Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Bess, I don't think physical therapy is needed unless there is a significant motor delay. It seems that most of the Ponseti treated children start walking at a normal age. There was a poll done at some point with the group. You can reference that. Some of the other milestones may be a bit delayed depending on the timing of going into the brace. It's harder, I would think, to roll over for instance, if the brace was started that month. But they do catch up. Some of us do have children with other special needs which require physical therapy. Our son has several spinal anomalies and has been receiving physical therapy almost since birth. As far as his feet go however, he gets most of his therapy just chasing his siblings around and doing what just comes naturally with play. I don't think there would necessarily be a benefit to having a physical therapist under normal Ponseti circumstances, and I doubt any insurance would cover it. Bethany > 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...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 There was a woman who popped in here asking about PT with this treatment because she was a PT by occupation and had a patient or something. She asked here and was told that it wasn't needed as far as anyone knew but she should contact Dr. Ponseti and ask him. She reported back about a week later that she had spoken to him and he said it was not needed. So there you have it. Third hand but from Dr. Ponseti himself :~} (I'm sure I could locate this in the archives, it's only been about 5 months since she was here asking this) Kori Mama of Kenton - 6/98 Merek - 3/00 Darbi - 3/28 - Rt. CF - DBB 14hr/d At 10:09 AM 2/20/2004, you wrote: >Bess, > >I don't think physical therapy is needed unless there is a >significant motor delay. It seems that most of the Ponseti treated >children start walking at a normal age. There was a poll done at >some point with the group. You can reference that. Some of the >other milestones may be a bit delayed depending on the timing of >going into the brace. It's harder, I would think, to roll over for >instance, if the brace was started that month. But they do catch up. >Some of us do have children with other special needs which require >physical therapy. Our son has several spinal anomalies and has been >receiving physical therapy almost since birth. As far as his feet go >however, he gets most of his therapy just chasing his siblings around >and doing what just comes naturally with play. I don't think there >would necessarily be a benefit to having a physical therapist under >normal Ponseti circumstances, and I doubt any insurance would cover >it. > >Bethany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 I just had to chime in my thoughts on this subject. Hope you all don't mind. While I agree there is no P.T. needed for these little feet after they are fully corrected {15-20 Degrees dorsiflexion} I do tell the families to get there hands on the feet by stretching and moving them in order to be intimate enough with the foot to realize if it is losing any correction or becoming stiff. The families who have done this caught early relapse's in the feet and consult with their Physicians sooner. Castlady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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