RE: If someone could briefly explain to me....

[Guest guest]

I don't want to sound like an idiot but I have to ask this question. Are

all clubfeet ATYPICAL ? If not, what is the difference between atypical

club foot and other ones? Are there a lot of different kinds? My doctor

never mentioned that word.

[Guest guest]

I don't want to sound like an idiot but I have to ask this question. Are

all clubfeet ATYPICAL ? If not, what is the difference between atypical

club foot and other ones? Are there a lot of different kinds? My doctor

never mentioned that word.

[Guest guest]

I don't want to sound like an idiot but I have to ask this question. Are

all clubfeet ATYPICAL ? If not, what is the difference between atypical

club foot and other ones? Are there a lot of different kinds? My doctor

never mentioned that word.

[Guest guest]

You definitely do not sound like an idiot! I am hoping that by the end of next

week I will have a good description from Dr Ponseti of what are the symptoms of

atypical clubfoot. In the mean time, basically it is a foot or feet that do not

respond to casting and manipulation or bracing in the normal way. usually there

is something else with the foot that is unusual in comparison with a " normal "

clubfoot. Like in my son's case, his plantar tendon, as well as other portions

of the mid foot, are unusually tight and always wanting to relapse even with

proper brace wear, but at the same time, other parts of his foot are so easily

corrected it is silly! there are other's here whose children could get out of

all of their casts, or whose foot refused to correct with the regular casting

and required some modifications to the casting to correct. I believe that

almost all of the children with atypical clubfoot are now using the

Brace because the Markell shoes just dont tend to work very well for an atypical

clubfoot.

Yes, there are alot of different kinds. Not all doctors are familiar with it,

so a child could have it and be having serious troubles with the correction

process and their doctor not understand why. Last information I had was that

some form of atypical clubfoot accounts for a very small percent of all clubfeet

(less than 5% I think)

Angel

RE: If someone could briefly explain to me....

I don't want to sound like an idiot but I have to ask this question. Are

all clubfeet ATYPICAL ? If not, what is the difference between atypical

club foot and other ones? Are there a lot of different kinds? My doctor

never mentioned that word.

[Guest guest]

> Yes, there are alot of different kinds. Not all doctors are

familiar with it, so a child could have it and be having serious

troubles with the correction process and their doctor not understand

why. Last information I had was that some form of atypical clubfoot

accounts for a very small percent of all clubfeet (less than 5% I

think)

>

> Angel

Angel,

Will you check your information for the exact percentage on atypical

clubfeet? Thats info that my family and I would really like to have.

Thanks in advance,

Lori

Btw, Elijah (4 months) and I are dealing with atypical clubfoot due

to plantar tendon problems too!

[Guest guest]

> Yes, there are alot of different kinds. Not all doctors are

familiar with it, so a child could have it and be having serious

troubles with the correction process and their doctor not understand

why. Last information I had was that some form of atypical clubfoot

accounts for a very small percent of all clubfeet (less than 5% I

think)

>

> Angel

Angel,

Will you check your information for the exact percentage on atypical

clubfeet? Thats info that my family and I would really like to have.

Thanks in advance,

Lori

Btw, Elijah (4 months) and I are dealing with atypical clubfoot due

to plantar tendon problems too!

[Guest guest]

Angel,

Thank you!

_____

From: kitaki

Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 11:03 PM

To: nosurgery4clubfoot

Subject: Re: If someone could briefly explain to me....

You definitely do not sound like an idiot! I am hoping that by the end of

next week I will have a good description from Dr Ponseti of what are the

symptoms of atypical clubfoot. In the mean time, basically it is a foot or

feet that do not respond to casting and manipulation or bracing in the

normal way. usually there is something else with the foot that is unusual

in comparison with a " normal " clubfoot. Like in my son's case, his plantar

tendon, as well as other portions of the mid foot, are unusually tight and

always wanting to relapse even with proper brace wear, but at the same time,

other parts of his foot are so easily corrected it is silly! there are

other's here whose children could get out of all of their casts, or whose

foot refused to correct with the regular casting and required some

modifications to the casting to correct. I believe that almost all of the

children with atypical clubfoot are now using the Brace because the

Markell shoes just dont tend to work very well for an atypical clubfoot.

Yes, there are alot of different kinds. Not all doctors are familiar with

it, so a child could have it and be having serious troubles with the

correction process and their doctor not understand why. Last information I

had was that some form of atypical clubfoot accounts for a very small

percent of all clubfeet (less than 5% I think)

Angel

RE: If someone could briefly explain to me....

I don't want to sound like an idiot but I have to ask this question. Are

all clubfeet ATYPICAL ? If not, what is the difference between atypical

club foot and other ones? Are there a lot of different kinds? My doctor

never mentioned that word.