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My DD has physical therapy through early intervention in our state

due to club foot being a diagnosis that is realated to

developemental delays with crawling, walking, ect. As an

occupational therapist myself I was concerned with her use of her

club foot and developmental milestones. My DD also did not want to

bear weight on her club foot initially, but the physical therapist

had us do some activities to assist with that. Also her ankle was

rigid and we did some active and weight bearing stretching that the

PT showed me. also started standing on the outside of her left

foot intially and I would lift it up and replace it down flat. After

about 2-4 days she placed her foot flat. I know that PT is not

required, but I like the trained eye of a professional to watch her

foot, because my eye is not objective, but I get easily worried.

Our PT wanted us to stick to the hours, but make sure to have

out of the DBB as much as allowed while she was awake because she

was developing abnormal movement patterns.

I would check and see if a couple visits with PT would help.

The rolling I am not sure about. I always think is rolling her

Left foot to much (her club foot), but then I look at her right foot

that was not corrected and she is doing the same thing with that.

Becky

> Hi,

> My little girl is just 11 months old today. She was born with

bilateral cf and cast using Ponseti method from 3 days old. She did

not need the tenotomy in either foot and immediately went onto the

DBB after castings. She wore them full time until just a month ago

when my Dr. said that she could go down to naps and nightime, giving

a total of about 14 hrs a day wear.

> Although her feet look good, I am slightly concerned that she does

not really want to weight bare much and I have noticed that when she

does sometimes her right foor (the one that was slightly stiffer)

rolls outwardsI may just be being paranoid, I have an extremely good

and well trained Ponseti Dr. but acouple of sleepless nights are

taking their toll on my nerves.

> I am going to see the Dr. on Monday, but I have one or two

questions to all of you with a little more experience. Firstly, does

14 hours sound like enough time in the DBB?

> Secondly if I was to email Dr. P. , what kind of photos (that is

angles) should I take of her feet and What is his email address? He

must get a frightening amount of mail -how long does it take to get

a reply?

> Any help?comforting thoughts would be most welcome. (Yorks.

U.K.)

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