Guest guest Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 good lord no... I think my daughter is much stronger as a whole because of the DBB. Her legs are so strong, she hauls that thing around all morning long crawling and playing, standing, pulling up, squatting, kneeling, walking pushing chair and stools in the DBB (so cute!), and generally being a little oaf with nice strong legs and abdominal muscle (rolling over and hauling it around like that seems to help). I do not think you have to worry about that, these babies sure do rise to and past the occasion with the dbb. Don't worry, the calf muscle is smaller and I've heard no amount of exercise can make it like normal but with bilateral at least he won't have one small one and one normal one. Darbi's calf is absolutely less solid than the other one, it's weird but she seems just as strong in that leg so I'm not worrying much 'bout that. You can't really tell unless you are squeezing both of them at the same time comparing. Congrats on getting to the end of casting. Here's to a smooth transition to the DBB. Can you request the new model Markell shoes? I absolutely thing they're better than the older ones that need inserts, especially for babies fresh out of casts. Kori Darbi Right CF - DBB 16hr/day At 06:00 PM 11/26/2003 +0000, you wrote: >my son has bilateral clubfoot and has bee in casts for two months, he >still has 3 weeks of casts then he goes into the dbb. Does this >restriction on his legs cause any mucsle weakness or development >problems? Has anyone had to have physical therapy to catch their kids >up? My drs are very vague on this question, does anyone have any info >on this. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Marilee, Dr. Ponseti does not prescribe any physical therapy. He also told me that being in the brace does not damage the knees or hips. My daughter was older when she got the brace (wore it full time from 5.5- 8.5 months) and she rolled with it, crawled with it, pulled to a stand and even did some limited cruising. I was concerned about damage to her ankles from standing (rocking on the bar) in the brace so much, but Dr. P assured me it was fine. She's now almost 4, so I guess it was okay! There was no " catching up " with my clubfoot kiddo- she rolled, sat, crawled and walked " on-time " if not early compared to the expected age she was supposed to hit those milestones. The make-up of the calf tissue in the clubfoot leg is apparently not genetically the same as a non-clubfoot leg. This is why unilateral kids often have one skinny calf muscle and one large one. I've read that it physically just cannot be " bulked up " . The " skinny factor " varies from patient to patient. Some calves are very skinny and others aren't so noticeable. Good luck with your son's transition to the FAB! & (3-16-00) left clubfoot, switched to Ponseti method at 4 mo old http://ponseticlubfoot.freeservers.com/ > my son has bilateral clubfoot and has bee in casts for two months, he > still has 3 weeks of casts then he goes into the dbb. Does this > restriction on his legs cause any mucsle weakness or development > problems? Has anyone had to have physical therapy to catch their kids > up? My drs are very vague on this question, does anyone have any info > on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Hello! Does anybody know if physical therapy is ever suggested at any time during or after " treatment " ? Would this be of any value? Thanks, Bess Go Wildcats! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bess Ecelbarger Advising Specialist, University School The University of Arizona ILC 103 PO Box 210070 Tucson, AZ 85721-0070 Phone: Fax: becelbar@... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Hi Bessel! The answer is no. There is no need of physical therapy after the treatment. This is because the Ponseti technique really corrects the foot: all joins and bones get into the right position. All babies can walk, run and climb normally like any other kid, and there is no need of any other side treatment. The only thing necessary to keep everything right is the use of the brace, otherwise there may be relapses (more casts to correct). Warm regards Ana Teixeira Barros São o, Brasil mother of Guilherme (2 y.o. just terrible!) Ana Teixeira Barros tel. 55 11 3965 4892 cel. 55 11 9675 7437 --- Acabe com aquelas janelinhas que pulam na sua tela. AntiPop-up UOL - É grátis! http://antipopup.uol.com.br Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 I've not heard any of Dr. Ponseti's patients needing PT but that's not to say it hasn't happened. We did not need it. I asked Dr. P about stretching exercises that I hear so many others being prescribed to do with their little ones and he said this wasn't necessary - that every day kicking, standing, walking is exercise/PT enough. Holly Zachary 7/27/02 Right Clubfoot Treated by Dr. Ponseti 14 hrs/day DBB > > Hello! > > > > Does anybody know if physical therapy is ever suggested at any time > during > > or after " treatment " ? Would this be of any value? > > > > Thanks, > > Bess > > > > Go Wildcats! > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Bess Ecelbarger > > Advising Specialist, University School > > The University of Arizona > > ILC 103 > > PO Box 210070 > > Tucson, AZ 85721-0070 > > Phone: Fax: > > becelbar@a... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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