Guest guest Posted May 17, 2001 Report Share Posted May 17, 2001 Hello everybody!!!!!!!! Great to learn about this group and more over since i practise ponsetti myself i sure am in the right place. Well a little info about me to u all there, i am a physical therapist from India and work here in africa for the kids who are disabled due to war and congenital defs. We have a lot of kids who come with clubfeet and we have been practising the old tech but have now have changed to use ponsetti coz his techique has shown some incredible results. I would like to know more from u all as well about this tech coz we have just started it and hence would like to know the latter progression that u all have achieved. Great site!!!!!!! bye eddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2001 Report Share Posted May 17, 2001 Hi Eddy, Great to have you here! Welcome, if you have time we would like wise like to know about some of your results. It is always great to hear success stories, and to be of any help. My daughter was born with right clubfoot and hip dysphasia. She was treated by traditional casting, with a percutaneous tenotomy done at three months, and a total of 15 of those " traditional cast. She then wore a AFO, and regressed. She was then treated by Dr. Ponseti when she was 5 months old. Doing great now. Sara and Ivy 8/17/99 www.clubfoot.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2001 Report Share Posted May 18, 2001 Hi Edi: It's wonderful that you are doing the Ponseti method it's the best way to help the baby's with clubfoot and doc Ponseti told me that there in africa and here in south america were i live(Peru) are a lot of cases of clubfoot i dont know why!but it is. My baby Max is doing gret he is using he's dbb for 1 week more and then for night and he's feet look very good he is 7 months old and he starting to stand up!!!!!!! Bye Karin PT FROM AFRICA!!!!!!! > Hello everybody!!!!!!!! > > Great to learn about this group and more over since i practise > ponsetti myself i sure am in the right place. > Well a little info about me to u all there, i am a physical therapist > from India and work here in africa for the kids who are disabled due > to war and congenital defs. We have a lot of kids who come with > clubfeet and we have been practising the old tech but have now have > changed to use ponsetti coz his techique has shown some incredible > results. > I would like to know more from u all as well about this tech coz we > have just started it and hence would like to know the latter > progression that u all have achieved. > Great site!!!!!!! > > bye > eddy. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2001 Report Share Posted May 18, 2001 Hello Eddy, Welcome to our group, we hope that you will be able to find helpful information here and welcome you and any of your patients to our group. There are a lot of web sites links to Ponseti method and other information here in the bookmarks and files sections. In addition, we have some links to Dr. Pirani's Uganda Clubfoot Project reports from the past few years. Links to that information can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nosurgery4clubfoot/files/The%20Uganda% 20Clubfoot%20Project/ or else look in the files section at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nosurgery4clubfoot/files/ Then look under " The Uganda Clubfoot Project " - A Program to Treat Clubfoot in Uganda, Africa using the Ponseti Method. Please tell us how you came to learn about the Ponseti method and how it seems to be working in your clinic and if it is being used by other PT's in other parts of your country. and (3-17-99) http://www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/Ortho/Peds/Clubfeet/Egbert.html > Hello everybody!!!!!!!! > > Great to learn about this group and more over since i practise > ponsetti myself i sure am in the right place. > Well a little info about me to u all there, i am a physical therapist > from India and work here in africa for the kids who are disabled due > to war and congenital defs. We have a lot of kids who come with > clubfeet and we have been practising the old tech but have now have > changed to use ponsetti coz his techique has shown some incredible > results. > I would like to know more from u all as well about this tech coz we > have just started it and hence would like to know the latter > progression that u all have achieved. > Great site!!!!!!! > > bye > eddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2001 Report Share Posted May 22, 2001 hi beth!!!!!!!!! thanx for ur mail and i am sure this is sure a great group to be with. the most interesting thing is when u are among like minded ppl. Well i m in a country called Sudan working for Khartoum Cheshire home, i guess some of u may know of this place coz my boss was there for the last meet that they held at kampala (uganda) and he introduced me to this new technique i find it very interest and hence have adapted to it, i have gone thro the tapes and material regarding this technique and find it very promising. Since i m in my baby shoes about this technique i have approached this group to share my experiences and learn from u all as well. I would keep u all in touch with the latest developments that we have started off with kids. Today we put 12 clubfoots in cast wholely following the this techique. Well i am to join the next workshop which is due to be held sometime the end of this year so maybe i would be able to meet some of u ppl if ur among the group that would be present for this. i hope to hear more from u all in the mean time. thanx beth, since u have some material regarding this approach kindly send it to me at my email add which is premedward@... thank u once again all. U all are surely a great group here. bye. Prem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2001 Report Share Posted May 23, 2001 Hello Eddy, Glad to have you here. I know another PT from Kenya who attended the last training in Kampala with Dr. Pirani. She is in Eldoret and her name is Percia Hutcherson. I haven't spoken to her in some time, but your being here has reminded me to check in with her. I'm glad to hear that there are others utilizing this technique in other countries. My daughter was born with bi-lateral cf and treated with traditional below the knee casts for 5 weeks with little change. We were told by several doctors that she would eventually require surgery. We found the University of Iowa website with Dr. Ponseti's information and we read his book. We then traveled from California to Iowa to have her treated by Dr. Ponseti. She received 4 Ponseti method casts, followed by the tenotomy and then her 5th and final set of Ponseti casts. She is now 2 years 2months old and is still wearing the foot abduction bar at night-time. Her feet are beautiful! Welcome! Lori and Annika Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2001 Report Share Posted May 23, 2001 hi lori!!!!!! i think u have done the right thing to have adapted to this new technique which has been doing really well. I am sure ur going to be pleased with the out come of it. Ur child is going to be proud of u for having to put him/her in the DBB coz the out come as i noticed is very good. I would like to appeal the same to all mothers as well, this technique calls for patients which is very fruitful in the latter stages, pls dont go in for fast and quick methods which dont show the very the best of results. I wish u the best and ur child. bye, prem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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