CHAPTER-

5(CHI
LDRENANDWOMENI
NSPORTS)

FLATFOOT-
Feetactasabaseofsuppor tforthebodywhi lestandingsitti
ng,
walking,r
unning
andjumpi ng.Flatfootcommonl yfoundamongnewbor nbabi esbuti
tbecomes
posturaldeformityifitst
il
lpersist
sdur inglaterchil
dhood.Thechildr
enwi thfl
atfoot
deformitycannotbecomeef fici
entspor tspersonsTheyf eelpaini
ntheirf
eetwhen
theyrunI ti
seasyt oobser v
ewhet hert heper sonhasfleetfeetornotDipyourfeetin
waterorcol oredwat erandwal kont hef l
oor.Iftherei
snotpr operarchoffootpri
nts
onthef l
oort henyouhav ethedef ormityoff l
atfootInfactthereshouldbeproper
archoft hefeetforthehealthyfeet.

CAUSES-Weakmuscl esisthemai
ncauseofflatfeet.
Weakmuscl escannotbear
theweightofthebody.Hencethef
eetbecomef l
atorwi thoutar
ches.Al
ongwiththi
s
rapi
dincreaseinbodyweight,
impr
opershoesandcar r
yingheavyweightf
oralonger
peri
od.

PRECAUTIONS Shoesshoul
dbeofpr opershapeandsize.Don’twalkbarefeetfora
l
ongerperi
od.
Obesityshoul
dbeavoided.Don’tforcebabiestoencouragetowal kat
anearl
yage.
REMEDIES-Walki
ngonheels,Wal
kingoni nnerandoutersideofthefeet.
,walki
ngon
toes.
skiponr
opeet c.

CORRECTI
VEMEASUREOFFLATFOOT :
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 JUMPI
NGONTOES VAJRASANA SKI
PON
ROPE

KNOCKKNEES
Knockkneesisoneoft hemaj orpost uraldeformity.Inthisdef
ormi tybot ht
heknees
knockortoucheachot herwhi l
ei nnor malst andinnor malpositi
on.Thegap
betweentheankl esgoesoni ncreasing.Thei ndi
vidualfacesdif
fi
cul tyinwalki
ngand
runni
ngDuet hisdef or
mi t
yt heycannotbegoodpl ayersandmay notbesel ectedi
n
Defenseservi
ces. CAUSES-
Lackofbalanceddi et,
especi all
yv i
tami nD, calci
um andphosphor us.Itmayduet o
ri
ckets,
chronicil
lness,obesity,
fl
atf ootandcar ry
ingheav yweightinear lyage.
PRECAUTI ONSBal ancedi etshoul dbet aken, babiesshouldnotbef orcedtowalkin
earl
yage.
REMEDI ES;Horser idi
ngist hebestexer ci
se, perform Padamasanaand
Gomukhasanar egularl
y,keepapi ll
owbet weent hekneesandst ander ectforsome
ti
me.Codoi lmaybenef i
cial
.

CORRECTI
VEMEASURESOFKNOCKKNEES:
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BOW LEGSItisalsoaposturaldeformity.Itisoppositetoknockknees.If
thereisawi degapbet weent hekneeswhenst andi ngwithf eettogether,the
i
ndi v
idualhasbowl egsorgenuv arum.Inthi
sdef or mity,kneesar ewi deapart.There
remai nsawi degapbet weenkneeswhenabowl eggedper sonkeepshi sfeet
together.Thisdeformitycanbeobser v
edeasily,whenani ndi v
idualwalksorr uns.
CAUSES Def ici
encyofcal ci
um andphosphor usi st hemai ncauseofbowl egs.Long
bonesofl egsbecomesof t,hencet heyarebentout wardImpr operwayofwal king
andf orci
ngt hebabiest owal katav eryearl
yagemayal sol eadtobowl egs.
PRECAUTI ONSDon’ tletthechi l
drenbeov erweight, don’
tfor ceorencour agebabies
towal katanear l
yage.Bal anceddi etshoul
dbet aken. REMEDI ES
Vitami nDshoul dbetakeni nr equir
edamount .Bal anceddietshoul dbet akenOne
shouldwal kbybendi ngt hetoesi nward.

CORRECTI
VEMEASURESOFBOW LEGS:
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ROUNDSHOULDERSInthisposturaldeformity,theshoulder
becomer
oundandsomet
imest
heyseem t
obebentf
orwar
d.

CAUSESI tmaybeduet oher edit

y,sit
ti
ng,standingandwal kingi nbendingposi t
ion,
si
tti
ngoni mpr operfurnit
uremayal soresultinroundshoulder s.Wear i
ngt ight
cl
othesandl ackofpr operexer ci
semayal soleadtoroundshoul der
s.PRECAUTI ONS
Don’tsi
t,st
andandwal kinbendposi ti
on,av oidti
ghtf
itt
ingcl othesandav oidsit
ting
onuncomf ortablefurnit
ure REMEDI ES Keepy ourtipsof
fi
ngersony ourshoul dersandr otat
ey ourelbowsi ncl
ockwi seandant iclockwi se
di
recti
on,holdt hehor i
zontalbarforsomet i
meandper for m chakrasanaand
dhanurasanar egul
arly.

