Re: 10 mo old w/left tort drags his left leg when crawling - related?

[Guest guest]

My son had tort and military crawled for about 3 months (7-10m) and

never had a preference of dragging one leg. He did take quite a while

to walk however, and when he started last month (at 16 months), he had

what I call, a " hitch " in his step. He would lead with his right leg

and then swing his left leg around to meet it. I was worried about the

tort being a problem because I have read that it can be linked to hip

displatia which also runs in our family. So I took him to the ped and

he checked his tort again and all was fine, and checked his hips again

and all was fine, and declared that my son just needed to build up some

muscle strength in his legs. He's gotten a lot better over the last

month, I don't notice the hitch as much. So I wouldn't say it's a given

that the tort is causing the dragged leg, but it definitely wouldn't

hurt to get it checked out if it's bothering you.

Good luck!

Jake-17m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DocBand 2/11/08)

Jordan-4

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> My son (10 mos) has left tort and is 2 1/2 months in his helmet. He

> started military crawling several weeks ago. It has humored me to

> watch him b/c he scoots on his belly, pushing with his right leg but

> dragging the left behind. It just dawned on me, though, that perhaps

> it could be related to his tort? Has anyone had experience with

this?

> We go to CT on Wednesday and to PT on Thursday, but I'd love to hear

> any thoughts/stories before then. Thanks!!

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure if this is from tort, but I would check with the ortho.

My daughter was pretty symmetric when crawling, both on her belly

(military) and later when she got up on all fours. She didn't have

tort. But I know there is a lot of variety in how kids figure things out.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

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> My son (10 mos) has left tort and is 2 1/2 months in his helmet. He

> started military crawling several weeks ago. It has humored me to

> watch him b/c he scoots on his belly, pushing with his right leg but

> dragging the left behind. It just dawned on me, though, that perhaps

> it could be related to his tort? Has anyone had experience with this?

> We go to CT on Wednesday and to PT on Thursday, but I'd love to hear

> any thoughts/stories before then. Thanks!!

>