{"id":754,"date":"2018-01-12T11:27:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podiatrycanada.org\/?p=754"},"modified":"2018-01-12T11:27:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:27:36","slug":"nieman-parents-shouldnt-over-worry-about-early-issues-with-childrens-knees-and-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"Nieman: Parents shouldn&#8217;t over worry about early issues with children&#8217;s knees and feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-755 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podiatrycanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/toddler-walking-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/toddler-walking-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/toddler-walking-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/toddler-walking.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>From the Calgary Herald news article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Childhood development can be a time of both excitement and stress. On the one hand, it is exciting for parents to document their baby\u2019s progress. Who will forget that first smile or their first step?<br \/>\nBut what if the parents notice that the first step is marked by a foot that turns in? And what if the toddler begins to stand and the feet are noticed to be flat? Or what negative thoughts pop up when the child\u2019s knees are too far apart \u2014 or too close?<br \/>\nIntoeing, knock-knees, bowed legs, flat feet are all too common in the first few years of a child\u2019s life. It can really upset some parents who are worried, not just about cosmetic appearances, but also about the child\u2019s future as an athlete.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at the link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/health\/family-child\/nieman-parents-shouldnt-over-worry-about-early-issues-with-childrens-knees-and-feet\">http:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/health\/family-child\/nieman-parents-shouldnt-over-worry-about-early-issues-with-childrens-knees-and-feet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Calgary Herald news article: Childhood development can be a time of both excitement and stress. On the one hand, it is exciting for parents to document their baby\u2019s progress. Who will forget that first smile or their first step? But what if the parents notice that the first step is marked by a foot that turns in? And &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpma.thedev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}