Children Should Not Wear Air Cushion Shoes Before The Age Of 7.

Ms. Zhao said that her daughter, who was 4 years old, saw some children in the kindergarten wearing thick bottom shoes, people wearing air cushioned sports shoes and even sponge cake shoes.

Ms. Zhao wants to ask whether such shoes are suitable for children to wear.

Huang Jianping, director of Pediatrics of No.1 Hospital of Peking University, pointed out that it is not recommended that preschool children wear shoes with too thick bottom or with air cushions.

Studies abroad have shown that children under the age of 7 should not wear thick bottomed shoes.

Because the heel height of this kind of shoes has increased, the curvature of the child's spine is also increased, the lumbar vertebrae and the cervical vertebrae are concentrated, and easy to form chronic injuries.

Moreover, children like to run and jump. Shoes need to keep bending with the ground as they move. The thicker the sole, the harder it is to bend, causing foot fatigue and affecting the health of the knee and lumbar spine.

Moreover, thick sole shoes tend to have higher heels than feet, which will damage the balance of the foot.

It is recommended that children choose shoes with a sole thickness of less than 1 cm and shoes with a heel height of less than 1.5 cm. Other thin and thick soles should be avoided.