Where is original source information available?

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Jody,

Do you have a link or reference to where someone could find

Dimeglio's " Rehabilitation of the Clubfoot " or do you have a

reference to a more complete version of his method of treatment such

as a book or video instead of the abstracts that we can see on the

internet. I can remember someone mentioning that he had a training

video, but that it was $89 and it was not mentioned as to how to get

one.

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> > > From Dimeglios " Rehabilitation of Clubfoot " published in the

> > > Encyclopedia, it states:

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> > > Things to be avoided:

> > > -Forcing the foot

> > > -Trying to correct supination by lowering the first metatarsal

> > bone,

> > > which results in a deeper cavus (Ponseti).

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> > I want to clarify things. Ponseti and DiMeglio both avoid

lowering

> > the first metatarsal, they emphasize correcting it by raising it

> and

> > thus prevent the formation of cavus (high arch). This is NOT

> > emphasized in the Kite method where cavus is very common and is a

> > frequent part of the surgical correction. One of the first

things

> > that I learnt from Dr. Dietz was that cavus was iatrogenic (ie.

Dr.

> > created) due to the Kite method of manipulation/casting. I used

to

> > create a lot of cavus myself before I learned a bit more about CF.

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> > I don't think that the Ponseti technique and the various French

> > techniques differ at all on this point.

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