“Static heels” Stand on one leg. If you have problems with your balance, hold on to a wall/object. With the other hand you grasp your ankle and pull your foot towards your buttocks. The thighs touch each other and the hip is pushed forward. The upper body is straight. Hold the tension in the front … Stretching of the front of the thigh
” Bridging with heel attachment ” Put yourself in supine position and cross your arms in front of your chest. Place both heels slightly away from the buttocks. Straighten your back and tense your abdominal muscles. From this starting position, raise your hips so that they are in a straight line with your thighs. Perform … Strengthening the back of the thigh
Lunge: Take a wide lunge forward with one leg. The front leg is bent max. 90° and the back leg is stretched out. The hands support the front thigh. The back remains straight, the hip pushes forward. Hold the pull in the groin area of the straightened leg for about 10 seconds. Then change the … Morbus Osgood Schlatter – Stretching of the hip flexors
Schlatter’s disease is a painful knee disease, which mostly affects young boys. With reduction of the causative overload, early therapy/physical exercises and termination of growth, the disease often heals by itself without the need for surgery or restrictions. Also known as Osgood-Schlatter disease, the disease describes pain in the anterior lower knee region. Irritation of … Physiotherapy for Schlatter’s disease
Physiotherapeutic intervention In physiotherapy/physical gymnastics, the diagnosis is supported by manual tests and pain tests for movement, stress and pressure. The doctor makes the diagnosis by means of ultrasound, an X-ray or possibly an MRI scan. A distinction is made between ligament injuries, fractures or the so-called jumper’s knee, which also represents an overloading of … Physiotherapeutic intervention | Physiotherapy for Schlatter’s disease
Prognosis Usually the problems of Schlatter’s disease only exist during puberty and disappear with the end of the growth phase. What remains may be a pressure-sensitive tuberosity tibiae or even increased bone elevation at this point. If dead bone material has detached, causing further inflammation and problems in the joint and disrupting movement, it may … Prognosis | Physiotherapy for Schlatter’s disease
Most children proudly present their first milk teeth that have fallen out and have been wiggling in their mouths for days or even weeks beforehand. Most children experience the change of teeth as something very special: after a gap is initially left in the mouth, the permanent teeth gradually push through. What is the change … Tooth Change: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Baby sleeps a lot during growth spurt The body needs a large amount of energy to perform its normal functions. In a growth spurt, these everyday functions are joined by additional efforts on the small body. In order to be able to muster this additional strength, a baby not only needs more energy from food, … Baby sleeps a lot during growth spurt | Growth spurt in the baby
Definition Growth spurts in newborns are sudden changes in the whole body or parts of the body. This refers to the change in body size, but also to mental development. In this text we want to describe the process of growing. The growth spurts occur in most children at about the same time and depend … Growth spurt in the baby
Duration of a growth spurt Growth spurts can vary greatly in their duration. In some phases and also different from child to child, they only last one or a few days. In other children, a growth spurt can also last for a week, during which the child appears dissatisfied, apparently always hungry and tearful. As … Duration of a growth spurt | Growth spurt in the baby
General information For a human being, height is one of his most defining and obvious characteristics. People who are too tall have problems in everyday life, but people who are too small have at least as many problems. But when is a person too big or too small? are children already too small just because … Determination of the final body height
Bone age determination with the help of the carpal bones The carpal bones are the 8 small bones that can be felt at the ball of the hand. In the male infant, all these bones are still made of cartilage at birth, which then ossify during development. A female infant is already born with 2 … Bone age determination with the help of the carpal bones | Determination of the final body height
