RE: New here-Ponseit Doctor recommendation??

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm from the other side of the US (WV) so I cant help you with

physicians in your area but I would recommend that you contact Joyce,

Dr. Ponseti's secretary, and ask her for a recommendation. Many doctors

claim to use the " Ponseti method " but are NOT qualified by Dr. Ponseti

himself and that is so important, we found out the hard way. If there

is any way you could travel to Iowa Dr. Ponseti is truly amazing!! We

were very fortunate to have insurance that would cover out of state and

were able to travel 15 hours for his treatment. Katelyn is doing great,

she started walking at 11 months and is now 13 months and running! Her

foot looks " normal " as Dr. Ponseti puts it. You can tell a few little

differences from her other non-clubfoot but it is functioning well with

great range of motion.

I was wondering how your husband is doing, I know you said he was

able to play college basketball which is GREAT encouragement for me.

I'm so worried that she will have pain later on or lose flexibility.

Anytime I get to talk to an adult who has had clubfoot I am interested

to know how they are doing. Do you mind my asking what type of

treatment your husband had? I'm just so worried for her, not so much

now but later on. Dr. Ponseti says that her calf won't be fully

developed and that her clubfoot will be 1/2 size smaller but otherwise

he keeps saying her foot is " normal " . I guess I should take his word

for it, he's been doing this for 60+ years!!

Well good luck and congratulations on your new baby boy, enjoy every

second, they grow up way to fast!

New here-Ponseit Doctor recommendation??

Hello everyone,

My husband and I had our 20 week ultrasound recently and discovered

that our son will be born with bilateral clubfoot. This was not

wholly unexpected as my husband was born with the same. We are not

especially worried about it. We are just grateful that this is the

only condition we will have to deal with, there are so many worse

things out there. Also my husband went on to play many different

sports including college basketball (in addition to growing to 6 foot

six inches in height!) so as I said we feel like everything is going

to be fine.

I am a bit paranoid about making sure our son gets the right

treatment right off the bat. The Ponseti website does not list any

doctors for Orange County, California, where we live. I was hoping

to solicit any recommendations for doctors in this area, with whom

you have had happy experiences and/or you know to be trained in the

Ponseti method? I have emailed Dr. Ponseti as well.

Thank you in advance. I look forward to getting to know you all

better.

[Guest guest]

Congrats on your son to be and welcome to our board. We live in Southern

California too in an area called Temecula, just north of San Diego. We

started off with Dr. Mubarak in San Diego, but now see Dr. Colburn in

Pleasanton (Bay Area). Dr. Mubarak was making changes to the Ponseti Method

at the time two years ago and I wasn't pleased with his modifications, so we

chose to drive farther north to Dr. Colburn who was recommended by Charity

on this board. He is worth the drive and we don't regret making the change.

Let me know if you have any more questions. There is another couple on this

board in Santa that drive to Pleasanton to have their daughter

treated by Dr. Colburn as well.

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>Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>Subject: New here-Ponseit Doctor recommendation??

>Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:02:48 -0000

>

>Hello everyone,

>

>My husband and I had our 20 week ultrasound recently and discovered

>that our son will be born with bilateral clubfoot. This was not

>wholly unexpected as my husband was born with the same. We are not

>especially worried about it. We are just grateful that this is the

>only condition we will have to deal with, there are so many worse

>things out there. Also my husband went on to play many different

>sports including college basketball (in addition to growing to 6 foot

>six inches in height!) so as I said we feel like everything is going

>to be fine.

>

>I am a bit paranoid about making sure our son gets the right

>treatment right off the bat. The Ponseti website does not list any

>doctors for Orange County, California, where we live. I was hoping

>to solicit any recommendations for doctors in this area, with whom

>you have had happy experiences and/or you know to be trained in the

>Ponseti method? I have emailed Dr. Ponseti as well.

>

>Thank you in advance. I look forward to getting to know you all

>better.

>

>

>

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