CORRECTI
VEMEASURESOFROUND SHOULDERS
 WORKSHEET2(CHI
LDRENANDWOMENI
NSPORTS)

QUS1)Namet
hemot
ordev
elopmentst
agesi
nchi
ldr
en?
ANS)Ther
ear
ethr
eest
agesofmot
ordev
elopment;
INFANT,
EARLYCHI
LDHOOD,
LATERCHI
LDHO

QUS2)El
uci
dat
etheexer
cisesgui
del
inesatl
aterchi
ldhood.
ANS)Duringt
hisst
age,chil
drenshoul
dbeintr
oducedtocompetit
ivespor
tsandtaughtthebasi
c.rulesof
sports compet i
ti
on,
i.
e;enjoyi
nggames,f
airplay,
si
mplestrat
egi
esandt act
icsTheycanalsoi
ndulgein
aerobi
cs,
musclestr
engtheni
ngandbonestrengtheni
ngtr
aini
ngsetc.

QUS3)St
atet
hecommonpost
ural
def
ormi
ti
es.

QUS4)Whati
sanabnor
malcur
vat
ureofspi
neatf
rontt
ermedas?
ANS)LORDOSI
SISanabnor
mal
cur
vat
ureofspi
neatf
ront
QUS8)Whatdoy oumeanbyroundshoul
der
s?Suggestanyf
ourphy
sicalact
ivi
ti
es
forcor
rect
ingr
oundshoul
der
s.

QUS9)Di
scusst
hecausesofknockkneesandbowl
egs.

QUS10)Wr it
eashortnot
eonSpi nalcurvature.
ANS1.Spi
nalCur
vat
ureThi
sty
peofdef
ormi
tyi
srelat
edt
othespi
ne.Thi
sdef
ormi
tyi
scausedby
car
ryi
ngexcessivewei ghtbey ondone'scapacityInotherwords,wecansayt hatweakmusclescausethe
for
mat i
onofspinal curvat
ure.Thenor mallumbarspineischaracteri
sedbyamoder atehy
perext
ensioncur
ve,
whenv i
ewedlaterally
.Thereisnoabsol utestandardforthedeter
mi nat
ionofthedegeeofthenormalumber
cur
ve.Therearethreet y
pesofpost uraldefor
mitiesI,
eKYPHOSI S,LORDOSIS,
SCOLIOSISTheymaybeduet o
malnutr
it
ion,
il
l
ness,crowedar eas,r
icketsetc.

QUS11MCQ=====

Q.
1Whatcana16mont
hol
dinf
antaccompl
i
shwi
thapenci
l?

a)I
maget
raci
ng

b)Ver
ti
cal
li
nes

c)Rudi
ment
aryscr
ibbl
es

d)Col
our
ingi
n

Q.2WhowonI
ndi
a'
sfi
rstev
ergol
dmedal
inwoman'
swr
est
li
ngi
nthe55f
reeatt
he2010Commonweal
th
games?

a)Deepi
kaKumar
i

b)Babi
taKumar
i

c)Di
paKar
amari
dh

d)Geet
aPhogat

Q3Deepi
kaKumar
ibel
ongt
owhi
chspor
t;

a)Wr
est
li
ng

b)Ar
cher
y

c)Boxi
ng
d)Badmi
nton

Q.
4WhatshapedoesScol
i
osi
smake?

a)GorH

b)TorZ

c)CorS

d)Noneoft
heabov
e

Q.
5Whati
sScol
i
osi
s?

A)Adi
seasecausi
ngspl
otchesont
hear
msandl
egs

(
b)Ashr
inki
ngi
nthehead

(
c)Acur
vingoft
hespi
ne

(
d)Noneoft
heabov
e

Qus6--
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--
--
--
--
--
--
-isacondi
ti
onwher
ethekneesangl
einandt
ouchoneanot
herwhent
hel
egsar
e
st
rai
ght
ened.

(
a)Knockknee

(
b)Ky
phosi
s

(
c)Lor
dosi
s

(
d)Scol
i
osi
s

Qus12CASEBASEDQUESTI
ON-

Knockkneei saconditi
onwher etheangl eofkneesi sisbentinandt ouchoneanot herwhenthelegsar e
strai
ghtened.Femaleshavewi derpelvi
st hanmenandar elati
velyshorterl
engthofthethi
ghbone, andasa
result
,haveagr eat
ertendencytodev elopgenuv arum orknock-kneethenmen.Knock- kneeistheanot her
nameofgenuv arum.Indivi
dualswithsev ereknock-kneedeformiti
esaret ypi
call
yunablet
otoucht heirfeet
togetherwhil
esi mul
taneouslystr
aighteni
ngt heleg.Theterm origi
natesfrom theLati
nwordgenu, "knee",and
valgus,"
bentinword".

(
a)Mi
l
dknockkneescanbeseeni
nwhi
chager
angeofchi
l
dren?

(
i)2-
5year
s

(
2)0-
3year
s

3)1-
4yeaer
s

4)noneoft
hese
(
b)Whi
chi
sthecauseofknock-
knees?

(
i)Wear
ingofheav
yshoes

(
ii
)Si
tt
ingi
nthesameposi
ti
onf
orl
ongt
ime.

(
ii
i)Def
ici
encyofv
itami
n'D'
.

(
iv)Ar
thr
it
is

(
c)Whi
choft
hesehav
ewi
derpel
vi
s?

(
1)Men2)women

(
3)Bot
h(i
)and(
ii
)

(
4)Noneoft
hese

QUS10PI
CTUREBASEDQUESTI
ON-
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