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ʻO ka hele wāwae manamana ke ʻano o ka hele ʻana ma luna o nā manamana wāwae me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopā ʻana o nā kuʻekuʻe i ka honua. He mea maʻamau loa kēia no nā keiki liʻiliʻi e aʻo ana e hele, akā hiki ke lilo i mea hopohopo inā hoʻomau ia ma hope o 2 mau makahiki a i ʻole e hana pinepine ʻia i nā keiki a me nā mākua kahiko.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā keiki e ulu maoli i kēia ʻano hele ʻana i ka wā e ulu ai ko lākou kaulike a me ko lākou hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka hele wāwae manamana mau ke hōʻike i kahi kūlana maʻi e pono ai ka nānā ʻana mai kahi mea mālama ola.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui ka hele ʻana ma luna o nā manamana wāwae i ka hapa nui a i ʻole nā manawa a pau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike ʻaʻole pinepine kāu keiki e kau i ko lākou mau kuʻekuʻe i lalo i ka wā e hele a kū ana.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui e nānā ai:
Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hele mai ka māmā a i ʻoi aku ka ʻike ʻia. Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻano i ʻike ʻia i ka wā e hele wāwae ʻole ai kāu keiki a i ʻole ma nā ʻili paʻakikī.
Hāʻule ka hele wāwae manamana i ʻelua mau māhele nui: idiopathic a me ka lua. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ala maikaʻi loa no ka mālama.
ʻO ka hele wāwae manamana idiopathic ke ʻano ʻaʻohe kūlana maʻi e hoʻokumu ana iā ia. ʻO kēia ka ʻano maʻamau loa, ʻoiai i nā keiki liʻiliʻi. Ua hoʻomohala wale kāu keiki i kēia ʻano hele ʻana ma ke ʻano he maʻa, a ua hoʻololi ko lākou mau ʻiʻo a me nā tendon iā ia i ka manawa.
Hana ʻia ka hele wāwae manamana lua ma muli o kahi kūlana maʻi. Hiki paha kēia ke komo pū me ka cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, autism spectrum disorder, a i ʻole nā hoʻopaneʻe hoʻomohala. I kēia mau hihia, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlana maʻi e kōkua pinepine i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke ʻano hele ʻana.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei o ka hele wāwae manamana idiopathic. Makemake wale kekahi mau keiki i kēia ʻano hele ʻana, ʻoiai kekahi e hoʻomohala iā ia i ka wā e hoʻololi ai ko lākou mau ʻiʻo a me nā tendon i ke kūlana.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻokomo i ka hele wāwae manamana:
ʻO nā kūlana maʻi e hiki ke hoʻokumu i ka hele wāwae manamana ke komo pū me:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka hele wāwae manamana ke hōʻike i nā kūlana e like me ka spina bifida a i ʻole nā maʻi neurological ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono ke loiloi hou aku.
Pono ʻoe e kūkā me ke kauka o kāu keiki inā hoʻomau ka hele wāwae manamana ma hope o 2 mau makahiki a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e hopohopo ai. Hiki i ka loiloi mua ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia a pale aku i nā pilikia.
Hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa inā ʻike ʻoe:
Mai hopohopo e pili ana i ka hele wāwae manamana i nā keiki liʻiliʻi. Eia naʻe, inā lilo ia i ala nui e hele ai kāu keiki, he mea kūpono ke kūkākūkā me kāu pediatrician.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i ka hiki ke hoʻomohala i ka hele wāwae manamana mau. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea e kōkua iā ʻoe e nānā pono i ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki.
ʻO nā mea pilikia maʻamau ke komo pū me:
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e hoʻomohala maoli kāu keiki i ka hele wāwae manamana mau. He nui nā keiki me kēia mau mea pilikia e hele maʻamau, ʻoiai kekahi me ka ʻole o nā mea pilikia e hiki ke hele wāwae manamana.
Inā waiho ʻole ʻia, hiki i ka hele wāwae manamana mau ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia kino ma hope o ka manawa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā pilikia hiki ke pale ʻia me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke komo pū me:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka hele wāwae manamana nui ke alakaʻi i nā deformities iwi i nā wāwae a i ʻole nā kuʻekuʻe. Eia naʻe, hana pinepine kēia i ka wā e waiho ʻole ʻia ke kūlana no nā makahiki he nui.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale mau i ka hele wāwae manamana, ʻoiai inā pili ia i kahi kūlana maʻi, aia nā ala e paipai ai i nā ʻano hele olakino i nā keiki liʻiliʻi.
