Re: Question for parents with older kids

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Hi . Isabella is 22 months old and when I hold her legs

straight out they aren't perfectly straight like say mine. She can

hold them straight but sometimes she turns her feet in a little. I

don't know if you can kinda picture it. Dr.Ponseti said that she may

do that because she held her feet like that in the womb. She don't do

it all the time only sometimes. When she walks and stands she does

stand flat on her feet. She don't look like she is walking on the

outsides at all. Dr.Dobbs and Dr.Ponseti both said if when Isabella

is standing or walking and her feet are flat on the floor then that

is a good sign. When Becky stands does she stand flat on her feet? If

you are concerned I would email Dr.Ponseti pictures of Becky's feet.

He can tell you if they have been corrected properly or not. That is

what I did and he reassured me that she was fine. Don't worry about

being paranoid that is a good thing because you want to make sure her

feet are corrected right. I think its good to be very informative.

Good Luck

Mommy to Isabella 10-12-02 bilateral cf

> Becky is set to go in for her checkup with Dr. King next Tuesday

and

> I have a couple of questions.

> With older kids that have feet that are completly corrected when

you

> hold their legs straight up are their feet flat? Does that make

> sense? When I hold up Becky's lege in the air her feet kinda

curve

> into each other. And when she walks it seems to me like she walks

> more on the outsides of her feet.

> She has been doing this for quite a while and the last time that I

> took her in to Dr. King he said that her feet were fine, but I just

> get this feeling that they aren't. Maybe I am just being

> paranoid. Does anyone have some picts of their older child's

> corrected feet that I can compare Becky's too?

>

> Thanks guys!

>

> and 2 1/2, bilateral clubfoot

[Guest guest]

Hi! I have an almost 4 year old that we were recently concerned

about having a relapse because he intoes and walks slightly on the

outside of his feet and when he sits with feet straight out in front

they are REALLY pointing in. Our doc. was talking about overactive

tendons and tendon transfer surgery etc., but a second opinion from a

Ponseti-trained doctor showed that he has femoral torsion. The feet

are still fully corrected, but he has too much play in his hips.

This causes the whole LEG to swing in when he walks. It will self-

correct by age 8-10 (we hope!!) It I'm not sure what you mean

by " holding legs straight up. " Maybe this is what you are doing, but

one good test is to have the child lie on the stomach, bend knees,

knees together and hold feet up perpendicular to the ceiling.

Corrected feet will be pretty flat and straight. If Becky's are,

then it's possible that she has either tibial or femoral torsion.

Our own doctor was so focussed on the feet that he didn't remember

that " the foot bone's connected to the tibia " etc. After hearing the

second opinion, our doc. ran Evan through all the tests and was in

complete agreement. He said, " Boy, I sure missed that one. " So

please have your dr. check for tibial and femoral torsion. This

diagnosis saved us from some drastic steps that are unnecessary.

Maybe your doctor is right that there is nothing wrong with the

feet...

Please let me know if you have any other questions about our

experience. dslapp@...

and Evan 8-17-00 bcf

> Becky is set to go in for her checkup with Dr. King next Tuesday

and

> I have a couple of questions.

> With older kids that have feet that are completly corrected when

you

> hold their legs straight up are their feet flat? Does that make

> sense? When I hold up Becky's lege in the air her feet kinda

curve

> into each other. And when she walks it seems to me like she walks

> more on the outsides of her feet.

> She has been doing this for quite a while and the last time that I

> took her in to Dr. King he said that her feet were fine, but I just

> get this feeling that they aren't. Maybe I am just being

> paranoid. Does anyone have some picts of their older child's

> corrected feet that I can compare Becky's too?

>

> Thanks guys!

>

> and 2 1/2, bilateral clubfoot

[Guest guest]

Sorry if " holding her feet straight up " was confusing. But what I

was doing was laying her on the floor and holding her feet up.

But WOW your story clicked some kind of light bulb in my head. I am

defineatly going to bring both of those things when we go in on

Tuesday.

Thank you so much for posting and I will be sure to update after our

appointment!!

and 2 1/2, bilateral clubfoot

> > Becky is set to go in for her checkup with Dr. King next Tuesday

> and

> > I have a couple of questions.

> > With older kids that have feet that are completly corrected when

> you

> > hold their legs straight up are their feet flat? Does that make

> > sense? When I hold up Becky's lege in the air her feet kinda

> curve

> > into each other. And when she walks it seems to me like she

walks

> > more on the outsides of her feet.

> > She has been doing this for quite a while and the last time that

I

> > took her in to Dr. King he said that her feet were fine, but I

just

> > get this feeling that they aren't. Maybe I am just being

> > paranoid. Does anyone have some picts of their older child's

> > corrected feet that I can compare Becky's too?

> >

> > Thanks guys!

