired by wearing none supportive footwear as a child. First walkers and toddlers in general during their growing years who wear none supportive shoes or anti boots are especially at risk of wearing anti boots or shoes with zero support. In-toeing present is caused by a twisting of the tibia, or shinbone, called internal tibial torsion that enhances the condition further. This condition is caused by not supporting little feet with good supportive anti boots or shoes with structure. Child feet turning literally inwards will get worst over time to the point of tripping on their own feet. Entire posture, body gait is effected as it shifts due to pigeon toe deformity.

How are Pigeon Toes Diagnosed?

In toeing can be mildly noticeable, but gradually it will get worst if no treatment is taken. Over time will deteriorate child's feet, posture and body gait. To diagnose in toeing orthopedic doctor will observe how child is walking and look for signs of twisting or turning in child's hips. Doctor might also take X-rays or CT scans to see how bones are aligned. If pediatrician or foot specialist in USA tells you that pigeon toes will disappear on its own - do not believe him! Check medical research from Europe and how do we treat toe in in Europe, pigeon toe will not improve and disappear on its own!

Pigeon toes will not Improve on their own!

Have you spoken to your local pediatrician and they simply told you that child will outgrow the condition. Well, here is the news "THEY WILL NOT!" The condition will develop further and further and child will become permanently pigeon toed and flat footed in adulthood. Issue is that every USA pediatrician and foot doctor is not taught in medical school about importance of shoes for foot development. The focus is set on making orthodics, surgeries or simply ignoring the problem not the correct alignment and treatment with supportive shoes. In Europe medical approach to supportive sneakers is quite different since that is a proper treatment and foot development. Doctors are taught and shown impact of shoes on kids feet and how important they are. Every major European manufacturer always consults Certified Orthopedic Doctor on types of shoes they offer in their collection. Soles are tested and adjusted to average foot, heel support reinforced, orthopedic arch added, best leather used. In Europe doctors are taught that kids feet are flexible and little growing feet can be shaped either correct way with quality supportive footwear or literally deformed with cheap none supportive leather sneakers - that is a way to go as treatment. Studies on supportive footwear dating back to 1970 were made and major improvements in treatment were made to European shoes.

Addressing this problem early and taking care of your kids’ feet at an early stage is CRUCIAL in keeping your kids’ feet healthy! Take an advice from European pediatrician or foot doctor since that is the first treatment they suggest is European made high top leather footwear that feature the following:

• high in a back with sturdy heel support (heel in the shoe is sturdy and does not bent supporting the heel to the fullest)
• shoes feature good leather orthopedic arch support with flexible sole
• made out of quality leather
• breathable leather innersoles (kids feet sweat more then grown ups so no sweat, smelly feet)
• wide or narrow soles (depends on the child's type of foot)

You immediately notice improvement in child's stability, comfort of walking and over time child's feet will begun to align and correct pigeon toes - that is a treatment. The younger the child the quicker the effect. It takes about 1 year to see improvement and 3 years to see full recovery. It is also important to not to rotate between orthopedic, supportive shoes and cheap none supportive ones, Why? Answer is simple: whatever quality shoe aligns the foot in correct position then cheap one will destroy the alignment and you never see any long-term improvement. Children in Europe does not display any feet deformities simply because they only wear supportive orthopedic leather sneakers from baby to teen years. Footwear are considered as "developmental need" NOT a fashion statement. We suggest that you visit any European country and observe local kids if they display any feet and walking problems........I guarantee you will NOT see one.  Ask any native Italian, Dutch, French, Greek, Polish, German, Swedish, Serbian, Russian if none supportive shoes are ok for a child? They will be passionate with their answer and definitely confirm that best supportive shoes are a must for a child since they correctly form their feet and posture. I bet all of them would confirm that they grew up on those shoes themselves as children and their feet and posture is PERFECT so here you go.....proof in a pudding! (Shoes for us Europeans are like religion - since we walk a lot and well developed feet and posture is a key to good health).

Pigeon Toes in Adults

There is no possible way to fix pigeon toes stop when adult. None, no treatment! Adult with pigeon toes walks like a duck and that is horrible look plus entire body gait shifts and becomes affected. Person with pigeon toes will experience back pain, feet pain, knee pain, shoulder pain and entire posture deforms and deteriorate over time. Surgery only exists to relive foot pain and discomfort but the bones in the body will deteriorate further as whole body gait is uneven and affected.

What is Causing my Child to be Pigeon Toed? - learn the facts about treatment

In-toeing is NOT totally genetic. About 90% cases are caused by wearing low quality shoes from the time the child starts to walk and is wearing miss-fitted, low quality European footwear. The remaining 10% of children are born with twisted tighbone causing pigeon toe condition, but that is truly small number. They are three conditions that often cause in-toeing:

Curved foot (metatarsus adductus) (appears over time when child is turning the foot in when walking)
Twisted shin (tibia torsion) (turned in tibia bones inside of the legs)
Twisted thighbone (femoral anteversion)

Quality or Cheap Shoes for Kids?

Quality orthopedic supportive European made treatment shoes = well formed feet, straight posture, no pigeon toes, no ankle pronation. Cheap none orthopedic footwear made in China = deformed feet, bent posture, pigeon toes, ankle pronation and flat feet.

Medical Orthodics are Not the Cure!

Do Not Buy Low Quality Shoes

Also it is important to mention that orthodics worn with LOW QUALITY SHOES will not create any treatment and improvement. The reason is that footwear made in low cost countries are made out of low quality materials, are always clunky (oversized soles), heavy and have no heel support nor orthopedic support of any kind. You just wasting your money and sacrificing child's feet by buying such shoes. The average production cost of typical child's shoe in China is $3 and they are sold at $50-60. So profit is made but quality none existent and therefore negative effect on child's feet.

Treatment of Pigeon Toes?

To improve and gradually reverse the condition, abandon all the cheap shoes (local shoes made in China) you child have been wearing and choose quality, supportive, orthopedic shoes as those. It could be ankle high sandal (closed back), ankle t-straps, ankle boots or any European orthopedic made shoe with actual ankle and foot support. Shoes manufactured in Europe (not copies made in China claim to be made in Europe, no actual orthopedic anti boots or shoes that are manufactured from local leather, local craftsmanship with good ankle support. You can find such shoes on our site only as we import those anti boots or shoes from all the European countries. We do sell only original shoes that are approved and certified by European Orthopedic Ministry of Health.

With time you will see gradual improvement in foot position, pigeon toe and complete foot restoration. Child does need shoes with proper sturdy ankle support, good orthopedic arch, ankle high and none sweat soles present. Back in 1960 they were called white high tops and all children in USA wore them. Over time cheap none supportive anti boots or shoes replaced good quality anti boots or shoes made in USA and completely destroyed kids feet in a process. In Europe appropriate measures were taken and European Ministry of Health took appropriate measure to stay away form cheap shoe imports and preserve local quality, manufacturing and most importantly health of local European children. As a result no cheap shoes with zero support is sold in any European country. Shoes go fancier over time but quality and support reminded the same.We never wen chap route in Europe, as shoes are envisioned as medical, orthopedic, foot forming product that every child does need, not just those with feet problems.