Eia kekahi mau hoʻolālā kōkua:
E hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā keiki e ulu maoli i ka hele wāwae manamana i ka wā e ulu ai ko lākou ʻōnaehana nerve. ʻO ka hana ʻana i kahi wahi kākoʻo no ka hoʻomohala maʻamau ka mea pale maikaʻi loa.
Hoʻomaka ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka hele wāwae manamana me ka nānā ʻana i ke ʻano hele ʻana o kāu keiki a me ka kūkākūkā ʻana i ko lākou mōʻaukala hoʻomohala. Makemake kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka hele wāwae manamana a inā ke hoʻomaikaʻi a ʻino paha.
ʻO ka loiloi maʻamau ke komo pū me ka nānā ʻana i kāu keiki e hele, ke nānā nei i ko lākou ikaika ʻiʻo a me ka hoʻololi ʻana, a ke hoʻokolohua nei i ko lākou kaulike a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. E nānā pū kāu kauka i ko lākou mau wāwae, nā kuʻekuʻe, a me nā wāwae no nā pilikia kūkulu.
Hiki ke pono nā hoʻokolohua hou aku inā manaʻo ʻia kahi kūlana maʻi. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā hoʻokolohua koko, nā haʻawina kiʻi e like me nā X-rays a i ʻole MRIs, a i ʻole nā kuhikuhi i nā loea e like me nā neurologists a i ʻole nā kauka orthopedic.
I kekahi manawa, hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai i kahi manawa nānā, ʻoiai i nā keiki liʻiliʻi, e ʻike inā hoʻoponopono ʻia ka hele wāwae manamana ma kona iho.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana e hilinaʻi ana i ke kumu a me ka nui o ka hele wāwae manamana. Hoʻomaikaʻi ka nui o nā keiki me ka hele wāwae manamana māmā idiopathic me nā hana maʻalahi a me ka manawa.
ʻO nā mālama mālama pinepine ke komo pū me:
No nā hihia ʻoi aku ka nui a i ʻole i ka wā e hana ʻole ai nā mālama mālama, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia nā koho ʻoki. Hoʻopili pinepine kēia i ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana i ka tendon Achilles a i ʻole ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā tendon e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūlana wāwae.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai i ka wā mua, ma mua o ka pōkole mau ʻana o nā ʻiʻo a me nā tendon. E hana pū kāu hui mālama ola me ʻoe e hoʻomohala i ka papahana maikaʻi loa no ke kūlana kūikawā o kāu keiki.
He kuleana nui ka mālama home i ke kōkua ʻana i kāu keiki e hoʻomohala i nā ʻano hele ʻana maikaʻi. Hiki i ka kūpaʻa me nā hana a me nā hana ke hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena.
Hiki i nā hana hoʻonui i kēlā me kēia lā ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻiʻo kālepa a me nā tendon Achilles. E aʻo kāu therapist kino iā ʻoe i nā hoʻonui kūikawā e palekana a maikaʻi no ka makahiki a me ke kūlana o kāu keiki.
Paipai i nā hana e hoʻoikaika ai i ka hele kuʻekuʻe-mua, e like me ka hele ʻana i luna a i lalo o nā alapiʻi, ka hele ʻana i kahi, a i ʻole ka pāʻani ʻana i nā pāʻani e komo pū me ka kūlou a me ke kū ʻana. He mea maikaʻi loa ka ʻauʻau no ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā ʻiʻo a me ka hoʻololi ʻana.
E hōʻoia i ka lole ʻana o kāu keiki i nā kāmaʻa kākoʻo e kūpono pono. Pale i nā kāmaʻa kuʻekuʻe kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole nā kāmaʻa e hiki ke paipai i ka hele wāwae manamana. I kekahi manawa, ʻo ka hele wāwae ʻole ma nā ʻili palekana e kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kaulike a me ka ʻike wāwae.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike a me ke alakaʻi maikaʻi loa. E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o kāu mau hopohopo a me nā nīnau āu e loaʻa ai e pili ana i ka hele ʻana o kāu keiki.
