Guest guest Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Seeking some advice and/or knowledge. My son has had a horrible time with reoccurring. He is 12 months old and has had two heel cord lengthings and too many castings to count. Last month we finally took him out of what we hoped was his last set of casts. He went straight into the shoes. His feet looked great. He's had very few sores/red markings with these shoes and he even sleeps with them all night without a fuss. My husband and I were so proud of how well he has kept his shoes on and looked forward to today's doctor visit. Our doctor said the front of 's (my son's) feet look great. However, his left heal is starting to turn in (the tendon is fine, it is just the heal which is turning in). 1. Is it true that the shoes mainly hold the correction in the front of the foot? If so, what corrects the heal area? 2. Also, we also noticed that he has been getting red marks on the inside of his feet (just bellow the big toe) right where the lowest strap is on the shoes. Could this be an indication that the front of his feet are also reoccurring? Thanks! Cari and (9/24/03) BLCF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 What doctor are you seeing? Is it a Ponseti doctor? Sounds like the feet are not being corrected to begin with. The shoes HOLD a proper correction - they do NOT correct the feet. sorry this is brief, just wanted to respond while I was here that seems you need a 2nd opinion from a knowledgeable doctor. s. seeking some advice Seeking some advice and/or knowledge. My son has had a horrible time with reoccurring. He is 12 months old and has had two heel cord lengthings and too many castings to count. Last month we finally took him out of what we hoped was his last set of casts. He went straight into the shoes. His feet looked great. He's had very few sores/red markings with these shoes and he even sleeps with them all night without a fuss. My husband and I were so proud of how well he has kept his shoes on and looked forward to today's doctor visit. Our doctor said the front of 's (my son's) feet look great. However, his left heal is starting to turn in (the tendon is fine, it is just the heal which is turning in). 1. Is it true that the shoes mainly hold the correction in the front of the foot? If so, what corrects the heal area? 2. Also, we also noticed that he has been getting red marks on the inside of his feet (just bellow the big toe) right where the lowest strap is on the shoes. Could this be an indication that the front of his feet are also reoccurring? Thanks! Cari and (9/24/03) BLCF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Cari- As long as the feet are " fully " corrected when the child goes into the shoes you should not have any problem with reoccurence. You should keep the shoes on for 23 hours a day for 3 months. After that you keep them on 16 hours a day and then you should be able to avoid all relapse. As long as there is a bend in your bar then the shoes will hold the dorsiflexision (heel) correction as well as the forefoot. What doctor are you seeing? From your email about your son being in too many casts to count shows that your doc is not proficient in the Ponseti Method. It does not take that many casts to correct the correction no matter how bad your sons feet are. > >Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot >To: nosurgery4clubfoot >Subject: seeking some advice >Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 04:14:59 -0000 > >Seeking some advice and/or knowledge. > >My son has had a horrible time with reoccurring. He is 12 months old >and has had two heel cord lengthings and too many castings to count. >Last month we finally took him out of what we hoped was his last set >of casts. He went straight into the shoes. His feet looked >great. He's had very few sores/red markings with these shoes and he >even sleeps with them all night without a fuss. My husband and I were >so proud of how well he has kept his shoes on and looked forward to >today's doctor visit. Our doctor said the front of 's >(my son's) feet look great. However, his left heal is starting to >turn in (the tendon is fine, it is just the heal which is turning >in). > >1. Is it true that the shoes mainly hold the correction in the >front of the foot? If so, what corrects the heal area? >2. Also, we also noticed that he has been getting red marks on >the inside of his feet (just bellow the big toe) right where the >lowest strap is on the shoes. Could this be an indication >that the front of his feet are also reoccurring? > >Thanks! >Cari and (9/24/03) BLCF > > _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 's right. I had my daughter treated at home and when the doctor told me about a 2nd lengthening, HELLO! RED FLAG! I contacted Dr. Ponseti and basically he started treatment again. Instead of 5 to 6 casts we thought she'd need, only 3 - she's on her 3rd right now and next week, he will be having her TAL done and then a three week cast to shoes - my doctor here at home, Cari, claimed to be practicing the Ponseti Method - although he followed SOME of the things Dr. Ponseti does, it wasn't the true Ponseti method. I want to thank the parents here and my other clubs that really pushed me to see things clearly! Wray hwray98@...> wrote: Cari- As long as the feet are " fully " corrected when the child goes into the shoes you should not have any problem with reoccurence. You should keep the shoes on for 23 hours a day for 3 months. After that you keep them on 16 hours a day and then you should be able to avoid all relapse. As long as there is a bend in your bar then the shoes will hold the dorsiflexision (heel) correction as well as the forefoot. What doctor are you seeing? From your email about your son being in too many casts to count shows that your doc is not proficient in the Ponseti Method. It does not take that many casts to correct the correction no matter how bad your sons feet are. >From: " caricarpenter " >Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot >To: nosurgery4clubfoot >Subject: seeking some advice >Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 04:14:59 -0000 > >Seeking some advice and/or knowledge. > >My son has had a horrible time with reoccurring. He is 12 months old >and has had two heel cord lengthings and too many castings to count. >Last month we finally took him out of what we hoped was his last set >of casts. He went straight into the shoes. His feet looked >great. He's had very few sores/red markings with these shoes and he >even sleeps with them all night without a fuss. My husband and I were >so proud of how well he has kept his shoes on and looked forward to >today's doctor visit. Our doctor said the front of 's >(my son's) feet look great. However, his left heal is starting to >turn in (the tendon is fine, it is just the heal which is turning >in). > >1. Is it true that the shoes mainly hold the correction in the >front of the foot? If so, what corrects the heal area? >2. Also, we also noticed that he has been getting red marks on >the inside of his feet (just bellow the big toe) right where the >lowest strap is on the shoes. Could this be an indication >that the front of his feet are also reoccurring? > >Thanks! >Cari and (9/24/03) BLCF > > _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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