> >

> > and 2 1/2, bilateral clubfoot

[Guest guest]

Hi -

My son is unilateral left at age 2yrs 4 months and does the same thing with

both his feet when I hold them up. However, he does not walk on the outside

of his feet at all.

>

>Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>Subject: Question for parents with older kids

>Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 02:22:30 -0000

>

>Becky is set to go in for her checkup with Dr. King next Tuesday and

>I have a couple of questions.

>With older kids that have feet that are completly corrected when you

>hold their legs straight up are their feet flat? Does that make

>sense? When I hold up Becky's lege in the air her feet kinda curve

>into each other. And when she walks it seems to me like she walks

>more on the outsides of her feet.

>She has been doing this for quite a while and the last time that I

>took her in to Dr. King he said that her feet were fine, but I just

>get this feeling that they aren't. Maybe I am just being

>paranoid. Does anyone have some picts of their older child's

>corrected feet that I can compare Becky's too?

>

>Thanks guys!

>

> and 2 1/2, bilateral clubfoot

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Good questions! We just had our checkup a few weeks ago and Zoe was released

from the bar. She is now 3 years, 3 months. Our doctor is Dr. Herzenberg in

Baltimore. As far as I know/remember, besides the doctors in Iowa, he has

been practicing the Ponseti method longest, about 15 years. He said we don't

need to come back for 6 months, so I asked what a relapse would look like,

and he said if she starts walking on the outside edge of her foot. She

actually has flat feet inherited from Dad, so her feet are FLAT on the

floor.

Is she still wearing the shoes and bar? I can't remember who's still doing

what at this point....

Will e-mail you a picture of Zoe standing. Can't figure out how to add it to

our website...

Hope this helps!

Joanne W. mom to Big Zoe, 3-25-01, right clubfoot

www.geocities.com/joannewalton2003/clubfootstory.html

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Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 02:22:30 -0000

Subject: Question for parents with older kids

Becky is set to go in for her checkup with Dr. King next Tuesday and

I have a couple of questions.

With older kids that have feet that are completly corrected when you

hold their legs straight up are their feet flat? Does that make

sense? When I hold up Becky's lege in the air her feet kinda curve

into each other. And when she walks it seems to me like she walks

more on the outsides of her feet.

She has been doing this for quite a while and the last time that I

took her in to Dr. King he said that her feet were fine, but I just

get this feeling that they aren't. Maybe I am just being

paranoid. Does anyone have some picts of their older child's

corrected feet that I can compare Becky's too?

Thanks guys!

and 2 1/2, bilateral clubfoot

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[Guest guest]

Hi Joanne!!

Yes, Becky is still in the FAB (about 12-15 hours a day, it depends

on how long she sleeps in LOL ) Thanks for the email. I think I

go through this paranoia every time we are going to have a check-up.

I don't mind traveling to go and see another doctor, it is just the

cost of the actual treatment as we are only covered by our insurance

in the state of California. And it stinks that Dr. Colburn is Kaiser

only, or else I am sure that we would be there in a heartbeat.

I just wish that I could find a local doctor that I can trust with

her feet as much as I trust Dr. Ponseti, and the other Iowa doctors.

Thanks again and I will update after our appointment.

> Hi ,

>

> Good questions! We just had our checkup a few weeks ago and Zoe was

released

> from the bar. She is now 3 years, 3 months. Our doctor is Dr.

Herzenberg in

> Baltimore. As far as I know/remember, besides the doctors in Iowa,

he has

> been practicing the Ponseti method longest, about 15 years. He said

we don't

> need to come back for 6 months, so I asked what a relapse would

look like,

> and he said if she starts walking on the outside edge of her foot.

She

> actually has flat feet inherited from Dad, so her feet are FLAT on

the

> floor.

>

> Is she still wearing the shoes and bar? I can't remember who's

still doing

> what at this point....

>

> Will e-mail you a picture of Zoe standing. Can't figure out how to

add it to

> our website...

>

> Hope this helps!

> Joanne W. mom to Big Zoe, 3-25-01, right clubfoot

> www.geocities.com/joannewalton2003/clubfootstory.html

>

> Message: 16

> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 02:22:30 -0000

> From: " whaleykids "

> Subject: Question for parents with older kids

>

> Becky is set to go in for her checkup with Dr. King next Tuesday and

> I have a couple of questions.

> With older kids that have feet that are completly corrected when you

> hold their legs straight up are their feet flat? Does that make

> sense? When I hold up Becky's lege in the air her feet kinda

curve

> into each other. And when she walks it seems to me like she walks

> more on the outsides of her feet.

> She has been doing this for quite a while and the last time that I

> took her in to Dr. King he said that her feet were fine, but I just

> get this feeling that they aren't. Maybe I am just being

> paranoid. Does anyone have some picts of their older child's

> corrected feet that I can compare Becky's too?

>

> Thanks guys!

>

> and 2 1/2, bilateral clubfoot

>

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