E mālama i ka wā āu e ʻike ai i ka hele wāwae manamana pinepine loa, e like me ka wā e luhi ai kāu keiki, pīhoihoi, a i ʻole e hele ana ma nā ʻili kūikawā. E hoʻomaopopo i nā hana e like me ka hoʻomaikaʻi a ʻino paha.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā hōʻailona hoʻomohala o kāu keiki, me ka wā i hele mua ai lākou a me nā hopohopo ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā mākau ʻenekini āu i ʻike ai. Inā hiki, e kiʻi i kahi wikiō o kāu keiki e hele ana e hōʻike i ke kauka.
E kākau i lalo i kekahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā pilikia hele, nā kūlana ʻiʻo, a i ʻole nā maʻi neurological. Eia kekahi, e papa inoa i nā mālama āu i ho'āʻo mua ai a pehea ka maikaʻi o kā lākou hana.
He mea maʻamau ka hele wāwae manamana i nā keiki liʻiliʻi e aʻo ana e hele, akā hoʻoponopono pinepine ia ma kona iho ma 2 mau makahiki. I ka wā e mau ana ma hope o kēia makahiki a i ʻole e hoʻokumu i nā pilikia, hiki i ka loiloi a me ka mālama ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke ʻano hele ʻana o kāu keiki.
ʻO ka manaʻo no nā keiki me ka hele wāwae manamana he mea maikaʻi loa ia, ʻoiai i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ʻia ai i ka wā mua. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā keiki e pane maikaʻi i nā mālama mālama e like me ka physical therapy a me nā hana hoʻonui.
E hoʻomanaʻo e ulu ana kēlā me kēia keiki ma ko lākou wikiwiki ponoʻī. Me ke kākoʻo a me ka mālama kūpono i ka wā e pono ai, hiki i nā keiki e hele wāwae manamana ke hoʻomohala i nā ʻano hele maʻamau a komo piha i nā hana a pau a lākou e hauʻoli ai.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole pili mau ka hele wāwae manamana i ka autism. ʻOiai kekahi mau keiki me ka autism spectrum disorder e hele wāwae manamana, ʻaʻole ka hapa nui o nā keiki e hele wāwae manamana he autism. Hiki i ka hele wāwae manamana ke lilo wale i maʻa a i ʻole makemake, ʻoiai i nā keiki liʻiliʻi e hoʻomohala nei i ko lākou mau mākau hele.
He nui nā keiki e ulu maoli i ka hele wāwae manamana, ʻoiai inā hoʻomaka ia i nā makahiki o ka pēpē. Eia naʻe, inā hoʻomau ka hele wāwae manamana ma hope o 2 mau makahiki a i ʻole e lilo i mea pinepine ma mua o ka emi ʻana, he mea kūpono ke kūkākūkā me kāu pediatrician e hoʻoholo inā hiki ke kōkua ka hoʻoponopono.
I ka wā e hoʻoponopono pono ʻia, ʻaʻole pinepine ka hele wāwae manamana e hoʻokumu i ka pōʻino mau. Eia naʻe, inā waiho ʻole ʻia no nā makahiki he nui, hiki ke alakaʻi i nā tendon Achilles paʻa, ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka kuʻekuʻe, a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hoʻoponopono mua e pale pinepine i kēia mau pilikia lōʻihi.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana e ʻokoʻa ma muli o ka nui a me ke kumu. Hoʻomaikaʻi kekahi mau keiki i loko o kekahi mau mahina o ka physical therapy a me ka hoʻonui ʻana, ʻoiai kekahi e pono paha i ka mālama no hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻoi aku paha. ʻO ka kūpaʻa me nā hana a me ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo a kāu mea mālama ola e kōkua i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
ʻAʻole pinepine ka hele wāwae manamana i kahi keiki 18-mahina, ʻoiai he nui nā keiki liʻiliʻi e hoʻokolohua me nā ʻano hele ʻokoʻa i ka wā e hoʻomohala ai lākou i ke kaulike a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Eia naʻe, inā hele wāwae manamana kāu keiki i ka hapa nui o ka manawa a i ʻole hiki ʻole ke kau i ko lākou mau kuʻekuʻe i lalo i ka wā āu e noi ai iā lākou, he mea kūpono ke haʻi aku i kāu pediatrician.
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