It is recommended to wear such shoes to all children from an early age and even with the correct formation of the foot. These shoes can be purchased in stores specializing in the sale of children's shoes, or in orthopedic centers.

Medical orthopedic shoes for children are used to treat a particular deformity of the feet: flat-footed, flat-valgus or flat-variceal deformity of the feet, clubfoot and others. Shoes are made for each child individually, depending on the individual characteristics of the feet. For this, a child’s footprint is made, taking into account all the anatomical features of its feet, and only after being prescribed by an orthopedic doctor.

How to choose the right orthopedic shoes?

Comfortable Ziera Shoes Australia are different from ordinary children's shoes for their design, which contributes to the proper setting of the feet, forms the correct gait and posture, reduces the load on the ankle, has a beneficial effect on the musculoskeletal system, improves the blood supply to the limbs and provides the child with ease and comfort when walking.

Ideally, medical orthopedic shoes for children are made to order, when all the features of the foot are taken into account. But if it is not possible to order shoes, you can buy them in orthopedic centers or shops. What should you pay special attention when choosing orthopedic shoes?

Children's orthopedic shoes are divided into preventive (these shoes are healthy children from the first steps to form the correct foot arch in the future), and therapeutic.

Prophylactic orthopedic shoes have a number of characteristics:

rigid molded (repeating the bend of the heel) backdrop, covering only the heel and not interfering with the work of the Achilles tendon. In some models there is an extension of the hard side from the inside and outside;

The presence of the instep

Bendable sole with Thomas's heel. This is a heel extended from the inside of the sole, i.e. its inside is longer than the outside. This strengthens the sole under the middle part of the foot and prevents the foot from falling inward, which means it ensures the correct setting of the foot.

Medical orthopedic shoes:

A hard molded back with a high berets covering the ankle joint, with an elongated inner and outer hard side. There are models where the height of the shoes reaches almost to the knees;

The presence (with the possibility of removal) or the absence of springy support for the possibility of nesting individual insoles;

Thomas's heel;

Custom-made shoes for individual feet (orthopedic composite shoes).

Any of the above orthopedic shoes must have the following characteristics:

Shoes should be made of natural materials. This is especially important for the inside of the shoe. These are materials that will not allow the leg to sweat, for example, leather and nubuck. Their indisputable advantages over synthetics are plasticity, ensuring evaporation of moisture and air microcirculation, excellent hygienic properties.